Tag: Court

Darren Tancred, owner and managing director of East Grinstead-based Providence Building Services Limited, fears that his legal defeat against a housing association client will have a negative impact on the payment mechanism for contractors. This week the Technology & Construction Court passed judgment in the...

CGI of how Earls Court might look [image from ECDC]Nine months ago the target was to start construction in 2025; now it is 2026. The plans have also been scaled back a little. Today’s proposals reveal a 20% increase in open space and a 10%...

The masterplan for Earls CourtThe Earls Court Development Company (ECDC), which owns the largely derelict 40-acre site,  has today unveiled a draft masterplan and intends to submit a planning application before the end of the year. The first phase of development will have 1,300 homes,...

Sewage is discharged into rivers across the UK on a daily basis. (Photo from The Rivers Trust.)The High Court has given permission for a hearing against the government’s storm overflows discharges reduction plan. The storm overflows discharges reduction plan was published by the Department for...

Stock image [John Towner/StockSnap] of a viewing platform in London, not the Tate ModernResidents of the Neo Bankside block of flats neighbouring the Tate Modern art gallery in London have secured a victory in their bid to have the Tate’s viewing gallery closed. Whether the...

CGI of the new Black Cat junction, designed by Mott MacDonaldTransport Action Network has lodged a legal challenge at the High Court to the government’s decision to approve the £1bn A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement scheme, which is part of the cancelled Oxford-Cambridge...

The Superboss ballast distributor that was involved in the incidentAn investigation by the Office of Rail & Road, the industry regulator, determined that Network Rail’s failings led to  that a man being crushed between the conveyor of a 25-tonne Superboss ballast distributor and a Kubota...