About the author

Professor Sarah Lupton MA, DipArch, LLM, RIBA, CArb is a partner in Lupton Stellakis and directs the MA in Professional Studies at the Welsh School of Architecture. She is dual qualified as an architect and as a lawyer. She lectures widely on subjects relating to construction law, and is the author of many books including this series on JCT contracts, the Guide to the RIBA Domestic and Concise Building Contracts, Which Contract? and the 5th edition of Cornes and Lupton’s Design Liability in the Construction Industry. She contributes regularly to the International Construction Law Review and acts as an arbitrator, adjudicator and expert witness in construction disputes. Sarah is also chair of the CIC’s Liability Panel and the CIC Liability Champion.