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City landmark at centre of legal row

Details are emerging about a breach of contract lawsuit filed at the High Court against Lipton Rogers LLP by Hamid Alqumari, a former business associates of company founder Sir Stuart Lipton, over allegedly unpaid fees related to the development of the City’s 22 Bishopsgate.

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Rail renewals contracts adopt Project 13 principles

Network Rail has selected its four main partners for a performance-based alliance to deliver the Southern Region’s £9bn programme of renewals over the next 10 years.

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Biodiversity rules will affect all developments

New housing, commercial and infrastructure developments are to be “nature positive” from November onwards, under new government biodiversity rules.

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Procurement culture change call

Former Prime minister Tony Blair and former Conservative Party leader William Hague have joined forces to push for procurement reform as part of a broader demand for improving innovation in the UK public services.

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Fast track infrastructure planning to be trialled

The government has published a cross departmental ‘action plan’ to speed up the passage of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) through the planning process following announcement recently of a range of related initiatives.

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High Court to hear claims that Government plan breaches 700 year old common law

Two judicial review claims against government plans to reduce the discharge of untreated sewage into rivers and other bodies of water in England have been given approval to proceed by the High Court.

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Risk assessment failure leads to worker’s death and a £120,000 fine

Electrical contractor PTSG Electrical Services Ltd has been fined £120,000 after a worker died following a fall from the roof of a four storey building.

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Government procurement practice could increase modern slavery risks

New guidance issued by the government to public sector procurement professionals warns that practices they permit, such as short lead times, late payments, demand for high flexibility, last minute order changes and downward cost pressures, could increase the risk of modern slavery along supply chains.

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Lendlease settles out of court in PFI hospital dispute

A £140 million legal dispute between Northumbria Healthcare NHS trust and Lendlease over allegations of defective work on a hospital has been settled out of court.

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Major projects planning to be reviewed

Government has ordered a review of the Development Consent Order (DCO) process for major infrastructure, revealing that it has slowed considerably in recent years. The timespan for granting DCOs has increased by 65% between 2012 and 2021 and offshore wind projects are taking up to four years to get through the DCO process.

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