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Take better questions into your first conversation.

Choose the legal-service topic, select the questions you need and print a plan to use with each office. Keep personal documents and the answers in your own private records.

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01 / Choose the questions

What do you need to ask?

Do you handle enquiries from homeowners, builders or subcontractors in this setting?What can you assess from the existing documents?Which technical input would be outside your legal work?Will the first scope include correspondence with the other party?How would your costs change if the dispute moves to a different stage?Who will confirm which process and dates apply?

02 / Gather what you have

Prepare an index, then ask what to send

Project address, residential or commercial setting, and your role.
Signed contract, plans and variations, kept in their existing versions.
A payment and invoice summary, distinguishing paid, claimed and disputed amounts.
Dated photographs, existing reports and a list of incomplete or disputed work.
Notices, correspondence and any documents naming a court, tribunal or response date.

Keep the index in your own private notes. Ask each office for its intake and secure document process before sharing material.

03 / Your enquiry plan

Construction disputes: questions for first contact

0 of 6 questions selected.

Select the questions above to create your plan. You can then print it or save it as a PDF using your browser.

Keep these tasks separate when asking about scope

Early contract and correspondence review. Which contract version, variations and letters are included?
Defects or incomplete work enquiry. Is an inspection or expert report needed, who obtains it, and who pays?
Payment or proceedings support. Does the office handle your role and this particular process?

Record the office’s answer privately

Office / person contacted: ____________________________________

Date and proposed task: ______________________________________

Included work and exclusions: _________________________________

Costs, assumptions and next step: ______________________________

This is a preparation worksheet, not legal advice or a recommendation. Confirm identity, scope, fees and acceptance directly. An enquiry does not pause a deadline.

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