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Scots miffed
鈥淵ou can't get that passionate about training鈥� (24 March, Leader, page 3)? Really! Again I find myself having to state the Scottish position regarding apprenticeships and training within the construction industry. We are different - and those differences produce results, which indicate we are also successful.
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One adjudicator after another
The claimant, EDS, was a principal subcontractor carrying out the design and installation of electrical services at the Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington. Costain Skanska Joint Venture was the contractor. The contract was the DOM/2 1981 edition including some amendments. EDS sought to enforce the decision of an adjudicator ...
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Conflicts in the contract
The claimant brought a claim for damages as widow and executrix of the estate of her husband who was fatally injured in an accident. She had sued Drake International Ltd (her husband鈥檚 employer鈥檚) and Southampton Container Terminals (who conducted operations at the site that the fatality occurred).The trial judge found ...
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CommentPay for what you get
Good lawyers are said to be reassuringly expensive, so why don鈥檛 clients pay top dollar for quality work by M&E firms? Could it be the sector doesn鈥檛 value itself highly enough?
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CommentDirections to Dartmoor
Two solicitors have published a document listing 47 common practices in the industry, all of which are also criminal offences. It鈥檚 a real eye opener 鈥�
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CommentThe case of Rich vs Poor
It is often assumed that disputes are waged between the legal champions of well-heeled clients. But this is not so, as the McLibel case illustrates
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CommentThe arrangement
The Appeal Court has ruled that lawyers and judges are safe from the Proceeds of Crime Act, but that is no help to adjudicators, arbitrators, valuers or clients
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CommentGoing too far
A case in the South-west may lend new popularity to a dispute resolution method that many thought had gone out of style
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Safety slip
I鈥檓 sure mine is not the only email regarding the article about the Arnolfini Arts Centre in Bristol (11 March, page 50).
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Roger and the women
With reference to Roger Knowles鈥� letter claiming that women choose not to work on site because of their nails (11 March, page 38): well, now we know what he really thinks about women in building.
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Hold your horses
With reference to the article headlined 鈥淢&E trade bodies propose mandatory training levy鈥�, (18 March, page 17), the first paragraph gives the impression that the trade associations within the building services engineering sector are proposing the introduction of a 鈥渃ompulsory training levy鈥�.
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Consultants: caution advised
The purpose of the City of London Law Society novation agreement, according to Paul Cowan and Marc Hanson (18 March, page 54), is for the consultant to be regarded as always performing services for the benefit of the contractor.
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Free-range children
Delighted to see that Kingsmead Primary School has 50% lower running costs than a typical school (18 March, page 16). Pity it looks as though it is a farm building for rearing chickens.David Bevan, director, Troika Contracting
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One jump too far
The claimant was injured when she was attempting to leave a hotel. Rather than taking the designated exit she had attempted to jump over a wall onto the adjacent road. Unknown to her there was a 6-ft drop to the road and she suffered substantial injuries as a result of ...
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CommentBritain鈥檚 foreign legion
The construction industry must brush up on its social skills and welcome its ever-expanding foreign workforce 鈥� a larger pool of labour is vital to its success
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CommentFawlty law
The law of tort is a fundamental regulator of commercial relationships. Appropriately enough, a hotel in Torquay has revealed that it is also a bit of a farce