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Notes on method and practice.

Occasional notes on forensic delay analysis, evidence and the practice of construction disputes. Written for practitioners. No announcements.

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Practice

12 May 2026

Why tribunals distrust the black box

Delay opinions rarely fail because they are wrong. They fail because they cannot be checked. Notes on what an admissible analysis now has to look like.

6 min

Practice

12 May 2026

Why tribunals distrust the black box

Delay opinions rarely fail because they are wrong. They fail because they cannot be checked. Notes on what an admissible analysis now has to look like.

6 min

Method

21 Apr 2026

Reading a hundred thousand documents without losing the date

Chronology is the spine of any causation argument. How event extraction preserves dates, revisions and custodians across a mixed record.

7 min

Method

21 Apr 2026

Reading a hundred thousand documents without losing the date

Chronology is the spine of any causation argument. How event extraction preserves dates, revisions and custodians across a mixed record.

7 min

Power lines against a pale sky, monochrome

Evidence

30 Mar 2026

Provenance is not a footnote

A citation that cannot be opened is an assertion. What a provenance record has to carry for an assertion to survive cross-examination.

5 min

Evidence

30 Mar 2026

Provenance is not a footnote

A citation that cannot be opened is an assertion. What a provenance record has to carry for an assertion to survive cross-examination.

5 min

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