"Insurance"

January 2012

Nicholas Gould’s seminar note serves as an introduction to insurance and focuses on those issues raised by construction insurance, which may be considered under three main parts. First, the fundamental principles of insurance and the general classes of construction insurance. Second, the types of insurance available in the construction industry and some specific aspects arising from construction insurance. Finally, insurance under the standard forms.

"Time, delay and liquidated damages"

September 2011

"Identifying and managing your legal expectations to avoid pitfalls in an increasingly demanding project role"

July 2011

In this paper, Nicholas Gould reviews professional liability with a particular emphasis on modern project management practice. In reality, this means a traditional form of forward thinking construction professionals (quantity surveyors, now commercial cost managers, or some other derivation, building surveyors, architects, engineers) that have expanded into the area of project management and those acting as employer’s agents (there are of course those who have qualified as project managers (PM) or taken a masters degrees in the subject).

"Project security & guarantees"

May 2011

"Let there be light: fiat lux"

January 2009

Simon Tolson explains exactly what a right to light is and how that right can be enforced.

"Late payment of commercial debts legislation"

Updated in January 2007

This briefing note (originally prepared for clients by Simon Tolson and up-dated by Theresa Mohammed) sets out the key features of the late payments legislation which provides a remedy for companies faced by non-payment of their invoices.