Architect's Legal Handbook

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

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.