Claims and Legal team host first ever Legal Panel Conference
The Claims and Legal team hosted a Legal Panel Conference in late 2023. The first-ever event of its kind was a collaborative, resounding success.
Visual Evidence
It’s often been said that seeing is believing, and this is certainly true in legal proceedings. Ever since movies were first allowed into a courtroom, film and video have provided a reliable way of capturing reality and presenting it as evidence. Who knows how many people have been convicted or exonerated on the basis of images on a screen? In this episode, featuring two stories, Architects find themselves confronted by video evidence that may reveal either guilt or innocence. And neither is certain.
Poor Choices
It’s an infrequent mistake, but it happens: Consultants and projects are chosen unwisely, and the architect must assume responsibility for the consequences. In these two stories, those errors are about to doom the projects . . . until a second—extremely rare—phenomenon occurs: Fate steps in and saves the day. The odds of winning Lotto Max are about 33 million to one. The odds of your project being saved by blind luck are in about the same range.
Client Demands
Many architects will tell you that some of their greatest professional rewards come from their relationships with their clients, working as a team toward a common goal. But occasionally, these relationships break down, and what starts out as professional affection deteriorates into outright animosity. It’s a fine idea to make friends of clients, and even clients of friends, but remember: business and friendship can sometimes make poor allies.
For Whom the Litigation Tolls: Everything an Architect needs to know about Tolling Agreements
A tolling agreement could be presented by anyone who believes they may have a right to sue the architect, including subconsultants, contractors, or even end users of a project.
Why architects should use OAA contracts
There’s just ONE contract to rule them all, and it’s from the OAA. Here’s a litigator’s perspective on how OAA 600 and OAA 800 protect architects.
Why do lawsuits against architects take so long to resolve?
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Limitation Periods: Is an architect ever safe from litigation?
By the very nature of the profession, when an architect is sued, it has to do with a dispute centred on a building. Since most buildings are designed to last […]
What Architects need to know about 30.10 motions
Imagine this scenario: a busy architect is out making a site visit when it happens: their phone buzzes and an email pops up from a colleague alerting them that legal […]