Legal and Regulatory News in UK Construction | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Fri, 09 May 2025 09:10:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Legal and Regulatory News in UK Construction | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Retirement village blaze court case collapses https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/retirement-village-blaze-court-case-collapses-08-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/retirement-village-blaze-court-case-collapses-08-05-2025/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 11:27:14 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=520050 A trial over alleged fire safety breaches by four firms – including a Morgan Sindall subsidiary – following a huge blaze at a retirement village has collapsed after less than two days. Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) said it was withdrawing its case, which…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/retirement-village-blaze-court-case-collapses-08-05-2025/feed/ 0 Falcon ordered to pay out in unfair dismissal case after jib collapse https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/falcon-ordered-to-pay-out-in-unfair-dismissal-case-after-jib-collapse-08-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/falcon-ordered-to-pay-out-in-unfair-dismissal-case-after-jib-collapse-08-05-2025/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 11:14:42 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=520067 An employment tribunal has ordered a crane supplier to pay a former employee almost £30,000 for unfair dismissal after the crane he was operating collapsed. The crane operator, named as G Shields in a tribunal judgment released this week, was dismissed by Falcon Tower Crane…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/falcon-ordered-to-pay-out-in-unfair-dismissal-case-after-jib-collapse-08-05-2025/feed/ 0 Cladding firm fined £225,000 after worker dies falling through roof https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/cladding-firm-fined-225000-after-worker-dies-falling-through-roof-07-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/cladding-firm-fined-225000-after-worker-dies-falling-through-roof-07-05-2025/#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 10:12:43 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519939 A cladding company has been fined £225,000 following the death of a worker who fell through a fragile roof while replacing cladding panels. Leslie Bennion, 61, died after falling from a height of 6 metres while working on a roof at Gaerwen Industrial Estate in…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/cladding-firm-fined-225000-after-worker-dies-falling-through-roof-07-05-2025/feed/ 0 Former employees win tribunal claim against defunct groundworks firm https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/former-employees-win-tribunal-claim-against-defunct-groundworks-firm-06-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/former-employees-win-tribunal-claim-against-defunct-groundworks-firm-06-05-2025/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 11:45:54 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519834 Ex-employees of Bowie Construction have been awarded payouts by an employment tribunal. Twelve workers brought the claim against the former groundworks specialist, which went into administration in June 2024, on the basis that it did not hold a formal consultation process. The company ceased trading…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/former-employees-win-tribunal-claim-against-defunct-groundworks-firm-06-05-2025/feed/ 0 Window manufacturer fined after teenage worker injured https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/window-manufacturer-fined-after-teenage-worker-injured-06-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/window-manufacturer-fined-after-teenage-worker-injured-06-05-2025/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 11:45:33 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519869 A window manufacturing firm in Sheffield has been fined after a 19-year-old worker lost parts of two fingers in a cross-cut saw incident. Ford Windows Ltd was ordered to pay a £100,000 fine plus costs following a hearing at Sheffield Magistrates Court on 28 April,…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/window-manufacturer-fined-after-teenage-worker-injured-06-05-2025/feed/ 0 Squibb firm and housing association pay out over crane tragedy https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/squibb-firm-and-housing-association-pay-out-over-crane-tragedy-02-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/squibb-firm-and-housing-association-pay-out-over-crane-tragedy-02-05-2025/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 11:45:22 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519726 A family whose relative died when a crane crashed through the roof of their home have agreed an out of court financial settlement with a housing association and contractor. Former Squibb Group subsidiary PGCS Partnership and Swan Housing Association and its subsidiary Swan Commercial Services…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/squibb-firm-and-housing-association-pay-out-over-crane-tragedy-02-05-2025/feed/ 0 Construction firm loses appeal over pension failure penalty https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/construction-firm-loses-appeal-over-pension-failure-penalty-02-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/construction-firm-loses-appeal-over-pension-failure-penalty-02-05-2025/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 11:30:39 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519790 A construction firm has lost its appeal against penalties imposed on it after failing to enrol staff on an occupational pension scheme. Buildings UK Midlands Ltd’s appeal against fines imposed on it by the Pensions Regulator at the High Court’s first-tier tribunal was dismissed. The…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/construction-firm-loses-appeal-over-pension-failure-penalty-02-05-2025/feed/ 0 Construction bosses jailed over £2m housing scheme bribery https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/construction-bosses-jailed-over-2m-housing-scheme-bribery-02-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/construction-bosses-jailed-over-2m-housing-scheme-bribery-02-05-2025/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 11:28:53 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519806 Three construction bosses have pleaded guilty to taking part in a £2m bribery scandal in a bid to secure lucrative contracts. Over a four-year period, the men bribed two former E.ON energy company employees in a fraud related to a major Devon housing development in…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/construction-bosses-jailed-over-2m-housing-scheme-bribery-02-05-2025/feed/ 0 Contractor fined after worker crushed to death on site https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-fined-after-worker-crushed-to-death-on-site-01-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-fined-after-worker-crushed-to-death-on-site-01-05-2025/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 09:54:52 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519715 A construction company has been fined after a kitchen fitter was crushed to death by concrete blocks at a site in Gloucestershire. Martin Dunford, 33, was killed on 23 January 2020 while working on a Piper Homes Construction Ltd housing development at Ebrington Rise, near…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/contractor-fined-after-worker-crushed-to-death-on-site-01-05-2025/feed/ 0 Three arrests in Microsoft data centre build bribery investigation https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/three-arrests-in-microsoft-data-centre-bribery-investigation-30-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/three-arrests-in-microsoft-data-centre-bribery-investigation-30-04-2025/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:58:18 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519697 Three people have been arrested as part of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into alleged £3m bribes linked to a Microsoft data centre project in the Netherlands. The SFO said the individuals were detained for questioning during dawn raids on five properties across London,…

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