InsightsPosts By 'Anna Wood'

19th September 2019

Anna Wood considers contractual wording around the provision of professional indemnity insurance and performance bonds and the consequences of a failure to provide evidence that such policies are in place

18th July 2019

Senior Associate Anna Wood, has written two articles which form part of the Constructing Excellence South West’s ‘Guide to appointing an Architect’ which was published recently

17th July 2019

Anna Wood looks at the steps needed to keep the sub-contract team on the job in the event of main contract termination and recommends early consideration of the options.

30th May 2019

In the recent case of Freeborn & Goldie -v- Mr Daniel Marcal t/a Dan Marcal Architects the architect was found liable for damages to clients by whom he had been retained to design and project manage the construction of a new cinema in their London home. The case considers scope of retainer, duty of care and measure of damages but importantly turned on the evidence of fact, in respect of which Mr Marcal’s case was woefully lacking.

18th April 2019

It is hardly surprising that “practical completion” is one of our most covered topics, with the common theme being the lack of clear definition of “practical completion”. The matter has come up again most recently in Mears Limited -v- Costplan Services (South East) Limited which related to the interaction between an Agreement for Lease and the certification of Practical Completion under a building contract.

13th March 2019

In this article, Anna Wood reports on the Court of Appeal’s decision in Triple Point Technology Inc -v- PTT Public Company Ltd which was handed down in early March 2019 and gave clarity on the enforceability of liquidated damages clauses after the contract has been terminated.