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Category: Construction

Recently, a subcontractor asked me to comment on what they should be including in their payment claims. They had two major concerns:   Section 24 of...
I’m often asked how I became an engineering and construction lawyer.  I’m not one of those lawyers with a nice, linear career path. It’s been...
Over the last 2 years, I’ve noticed more and more “modern slavery clauses” cropping up in commercial contracts. They tend to be tacked on at...
I was delighted to speak to Zoho Contracts recently about the contract management challenges in construction. 00:00 – Intro 01:00 – Key contract management challenges...
In Part 1 of the SoundLegal Contract Roadmap series, we talked about the roadmap (structure) of the overall contract, to help commercial parties find what...
A logical structure is like a roadmap, that helps to walk the parties through the document and also through the project or relationship. So, what...
If I asked my clients to name their biggest project risk in the last 12 months, 10 out of 10 of them would say “managing...
Don’t be like Bob Bob is a business owner. He’s spent a fortune on his website, polo shirts with his spiffy logo, professional headshots for...
Has a client ever unexpectedly deducted money from your payments? There might have been a set-off clause in your contract. So what IS a set-off...
Sub-Contractor Agreements are important to make sure both your business and the sub-contractor are aware of the scope of work to be performed and are...

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