Read time: 9 minutes What are moral rights? Moral rights are the reputational rights of an author such as an architect. They are separate and ...

Read time: 4 minutes The Copyright Act 1968 gives architects (as 'authors' of an 'artistic work') three separate moral rights: the right of ...

The Premises Standards of the DDA are not the NCC and the NCC is not the Premises Standards. One is federal legislation, the other is an instrument ...

In years to come people will want to know how the built environment evolved, and architectural documents could be an extremely valuable part of their ...

Archiving project records has historically presented architects with significant storage demands for space and climate control to maintain access and ...

Read time: 4 minutes Public liability insurance, also called 'Broadform or General liability' insurance, is insurance against a practice's ...

This duty of the architect to exercise due care, skill and diligence may extend not only to the architect's client, but also to a person who, after a ...

The introduction of proportionate liability legislation is good news for professionals (and their professional indemnity insurers). It means that ...

Read time: 5 minutes The High Court held that a professional that gave advice on construction or design of a building owes a duty of care and is ...

It is possible for you to limit your liability in contract and in tort, but only between you and a client where you have signed an appropriately ...