Originally posted 2011-04-15 09:00:59. For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings is lucky enough to have my pal Chris Cheatham of Green Building Law Update and his newly launched Construction Claims Playbook join us for a second time. Chris’ (@chrischeatham) law practice provides claims guidance to contractors. His mission is to deliver cost-effective counsel to
Originally posted 2014-05-27 09:00:44. In recent posts here at Construction Law Musings, I have discussed the need for clarity of contract, trusting your gut, and assuring that your contract has the necessities. All of these bits of advice (along with my usual advice of working with an experienced construction attorney) are true with regard to
I have always found it appropriate that my jump to solo practice and Independence Day are so close in time. Today marks 12 years since my first day as a solo practitioner of construction law at The Law Office of Christopher G. Hill, PC. Time sure has flown by thanks to the great clients and
Originally posted 2012-05-18 14:11:52. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, I welcome a friend. John Tarley is an attorney with the Williamsburg law firm of Tarley Robinson, PLC. John is the managing partner for the firm and leads the firm’s business and litigation practices. A large part of the firm’s practice involves
Here at Musings, we like to discuss (likely more than readers would like) the fact that in Virginia, the contract is king and its terms will be looked at carefully by the courts. One of those provisions that will be looked at carefully is the so-called “cure period.” The “cure period” is the time that