This free to attend session will be delivered by Geraldine Fleming of Driver Trett and will cover
- The importance of having a contract in place
- Types of professional appointments
- Standard forms available
- Typical clauses in professional appointments and example amendments
- Services to be provided
- Case law
Geraldine has worked in the construction industry for over 25 years, specialising in dispute resolution for the last 20. She is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, and also holds a law degree. She has been employed on preparing, defending and negotiating claims on a wide range of projects both in the UK and overseas.
She has experience of, and has worked with, a wide range of contracts and sub-contracts including standard and non-standard forms and regularly drafts and comments on such contracts. She has experience across all sectors of the industry in dispute resolution, and lectures regularly for many professional associations such as the RICS, RIBA, CIOB, ECA and ICE.