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NewsEnergy firms investigated for missing carbon targets
Half of the big six energy firms fail to meet all of their legally binding energy efficiency targets
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NewsCriminal probe into Green Deal fraud
Trading Standards launches investigation into allegations of Green Deal fraud
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NewsLegal case against 拢275m incinerator defeated
Spanish contractor FCC to build scheme in Buckinghamshire that will generate 22mw of electricity
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CommentProfessional negligence dispute: On the rocks
When a judge blocked a 拢3m award to whisky maker Whyte Mackay, he questioned whether a professional negligence dispute should have come to adjudication at all
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NewsFirms fined over lorry death
Two companies have been ordered to pay almost 拢800,000 in fines and costs after a driver was run over and killed by his own lorry
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CommentDoing business in Iraq: Tread carefully
A decade after the invasion of Iraq there are opportunities for UK firms in the country鈥檚 infrastructure sector. But they must be aware of the legal framework they will be working in
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CommentStop kicking up a fuss
The lawyers in this case raised a number of clever, interesting technical objections. Which were quite rightly dismissed. Let鈥檚 just stick to the facts, eh?
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NewsMcArdle falls into administration
Ground works specialist which worked on London Olympics up for sale as a going concern
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NewsLabour to look at blacklisting policy measures
MP in charge of party鈥檚 policy review voices 鈥榩rofound concerns鈥� about construction industry scandal
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CommentLegal brief: Changes to judicial review process
What do proposed changes to the judicial review system mean for planning and procurement decisions?
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NewsGovernment cracks down on 鈥榤eritless鈥� judicial reviews
Series of measures proposed to counter rise in legal challenges
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NewsConstruction firms fined 拢60k after worker crushed
Worker suffers brain injury from falling equipment
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CommentLife on the high fees
Adjudicators were meant to deal with construction disputes 鈥榚xpeditiously and relatively inexpensively鈥�. But the amount they charge is becoming increasingly hard to justify
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CommentNEC3 contracts: The hole truth and nothing but
If only lawyers would get around to filling up the holes in the NEC3 contract
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CommentCPC2013: Top form
We need a new form of contract for complex projects that encourages a more scientific approach to risk management. Step forward CPC2013 鈥�
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NewsInquiry to consider public sector ban for blacklist firms
MPs question truth of evidence heard from Balfour Beatty, Sir Robert McAlpine and Skanska
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NewsHackney Empire wins long-running bond dispute
East London theatre receives disputed 拢1.1m bond from insurer Aviva and prepares to take action over 10-years worth of interest
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CommentLegal brief: Human rights vs adjudication
A decision by the Scottish Courts on Whyte MacKay Ltd vs Blyth and Blyth Consulting Engineers sets an interesting precedent
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CommentLegal brief: Multiple disputes?
Willmott Dixon Housing Limited vs Newlon Housing Trust leads to an interesting development in adjudication law
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CommentLeap of faith
Despite what the Court of Appeal decided recently, isn鈥檛 a doctrine of good faith what the industry desperately needs?