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A - Z of guides and template

We continually update our bank of advice based on the nature and of frequency of your enquiries. We have therefore developed a number of FREE forms, templates, documents and guidance to help you protect your business.

The Legal & Business team are here to help by providing you with practical and responsive, guidance, templates and tools to help you manage your business risks.

“We will give you the advice you need to navigate commercial risks and extricate yourself from commercial predicaments.”

Below is an outline of what we can do to support your business moving towards prosperity and growth.

  • Our aim is to be your trusted intuitive business adviser – a reliable friend who will help you learn more about running a contracting business, avoiding and managing the pitfalls with affect your contemporaries where possible.
  • We’re FREE! (unless stated otherwise) and can save you thousands of pounds that you would otherwise spend on professional fees – an equivalent specialist adviser may cost £350 an hour on the open market - in document reviews and objectively reality testing you position within the context of a dispute.
  • We have no monetary interest in disputes cascading further.
  • We can't represent you in proceedings or in your negotiations, but we are links to those that can.
  • We can guarantee that we'll give you advice you need to hear, rather than the advice you want to hear. 

Documents

We will review your documents to ensure they are fit for use; we deal with issues relating to:

  • PQQ, procurement and pre-tendering
  • Getting into contract & risk mitigation
  • Contract management
  • Compliance issues
  • Software solutions for managing risk
  • BIM risk mitigation

Disputes

We will work through your dispute and offer pragmatic advice on how best to manage your situation moving forward, including:

  • Payment & Retentions
  • Offer an ECA Mediation service
  • Reality testing the strength of your position, documents and evidence
  • Settlement negotiations
  • Court, arbitration and adjudication proceedings and insolvency processes

FREE forms, templates, documents and guidance

We continually update our bank of advice based on the nature and of frequency of your enquiries. We have therefore developed a number of key documents to help you protect your business, including:

  • Standard amendments to JCT Sub-Contract
  • Purchase of goods
  • Sub-sub-contract
  • Collateral warranty
  • Maintenance Agreement
  • Parent company guarantee
  • Director’s guarantee
  • NDA/Confidentiality
  • Consumer contract
  • Performance Bonds

 

Timeframes

  • During office hours - Monday - Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm - you can log a call and if we can deal with it there and then, we will.
  • If no one is immediately available, your call will be acknowledged, and a member of the team will then advise you of any further information we required and a timescale for a substantive response to your enquiry.
  • We work to a KPI of a 7 working day turnaround.  However, we try to provide Members with advice and support within the timeframes appropriate to the enquiry.
  • Where we are given a restricted window because we have been engaged later in the process, this may not be possible.

Legal & Business Guidance Notes

Don't forget, we also have a selection of services for you to use!