What you receive
A defined outcome.
Defined deliverables.
Every matter is scoped around what needs to be established, resolved or prepared. The output is agreed at the beginning rather than discovered at the end.
Core outputs
The foundations of a usable position.
The foundation of the instruction is agreed when the matter is scoped.
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Defined scope and objective
What the instruction is intended to achieve, and where it stops.
Agreed scope
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Issue map
The legal, contractual and technical questions the matter turns on.
Agreed scope
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Written position
The supportable position, expressed so that it can be read and tested.
Agreed scope
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Evidence relied upon
The documents and records that support each conclusion reached.
Agreed scope
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Assumptions and limitations
What the work assumes, and what it does not determine.
Agreed scope
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Recommended next step
The proportionate route available on the record as it stands.
Agreed scope
Each item is produced where the agreed scope requires it. Not every engagement calls for every output.
Matter-specific outputs
Built around the result the matter requires.
The precise work product depends on the problem being addressed.
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Consent Roadmap
The route to consent or regularisation for an alteration matter.
Conditional on the matter
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Technical Response
A considered reply to a technical allegation, objection or report.
Conditional on the matter
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Defect Schedule
The alleged defects set out item by item against the record.
Conditional on the matter
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Remedial Scope
The works considered necessary to put the position right.
Optional
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Account Reconciliation
The sums claimed, certified, paid and disputed, reconciled.
Conditional on the matter
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Matter Chronology
The sequence of decisions, instructions and events, drawn from the record.
Conditional on the matter
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Evidence Matrix
Each issue mapped to the material that supports or undermines it.
Optional
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Responsibility Matrix
Where responsibility may sit on the documents examined.
Optional
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Draft Pre-Litigation Correspondence
Correspondence prepared to advance the position before formal escalation.
Conditional on the matter
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Negotiation or Resolution Strategy
The proportionate route pursued, and the position held while pursuing it.
Optional
Escalation outputs
Escalate with a prepared matter.
Where formal legal advice becomes necessary, Corvinus prepares the matter so the next professional does not start with an unstructured file.
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Matter Summary
The dispute stated plainly, with the issues in contention identified.
Agreed scope
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Indexed Record
The documents organised and referenced so they can be located.
Agreed scope
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Contract or Lease Issues
The provisions that appear to govern the matter, identified and set out.
Conditional on the matter
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Technical Analysis
The construction and technical position supporting the argument.
Conditional on the matter
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Strengths and Weaknesses
Where the position is supported, and where it is exposed.
Agreed scope
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Unresolved Questions
The factual and evidential gaps that remain open.
Agreed scope
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Solicitor or Counsel Briefing
The matter presented for specialist legal advice.
Separately commissioned
How deliverables are agreed
Clear from the beginning.
The proposal identifies which outputs are included, which are optional, which depend on the matter, which may be commissioned separately and which require another appropriately qualified professional.
- Agreed scope
- Included where the scope of the instruction requires it.
- Optional
- Available where the client wants it and the record supports it.
- Conditional on the matter
- Produced only where the issue, evidence or route calls for it.
- Separately commissioned
- Additional work agreed after the initial scope is settled.
- Another professional
- Work that should be produced by an authorised or appropriately qualified specialist.
Illustrative
A position that can be read, tested and acted upon.
The example opposite shows the structure of a position paper. The facts, parties and documents are fictional.
CORVINUS · MATTER 0042 · POSITION
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Issue
- Whether a structural opening was formed outside the approved drawing revision.
- Applicable obligation
- Lease covenant requiring prior written consent for structural alteration.
- Technical position
- As-built dimensions depart from the consented drawing at one location.
- Supporting evidence
- Consented drawing revision, structural calculation, site photographs, site records.
- Contrary evidence
- Correspondence suggesting a verbal instruction to proceed on the revised layout.
- Conclusion
- The record indicates a departure that may be capable of retrospective regularisation, subject to structural verification and the freeholder’s decision.
- Action required
- Prepare a retrospective consent submission supported by structural verification.
Scope
The scope is the promise.
Corvinus defines the objective, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions and review route before substantive work begins. The client knows what will be examined and what the instruction is intended to produce.
Present a matter
Start with the outcome required.
Present the issue first. Corvinus will identify the information needed and the deliverables appropriate to the matter.