The RIBA East Small, New & Emerging Practice Network is a regular online networking meeting for start-ups, sole practitioners and small and emerging practices in the East of England.
For our March meetup, we're delighted to welcome Robert Stevenson of Russell Cooke LLP.
Robert will talk to the group about Getting Paid. It's not always a matter of good invoicing and credit control practices, it starts when you engage with your client and continues through every stage of the project. Understanding your client and their understanding of the process can be key to ensuring timely payment and a good relationship.
Robert is a Consultant in the commercial and construction litigation team. He started his legal career with Russell-Cooke before moving to firms that specialised in construction law.
During the course of his career Robert has advised and acted for employers, contractors, subcontractors and construction professionals in the formulation and running of their contracts and representing them in disputes whether in litigation, arbitration or adjudication. Since the inception of statutory adjudication in the United Kingdom in 1998 he has been an Accredited Adjudicator, he appears regularly in the TCC (Technology and Construction Court) particularly in relation to the enforcement of adjudication decisions and applications under the 1996 Arbitration Act.
Through his work with design professionals Robert has developed a significant intellectual property practice centred on the construction industry. He delivers regular RIBA CPD accredited talks on the subject.
As always, conversation, group participation and networking is encouraged and we welcome questions which can be either posted when registering or emailed to Sasha, Luke or Jules via juliet.talbot@riba.org.
The events are hosted by Sasha Edmonds, Founding Director of Liv Architects and Luke Butcher, Founding Director of Butcher Bayley Architects.
