14 MAR
Changes.eml Email
“Please go ahead with the revised layout.”
The product
Start with the facts.
Ask about the papers, research the law and draft the response in the same matter.
Alesis brings dates, conflicting accounts and gaps into view, with a reference back to the document behind each finding.
Was the change actually approved?
17 MAR
Client call 00:42
“Approval was for a quotation, not the additional work.”
Alesis finding
The scope of approval is disputed.
The email permits a revised layout. The client says they approved a quotation only. Check what was sent with the email before relying on either account.
Two records to follow up
- Changes.eml · 14 March, 09:18
- “Thanks for the drawings. Please go ahead with the revised layout. Let me know what this means for the quote.”
- Client call · 17 March, 00:42
- “Approval was for a quotation, not the additional work. I was waiting for a price before they started.”
Interactive example · Fictional matter
See the passage behind the point.
Move from a question to the relevant law, the decisions interpreting it and an analysis you can check against the source.
Watch it answerMust an occupier prevent a visitor from taking an obvious risk?
Alesis analysis
The activity itself matters.
In Tomlinson, the House of Lords distinguished a danger arising from the premises from a risk inherent in an activity the visitor chose to undertake.
Start with what created the risk, then consider the facts and the relevant statutory duty.
Lord Hoffmann · Paragraph 45
“I think it will be extremely rare for an occupier of land to be under a duty to prevent people from taking risks which are inherent in the activities they freely choose to undertake upon the land.”Read the published judgment
UK Parliament. Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
Open the citation to read the actual passage.
Interactive example · Published UK authority
Test the argument before it leaves your desk.
Prepare a letter, advice or submission. Then ask a simulated counterparty, ombudsman or tribunal judge to challenge the reasoning through Council.
Letter before action.docx
Draft paragraph“Your failure to complete the works caused the entire six-week delay.”
CounterpartySimulated reviewer
Can you attribute all six weeks to us?
The client requested a revised layout on 14 March. What evidence separates that change from the delay attributed to the contractor?
Changes.eml · 14 MarchSuggested revision · For your review
“Completion moved from 31 March to 12 May. Please explain which period you attribute to the layout change requested on 14 March, and provide the programme records supporting that account.”
The revised paragraph asks for the evidence instead of asserting that one party caused the entire delay.Interactive example · Fictional matter
Prepare the draft
Explore the objections
Decide what to change
Client call, 17 March.m4aRecording → transcript → working note
Transcript excerpt
Approval was for a quotation, not the additional work.
I was waiting for a price before they started.
Working note
Check the scope of the instruction.
The client says they authorised a quote only. Compare this account with the approval email and obtain the revised quotation.
Changes.eml · 14 March, 09:18
“Please go ahead with the revised layout. Let me know what this means for the quote.”
The email and the call note are linked to the same issue. The meaning of the instruction still needs to be resolved.Interactive example · Fictional matter
Work with the evidence as it arrives.
Extract facts from a heavy PDF or DSAR, examine a photograph and turn a recorded call into a transcript. Ask about them together, in the context of your matter.
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