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17/04/20150 Comment(s)
The Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill was given its assent on 26th March 2015. The new Act will require local authorities to keep and publish a register of all persons and community organisations who wish to acquire land to self build. Local authorities will also be required to have regard to the registry when exercising planning, housing, regeneration and disposing of council land in order to offer suitable sites for those individuals wishing to self-build. [Read More...]
15/04/20150 Comment(s)
Timescale for bringing claim under The Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 Act. Contribution claims - act prompt or risk the claim being statute barred. Implications of judgment in The Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary (HC) -v- Southampton City Council (SCC) [2014]. When does time start to run under The Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978. [Read More...]
The proceedings related to an adjudication concerning a building dispute. The Defendants invited the claimant construction company, Malcolm Charles Contracts Ltd (MCC), to tender for a contract to carry out work on their property. [Read More...]
01/04/20150 Comment(s)
You wait ages for a change in sentencing then two come along at once. Following on from the removal of the upper limit on magistrates' powers to fine comes the imposition of mandatory court charges to be paid on top of the fine, prosecution costs and victim tax. They come into effect on 13 April this year and seems apply to all offences sentenced on or after that date regardless of the date of commission [Read More...]
25/03/20150 Comment(s)
Following the trial of Pyranha Mouldings Ltd on 12 January at Liverpool Crown Court, the trial Judge passed sentence today whilst sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice. [Read More...]
20/03/20150 Comment(s)
On 12 March 2015 Section 85 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012 came into force. The aim of this section is to give more power to magistrates’ courts by removing the upper limit on the size of fine they can impose, in order to free up Crown Courts to sentence the more serious offences. Its effects are likely to be significant in cases where companies of substance are prosecuted and convicted. [Read More...]
On 6 April 2015 the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) will come into force. CDM 2015 will significantly change the legislative regime around health and safety in the construction industry. [Read More...]
19/03/20150 Comment(s)
This week, Charlotte Waters, a Partner at Fisher Scoggins Waters, who specialises in construction, engineering and manufacturing disputes, answers some common client questions regarding a procurement award challenge. [Read More...]
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