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Sandra Cassels, partner in the commercial litigation team at Morton Fraser, continues our four-part Construction Delay Series, which takes a closer look at legal issues surrounding construction delays. If your contract makes provision for an extension of time it should also set out the procedur

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has ruled that an action seeking over £72 million in damages relating to defects in the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow is competent in spite of a contractual provision requiring disputes to be referred to adjudication.

Police investigating allegations of corruption within Dundee City Council's Construction Services have concluded their inquiry and reported three men to the procurator fiscal, The Courier reports. The inquiry, which was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, was launched following allegations in the news

The process of planning and paying to build renewable energy schemes in Scotland needs to be simpler and less costly to better tackle the climate challenge, according to a senior lawyer who is advising on a number of schemes across the country, as well as acting for landowners. Susan Law, a partner

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion by a development company ordered to pay over £200,000 to a project management firm it contracted to manage a development in Aberdeen after being found in breach of contract.

Rebecca Barrass, senior associate in MacRoberts’ Construction team, considers a recent appeal hearing relating to Fraser Harbour Commissioners v McLaughlin Harvey Limited. Contracts allowing for Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms: Access to the courts remains a “basic principle&rd

Scottish Construction Now is delighted to introduce a four-part series taking place this month that will take a look at legal issues surrounding construction delays. The series is compiled by Sandra Cassels, partner in the commercial litigation team at Morton Fraser, who specialises in construction

Leiths (Scotland) Ltd has been fined £130,000 for health and safety failings uncovered after a worker died while working at a quarry in the Highlands in 2017. Pawel Kocik, 34, was suffered fatal injuries to the chest at the firm's Kishorn Quarry in Wester Ross.

Chris Mackay and Andrew Little from Burness Paull look at the Scottish Appeal Court decision in relation to the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project and what it means for NEC contracts going forward. A decision of the Scottish appeal court has confirmed that NEC contracts are not charters for contract

New regulations that provide for the preparation, submission and registration of Local Place Plans (LPPs) have been laid in the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government said the Town and Country Planning (Local Place Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 are an important part of the legal

TLT has completed the sale of a 50MW battery storage project in Kintore near Aberdeen to SUSI Storage Development UK on behalf of ILI Energy Storage PLC (ILI), the clean energy development company. The transaction is the fourth battery storage sale TLT has completed for ILI Group in the last year, a

A Berwickshire based company has been fined £300,000 after an employee was crushed by a concrete panel. BSW Sawmills Limited pled guilty to health and safety breaches committed between 1 June 2017 and 6 October 2017 at Dumfries Sheriff Court on 28 September 2021.

An office support manager has been found guilty of embezzling almost £6,000 from a St Andrews architecture practice. Kirsty Kean, who only worked at Muir Walker Pride for a few months, made two unauthorised transactions worth more than £2,000 each and used the company bank account t

The director of a liquidated construction company has been banned for seven years after failing to explain more than £700,000 worth of expenditure. Forfar Sheriff Court heard that Angel Tas Limited was incorporated in October 2017 and Cristina Angelica Tasca (27), from Arbroath, was appoi

A community council is considering taking legal action against a decision to approve a housing development in Glasgow in a case it said has ramifications for sensitive conservation areas across Scotland. Glasgow City Council's planning local review committee granted permission for East Kilbride-base