Architect's Legal Handbook The Law for Architects

Part A: General principles of law

1. Introduction to English law

Anthony Speaight KC

2. The English law of contract

Anthony Speaight KC

3. The English Law of Tort

Claire Packman KC

4. English Land Law

Martin Dixon

5. Introduction to Scots Law

William Frain-Bell KC

6. Scots Land Law

William Frain-Bell KC

Part B: Statutory framework

7. Statutory authorities in England and Wales

James Strachan KC

8. Statutory authorities in Scotland

Graham A. Dunlop

9. Statutory Framework for Building Safety

Lynne McCafferty KC and Katy Handley

10. Building Regulation in England and Wales

Katerina Hoey and Nicola Ibbotson

11. Building Regulations in Scotland

Peter Anderson

12 Planning law in England and Wales

Andrew Fraser-Urquhart KC

13. Planning law in Scotland

Alasdair Burnet KC

14. Public procurement law

Paul Henty

15. Party walls

Graham North

16. Health and Safety law affecting architects

Simon Tolson

Part C: Building contracts

17. Introduction to procurement methods in construction

Adam Latner

18. The JCT Standard Building Contract

Thomas Crangle

19. The NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, Professional Services Contract and related Architects’ forms

Theresa Mohammed and Michala Kucharikova

20. The FIDIC contract

Jeremy Glover

21. Other standard forms of building contract

Rupa Lakha

22. Contractor and sub-contractor collateral warranties and third party rights

Matthew Cocklin

23. The Construction Act Payment Rules

Martyn Naylor

Part D: Building dispute resolution

24. Introduction to dispute resolution and litigation

Anthony Speaight KC

25. Adjudication

Matthew Thorne

26. Arbitration

Anthony Speaight KC

27. International arbitration

Tony Dymond and Raeesa Rawal

28. Mediation

Sheena Sood and Anna Braden

29. Building dispute resolution in Scotland

Robert Howie KC

Part E: The architect in practice

30. Architects’ registration

Sarah Lupton and Manos Stellakis

31. Professional conduct of architects

Sarah Lupton and Manos Stellakis

32. Professional disciplinary proceedings

James Hatt

33. Architects’ liability

Helen Dennis

34. Architects’ professional indemnity insurance

James Leabeater KC

35. Copyright and design protection

Clive D. Thorne

36. Data protection

Hazel Grant

37. Architects’ contracts with clients

Sarah Lupton and Manos Stellakis

38. Architects’ collateral warranties

Matthew Cocklin

Biography

Anthony Speaight KC – Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Surrey. Barrister. Bencher of Middle Temple. His publications include The Law of Defective Premises (co-author) and the Butterworths Professional Negligence Service (contributor). He is a past member of the Council of the Society of Construction Law, past chairman of the editorial board of Counsel, Journal of the Bar of England & Wales, and past chairman of the Bar Council’s Access to the Bar Committee. He acts as a supervisor of dissertations at the King’s College London Centre of Construction Law. He is a trained mediator.

Matthew Thorne, FCIArb – Barrister in practice at 4 Pump Court, Temple, London, and member of Inner Temple. He is recommended as ‘leading junior’ in the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Who’s Who Legal. Formerly chairman of Junior TECBAR, he is a member of the Society of Construction Law, Professional Negligence Bar Association, the Commercial Bar Association, and the Technology and Construction Bar Association (of which he has been a committee member). He has been a co-author of LexisPSL Adjudication and is the author of Becoming a Barrister. He is an adjudicator accredited with CIArb, TECBAR, CIC, and UK Adjudicators.

Praise for previous editions

"Probably the most important legal book for architects."
Architect’s Journal

"A must for every practice. A handbook that should be readily accessible to every responsible architect."
Architect and Surveyor

"This popular reference book for both practitioners and students has been prepared by a team of eminent contributors and encompasses the general principles of law, building contracts, statutory rights and the architect in practice."
The ASI Journal

"The Architect’s Legal Handbook serves to make us aware of those areas in which the law overlaps with architectural practice and all the more easily avoid those pitfalls that trap the unwary. As a combination legal primer and security blanket this is an essential purchase for both Part III candidates and architects alike."
Peter Robinson, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland journal (RIAS)

"… the standard text of choice for architectural students and practitioners alike … I welcome this latest edition as a valuable source for architects in practice."
Mrs Justice O’Farrell DBE, Judge in Charge, Technology and Construction Court

Praise for the eleventh edition

"...the Architect’s Legal Handbook continues to provide a highly accessible and clear compendium of law for the architect which it has done for the last 50 years."

Mr Justice David Waksman, Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court and a judge of the Commercial and Planning Courts