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Victims win first stage of blacklisting suit
11 Jul 2014: Legal action to get compensation for blacklisted construction workers opened in the High Court yesterday with a green light for the case to proceed to the next stage. more »
Holiday pay ruling could be death knell, warns civils contractor
8 Jul 2014: Businesses are facing the risk of billions of pounds of additional costs from a recent legal ruling relating to holiday pay. more »
Compensation scheme under fire for being unilateral and inadequate
7 Jul 2014: Trades unions have voiced their criticism of the Construction Workers Compensation Scheme for being unilateral, in direct contravention of the recommendations of a committee of MPs. more »
Blacklist compensation scheme now open
4 Jul 2014: The Construction Workers Compensation Scheme (TCWCS) has opened to today to applications from the 3,213 people whose names were on the blacklist that major contractors operated until 2008. more »
The appropriateness of sums
20 Jun 2014: How do you decide what deductions are appropriate for defective work? Sarah E Philips reports more »
A cold wind blows for designers
27 May 2014: A rare old storm blew up in the usually calm area of offshore wind turbine design in 2009. Mark Clinton reports. more »
A third of JVs end in dispute
27 May 2014: British contractors are getting worse at joint ventures, new research suggests. more »
Two jailed for construction waste crimes
19 May 2014: Two Doncaster men have been jailed for running illegal waste dumping operations on an industrial scale, with construction waste being dumped including asbestos. more »
'Not my fault so why should I have to pay?'
30 Apr 2014: Sarah E Philips, solicitor with Thomas Eggar LLP, mulls the virtues of net contribution clauses. more »
Contractors fear implications of holiday pay ruling
26 Mar 2014: Civil engineering contractors are warning that they may have to shed hundreds of jobs or even close down altogether after a European Court ruling on holiday pay. more »
Court rules on anti-assignment clauses
21 Mar 2014: Ben Preece of Gregg Latchams LLP reports on Stopjoin Projects Ltd v Balfour Beatty Engineering Services. more »
Lessons to be learned from Hillcrest’s novation defeat
3 Mar 2014: The case of Hillcrest Homes Ltd (Hillcrest) v Beresford and Curbishley Ltd reveals weak links in contractual chains. Sarah Phillips, solicitor at Thomas Eggar LLP, reports. more »
Developers welcome planning court move
6 Feb 2014: Property developers have welcomed government plans to make it quicker and easier to crush opposition to their construction projects. more »
Injunction granted after adjudicator was invalidly appointed
4 Feb 2014: A dispute over the validity of an adjudicator appointment has resulted in an injunction. Kasia Dickson, legal assistant at Thomas Eggar, reports. more »
Court ruling puts viability of CVAs under question
3 Jan 2014: A court has refused to enforce an award won by a contractor that was subject to a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). Laura Phoenix, associate at Thomas Eggar LLP, reports. more »
Redhall claims victory in Vivergo dispute
18 Dec 2013: Engineering contractor Redhall has claimed victory in its long-running legal dispute with Vivergo Fuels. more »
Two more directors banned for Wrekin ruby scam
9 Dec 2013: Two more former directors of Wrekin Construction have been banned from servicing as directors for their part in the notorious ruby scam. more »
Scottish construction workers win legal challenge over employment status
5 Dec 2013: A group of construction workers in Scotland have won an employment tribunal they brought to challenge the employment status imposed upon them. more »
Can’t pay, won’t pay
5 Dec 2013: The interface between the Construction Act and insolvency law has produced several interesting cases. Now we have another one, as Mark Clinton explains. more »
Construction workers could get more holiday pay
6 Nov 2013: Recent court rulings could result in significant increases in the amount of holiday pay received by construction workers. more »