Legal

The trade body for the demolition industry has condemned the knocking down of the 18th century Crooked House pub in Staffordshire. The building in Himley, described as “Britain’s wonkiest pub”, was pulled down with an excavator on 7 August, two days after fire which the police are treating as suspected…

Ballymore employees working on the company's Embassy Gardens development in Nine Elms, south west London, suffered “harassment related to race”, an employment tribunal has found. According to the judgement, the claimants were subjected to “harassment related to race” as they were “unjustifiably” treated “as a group of poor performing individuals”,…

The owner of the plant firm that owns the excavator used to demolish the 18th Century Crooked House pub in the West Midlands has denied any involvement in carrying out the work. South Staffordshire District Council has launched an investigation into potential breaches of planning and building laws after the…

Cladding contractor FK Construction has been told to repay ISG almost £1.8m in the latest twist in a long-running payment dispute. In May, the Technology & Construction Court (TCC) ordered ISG to comply with an adjudicator’s decision that it should pay FK Construction the sum following a contractual wrangle. FK…

A second former Carillion boss has been banned from being a director for more than a decade after a finding that he provided false and misleading financial information. The Insolvency Service, which is overseeing Carillion’s liquidation, said it had accepted a disqualification undertaking from Richard Adam, the company’s finance director…

Rydon has made a £26.7m provision for its part of a settlement with those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. The company, which was main contractor on the 2015 refurbishment of the west London tower block, was one of several companies and organisations involved in a settlement agreed with 900…

Two victims of the 2020 Bow crane collapse are suing a housing association and structural engineers over the incident, and have slammed the length of time the official investigation is taking. On 8 July 2020, 85-year-old June Harvey (pictured below) died after a 27-metre crane crashed through the roof of…

The former director of a London housebuilder has won a lengthy legal battle over £2.4m owed to him by the company, which is run by his wife's brothers. Shafiq Malik is entitled to the payment after the Court of Appeal dismissed an attempt by Henley Homes to overturn a previous…

The developer of a block of flats in Kettering has been ordered to demolish the building’s top two floors after the local council took legal action against it. North Northamptonshire Council brought a case against the Northampton-based Michigan Construction Ltd following a two-year dispute. Michigan was granted planning permission in…

A dispute between Bam Nuttall and Cambridgeshire County Council over alleged defects on a guided busway has been settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. The £152m busway, which links Cambridge to the Cambridgeshire market town of St Ives, was completed in 2011. However, the council was seeking compensation…