Matters
What needs to be
resolved?
Corvinus handles construction and property matters at the consent, pre-litigation and dispute-preparation stages.
Consent and alterations
Licence to Alter
Move the alteration towards consent.
Establish what the lease requires, what the works involve, whether the objections and conditions are supported, and what submission or response moves the application forward.
- What the lease actually requires
- Whether the technical objections are supported
- What submission or response is needed next
Retrospective Consent
Create a route to regularisation.
Establish what was built, which consents were required, what evidence exists and what route may be available to regularise or otherwise resolve the position.
- What was built and when
- Which approvals were required and which exist
- What regularisation route may be available
Construction disputes
Construction Disputes
Establish responsibility and the route to resolution.
Reconstruct the project, test the competing accounts and determine what the agreement, technical evidence and documentary record support.
- What was actually agreed
- Who carried which responsibility
- Which allegations the record supports
Defective Works
Establish what is defective and what should put it right.
Compare the delivered work with the obligations that apply, examine causation and responsibility, and define the remedial and evidential position.
- What standard actually applied
- What the condition and cause are
- What remedial work is proportionate
Payment Disputes
Establish what is properly due.
Separate valuation from payment entitlement, identify the applicable payment mechanism and reconcile the work, variations, notices and account.
- Which payment mechanism applies
- What the notices and applications establish
- What the account reconciles to
Position and preparation
Defending a Position
Test the allegation before responding.
Separate what is proved, inferred and unsupported, identify the technical and contractual issues, and prepare an accurate and supportable response.
- What is actually alleged
- What the record supports or contradicts
- What should be answered or reserved
Dispute Preparation
Escalate without starting again.
Turn the complete construction record into a chronology, evidence set, technical analysis and defined position ready for specialist legal advice.
- A chronology and indexed record
- Issues mapped to evidence
- A briefing a lawyer can act on
One matter, two possible routes
Resolve what can be resolved. Prepare what cannot.
Resolve
Where the facts, obligations and technical position create a realistic route to consent, rectification, agreement, payment or another proportionate outcome, Corvinus prepares and advances that route.
Prepare
Where the issue remains unresolved, Corvinus organises the construction, contractual and evidential foundation for a specialist solicitor or counsel.
Where the work begins
Start with the complete problem.
The matter type is only the entry point. Corvinus examines the works, the governing documents, the project record and the outcome required before defining the scope.
Present a matter
Present the issue first.
Corvinus will determine whether the matter is suitable, which matter type applies and what the proposed scope should establish.
Initial enquiry · No obligation to proceed