Blake Lapthorn solicitors’ Construction and Development group has compiled a list of archive news, updates, articles and press releases for you. 

To view the archive please click on links or use the below scroll bar to scan through the articles.

are you ready for the new Construction Act?, Oxford - 21 September

07 Sep 2011

Our Construction and Development group hosted an event on the new Construction Act that comes into force on 1 October 2011 at our Oxford office on 21 September 2011.

construction company director to face manslaughter charge

05 Sep 2011

Our Health and Safety team looks at the case of a company director who has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of a three year old in July 2008.

planning law news - August

10 Aug 2011

In this edition: Government unveils draft NPPF, local planning regulations: consultation, valuing nature, hazardous waste, energy planning reforms and new London Plan.

dispatches: issue five - 10 August

10 Aug 2011

In this edition: university intellectual property, Protection of freedoms Bill, Office of the Independent Adjudicator Annual Report, does the UKBA understand the value of UK education? and Construction Act update.

employee or not employee – the Supreme Court decides

03 Aug 2011

Our Employment team reviews the long-awaited decision by the Supreme Court that has held that workers who signed agreements describing themselves as 'self-employed contractors' were in fact employees.


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