5th Edition

Guide to JCT Standard Building Contract 2024

By Sarah Lupton, Manos Stellakis Copyright 2025
208 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

208 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

The latest edition of the JCT Guide series provides a practical, comprehensive overview of the 2024 JCT Standard Contract suite (SBC/Q, SBC/AQ, and SBC/XQ). It organises and explains all provisions, procedures, and conditions by subject, clearly outlining the obligations of various parties and addressing key contractual issues that may arise during a project-supported by the most recent... Read more

Foreword

About the Authors

About this Guide

1. About SBC24

2. The contract documents

3. Duties of the contractor

4. Possession and completion

5. Control of the works

6. Sums properly due

7. Payment

8. Indemnity and insurance

9. Termination

10 Dispute resolution

References

Clause index

Subject index

Biography

Professor Sarah Lupton MA, DipArch, LLM, RIBA, Carb. is a practising architect (partner at Lupton Stellakis), course director for the Diploma/MA in Professional Studies at Cardiff University and a specialist in design liability and construction contract law.

Professor Manos Stellakis BScArch, DipArch, MScEcon, RIBA, RIAS is an architect, designer and development consultant with over 34 years’ experience. He is a Partner in the London-based practice of Lupton Stellakis.