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Materials firm fined over rock belt injury

Construction materials company Saint-Gobain has been fined £400,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries when a rock handling belt failed at the company’s plant in Barrow-Upon-Soar, Leicestershire.

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Immunity requests cause further delay to Grenfell Inquiry

Evidence hearings for the Grenfell Tower Inquiry are now expected to resume in March following an impending decision by the Attorney General on whether to grant key corporate witnesses criminal immunity.

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Disclosure Pilot progress welcomed by judges

A mandatory Disclosure Pilot Scheme is ‘working well’ in the Technology & Construction Court according to judges and has been welcomed by the parties to litigation, the TCC’s Annual Report says.

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Major contractors return to Prompt Payment Code

Several major construction companies including Balfour Beatty, Ferrovial Agroman, Kier and Laing O’Rourke have been reinstated to the Prompt Payment Code after demonstrating improved compliance.

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New adjudication model supports low value claims

Construction SMEs will be more easily able to resolve small dispute claims following the launch of a new model adjudication procedure for low value disputes in March.

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Call for changes to witness evidence

Construction disputes are set to be impacted by the recommendations of a report on factual witness evidence in trials, write guest editors Akin Akinbode and Tracey Summerell of Dentons LLP in the latest edition of Construction Law.

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Grenfell Inquiry counsel supports immunity pleas

The legal counsel to the ongoing Grenfell Tower Inquiry has recommended that its chair asks the Attorney General to give key corporate witnesses immunity from having their evidence used against them in any prosecution.

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Fraudulent Bristol builders sentenced to prison

Two builders have been sentenced to 14 months in prison for fraudulent trading after providing false business information to clients, taking large payments upfront and leaving work unfinished.

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Civils contractors report spiralling prices for PI cover

Cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance has risen sharply for civil engineering contractors in recent months, presenting a major challenge for the industry in 2020, new research says.

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Risks underestimated on High Speed 2

Government underestimated the complexity of High Speed 2 and failed to openly recognise the programme’s risks from the outset, leaving it behind schedule and over budget, an audit of the scheme’s progress has said.

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