Another year of work, fun and interesting cases and relationships is in the books. I hope all of you had a great 2018 and I wish you a prosperous 2019. Without further ado, Happy New Year from Construction Law Musings and The Law Office of Christopher G. Hill, PC. Please join the conversation with a […]
Time for Some Fishing and R and R
Well, I’m off for some fun in the sun and on a boat for a week with my family (it being one of the few times of year that I have them all home) so I won’t be posting any new Musings this week. In the meantime, peruse the other posts on Virginia mechanic’s liens, […]
Ten Years of Musings. Wow!
Who knew that 10 years ago, this tiny announcement post would have spawned a blog that lasted this long? I sure didn’t. Back then, this blog was on the Blogger platform and I started it basically on a whim to see whether I would enjoy the process and learn something. I found that the answer […]
When is a Contract not a Contract?
As I’ve stated numerous times here at Musings, in Virginia the contract is king. The courts of Virginia will read a contract as written and where there is a contract (read as foreshadowing), the courts will assume the parties knew what they were doing and enforce it by its terms. However, there has to be […]
Be Careful with Continuous Breach and Statute of Limitations
If you are a construction attorney like me (or anyone that takes cases to court), you deal with statutes of limitation on a daily basis. These statutes seem pretty simple. A party has “X” amount of time in which to file its lawsuit after accural of the cause of action. In a breach of contract […]