International Journal of Law in the Built Environment: Volume 6 Issue 3

Incentives and limits in letters of intent: are they worth the paper they’re written on?

Sarah J.V. Fox

The purpose of this paper is to review the extensive case law in England and Wales on contractually binding letters of intent. The research focused on discovering whether the…

Early perceptions of allowing adjudication of oral contracts

Jennifer Charlson, Robert Baldwin, Jamie Harrison

The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications of the admission of oral contracts to statutory adjudication proceedings. A major criticism of the Housing Grants…

Educating the chartered surveyor: looking back to look forward

Carrie de Silva

The purpose of this paper is to consider perennial issues in the education of chartered surveyors and to use the debates and experiences of the past to inform the present and…

Managing multi-owned, mixed-use developments in The Netherlands: The opinion of professional managing agents

Hendrik Ploeger, Daniëlle Groetelaers

This purpose of this paper is to analyses the management difficulties experienced in multi-owned, mixed-use developments and possible solutions, based on the opinions of…

Compulsory mediation: civil justice, human rights and proportionality

Julian Sidoli del Ceno

This purpose of this paper is to critically examine jurisprudentially the current judicial and academic scepticism that exists in some quarters with regard to compulsory mediation…