Opinion 鈥� Page 584
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CommentGet Shorty
Disciplinary boards often resemble something between a kangaroo court and a lynch mob 鈥� as a former cabinet minister may be about to discover
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On swallowing the bait
A cheque arrives in final settlement of your claim. Trouble is, it's missing a nought on the end. Should you rip it up 鈥� or cash it and pursue the balance?
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Ah, bitter chill it was!
The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold. The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, and silent were the joiners in their uncompleted toilet 鈥�
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Same again
Remember that movie in which Bill Murray was trapped in an endlessly looping nightmare?
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One step beyond 鈥�
A new resolution process has gone where adjudication feared to tread 鈥� into the imbroglios of international disputes
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Mediation is a busted flush
It has become received wisdom that mediation is always the best way to resolve a dispute. This is false, and it's getting falser 鈥� as some judges have realised
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CommentA new kind of small talk
Rubber chicken returns with a trip to the property world's raison d'锚tre: MIPIM in Cannes. Here our trusty reporter faced a grilling from Griffiths, a band of blues-playing QSs and 鈥�
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Under instruction
Hallamshire had entered into a building contract with the local authority, South Holland District Council. It incorporated the JCT Form of 星空传媒 Contract 1980 Edition Local Authority's version. They agreed that phase two of the project, in respect of fit-out works, would be dealt with by means of a variation ...
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Cyanamid revisited
You will no doubt be familiar with the high-profile punch-up over the Bath Spa project; what you may not know is that it has interesting legal implications 鈥�
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CommentA misjudgment
The parties in Tally Wiejl vs Pegram became utterly confused by the problem of which contract was in place. Now this question has foxed the Court of Appeal, too
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CommentDiary of an architecural practice, aged 2陆 months
The first of a monthly series following Ken Shuttleworth's fledgling practice considers the perils of overly cosy offices and headed notepaper
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Marketwatch: data centre revival
The spectacular collapse of the internet and telecoms sector at the start of the decade led to financial problems at many large clients.
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Comment*Cosying up ...
星空传媒鈥檚 series of profiles of clients with lots of work to hand out begins with Manchester University, which is about to launch Project Unity 鈥�
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Comment*Tips on voicing your confidence
Voice coach Susan White has worked with architects such as Terry Farrell & Partners, and Squire and Partners, as well as contractors such as Kajima, Interior and Mace.
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Let's reach out
One-off clients are important customers of our industry, so they ought to be in touch with the Construction Clients Groups. So, anyone fancy a spot of golf?
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On buying a pig in a poke
If you buy defective goods, how long can you wait before you return them? That's a simple question with a very complicated answer 鈥�
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Now everyone鈥檚 unhappy
It used to be simple: you lost the case, you copped the entire cost of the trial. These days the situation is so complicated that it can be difficult to tell who鈥檚 won and who鈥檚 lost
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A lesson in future school design 鈥�
I read with interest your article "Sexy Education" (20 February, page 24), showcasing "11 ideal designs for secondary and primary schools".