Day: March 6, 2014

Guidance for architects

According to Tony Bingham, the case of West v Finlay [2013], provides “a superb set of guidance notes for every architect.” Despite the case’s length (nearly 400 paragraphs) he recommended in his column that every architect should “go chapter and verse through this case to learn the lessons.” To save

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A photogrpah of a purple and teal-coloured paper origami fortune teller developed for 500 words based on traditional and modern elements of contract content
Sarah Fox

10 essentials for a construction contract

Back in 2012, as part of my research into how to write a contract in just 500 words, I developed my set of minimum requirements for construction contracts. Rather than start with a contract and edit madly, I started with a blank sheet of paper and worked out what I

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