Too much to ask for?

摘要

This one is for all you architects to read. Oh, and maybe all you other fee earners who charge by the hour. Some of you are pretty loose about keeping timesheets and can easily come a cropper. Architect Munkenbeck ft Marshall did. The firm provided architectural services for one Michael Harold, who owned a central London property. The professional fee was 9.5 of final building cost. The form of contract was the everyday RIBA SFA/99. Architect and client fell out. The last pound;54,000 of the fee was held back. But before the trial, the matter was resolved by agreement. Mr Harold paid up and dropped his counterclaim.