London retakes crown as most expensive city for construction
FIXEDD According to Arcadis, London is the most expensive city in the world in which to build things. Read…
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Festive adjudications
Tim Seal, head of construction law at Ridgemont, a specialist construction and real estate law firm, has a…
Stonehenge tunnel challenge fails
Campaigners seeking to block construction of a road tunnel under the Stonehenge World Heritage Site have lost a…
Court of Appeal clears Norfolk road schemes to go ahead
The Court of Appeal has rejected a legal challenge to three major roads schemes in Norfolk. Read Full…
Rogue builder sent to prison
A Welsh builder is spending the next 16 months in prison for fraudulent trading. Read Full Article: The…
The push for mediation to resolve construction disputes
Will enforced mediation end access to justice? Solicitor John Wallace reports Read Full Article: The Construction Index
JCT changes dismissed as insubstantial
Contract revisions from the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) have been dismissed as inadequate by at least one critic.…
New JCT design & build contract explained
Victoria Kempthorne, associate solicitor in the Construction & Engineering Department at law firm Irwin Mitchell LLP, offers an…
Cartel busters win right to search homes
The Competition & Markets Authority has won an important legal challenge in the High Court, giving a boost…
Irwin Mitchell adds to construction team
Law firm Irwin Mitchell has boosted its property team with a new construction disputes partner in London. Read…