Current Awareness » building law http://www.innertemplelibrary.com from the Inner Temple Library Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Making rights to light more transparent – Law Commission http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/making-rights-to-light-more-transparent-law-commission/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/making-rights-to-light-more-transparent-law-commission/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:01:18 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=81955 “In a consultation opening today the Law Commission is asking for views on the current law on rights to light, including their creation, enforcement and extinguishment.”

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Law Commission, 18th February 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/making-rights-to-light-more-transparent-law-commission/feed/ 0 Meg Burgess wall death: Builder George Collier jailed – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/meg-burgess-wall-death-builder-george-collier-jailed-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/meg-burgess-wall-death-builder-george-collier-jailed-bbc-news/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:57:57 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=79436 “A builder has been given a two year jail term after a three-year-old girl died when she was crushed by a collapsing wall.”

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BBC News, 5th October 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/meg-burgess-wall-death-builder-george-collier-jailed-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Jenson and another v Faux – WLR Daily http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/04/jenson-and-another-v-faux-wlr-daily/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/04/jenson-and-another-v-faux-wlr-daily/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:33:20 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=50678 Jenson and another v Faux [2011] EWCA Civ 423;  [2011] WLR (D)  133

“A contractor who carried out works to a dwelling owed a duty under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 to see that the work was done in a workmanlike or professional manner. That duty was owed to the person for whom the works were carried out and the purchaser to whom that property was subsequently sold where the dwelling was new, or if refurbished or extended, it was wholly different from the old dwelling. The Act did not apply to improvements which did not sufficiently change the character of the property so as to amount to a new dwelling.”

WLR Daily, 13th April 2011

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/04/jenson-and-another-v-faux-wlr-daily/feed/ 0 People in rural villages to be allowed to build on green belt without planning permission – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2010/07/people-in-rural-villages-to-be-allowed-to-build-on-green-belt-without-planning-permission-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2010/07/people-in-rural-villages-to-be-allowed-to-build-on-green-belt-without-planning-permission-daily-telegraph/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:47:53 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=37273 “People living in rural communities will be able to give themselves the right to build on local green belt land without planning permission, under plans to be unveiled today.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010

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BBC News, 9th December 2009

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/12/bath-spa-council-paid-4m-compensation-for-delay-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Victory for anti-scald campaign – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/06/victory-for-anti-scald-campaign-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/06/victory-for-anti-scald-campaign-bbc-news/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:04:37 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=22098 “A campaign to reduce injuries caused by scalding in the bath has brought about a change to building regulations.”

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BBC News, 11th June 2009

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2009/06/victory-for-anti-scald-campaign-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Council to sue £21m over Bath Spa – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/12/council-to-sue-21m-over-bath-spa-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/12/council-to-sue-21m-over-bath-spa-bbc-news/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:49:16 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=15553 “Bath and North East Somerset Council is to sue a building firm for £21m after a luxury spa opened five years late.”

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BBC News, 15th December 2008

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/12/council-to-sue-21m-over-bath-spa-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Judge slams Wembley dispute’s £22m costs total – The Lawyer http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/10/judge-slams-wembley-dispute%e2%80%99s-22m-costs-total-the-lawyer/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/10/judge-slams-wembley-dispute%e2%80%99s-22m-costs-total-the-lawyer/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:45:04 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=11567 “A judge has hit out at the participants involved in a four-year dispute over the construction of Wembley Stadium after they racked up £22m in costs, including £1m on photocopying.”

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The Lawyer, 6th October 2008

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/10/judge-slams-wembley-dispute%e2%80%99s-22m-costs-total-the-lawyer/feed/ 0 Law change call for bust builders – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/05/law-change-call-for-bust-builders-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/05/law-change-call-for-bust-builders-bbc-news/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 08:45:27 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/?p=5600 “Laws need to be tightened to ensure homeowners are not out of pocket when builders go bankrupt, the housing minister for Wales has said.”

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BBC News, 19th May 2008

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“Where under the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, 1998 ed, Private with Quantities the architect granted the contractor an extension of time after the employer had served a withholding notice and paid under an interim certificate on the assumption that it had the right to rely on a non-completion certificate previously served, the grant of the extension of time did not deprive the employer of that right since it did not cancel the non-completion notice restrospectively.”

WLR Daily, 10th March 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2008/03/reinwood-ltd-v-l-brown-sons-ltd-wlr-daily/feed/ 0 Melville Dundas Ltd and Others v George Wimpey UK Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2007/05/melville-dundas-ltd-and-others-v-george-wimpey-uk-ltd-and-others-times-law-reports/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2007/05/melville-dundas-ltd-and-others-v-george-wimpey-uk-ltd-and-others-times-law-reports/#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 09:48:53 +0000 sally http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/melville-dundas-ltd-and-others-v-george-wimpey-uk-ltd-and-others-times-law-reports/ Receivership prevents notice of intention from being given

Melville Dundas Ltd. and Others v. George Wimpey UK Ltd. and Others

House of Lords

“A provision that a party to a construction contract could not, unless he had given notice of intention to do so, withhold payment after the final date for payment of a sum due under the contract, did not apply to a lawful ground for withholding payment, such as the contractor going into receivership, when it was not possible for notice to have been given within the statutory time frame.”

The Times, 8th May 2007

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