The legal research engine behind every opinion.
A proprietary knowledge platform built by construction disputes practitioners. Case law, statutory frameworks, contract analysis, and RICS guidance — structured for the speed that adjudication and arbitration demand.
Who can use it.
Claims Intelligence is available to clients and instructing solicitors with active matters. Dashboard credentials are issued at the point of instruction and provide read-only access to the research layers relevant to the engagement.
For prospective clients, we can demonstrate the platform on sample data as part of an initial scoping discussion.
Built by practitioners, not software companies.
Claims Intelligence is Meritus Via's internal research layer,the structured legal and professional knowledge base that underpins every expert opinion, merits assessment, and adjudication strategy we produce.
It is not a general-purpose legal database. Every case authority, guidance note, and contract clause has been selected and annotated by our senior practitioners for its practical relevance to construction disputes. The cross-referencing is designed for the questions that arise in live instructions,not academic research.
Clients and instructing solicitors with active matters are granted dashboard access, providing visibility into the authorities and frameworks informing our analysis on their instruction.
Six integrated research layers.
Case Law Database
60 UK construction law cases with full analysis,from foundational authorities to the latest TCC and Court of Appeal decisions. Each case includes the ratio, practical implications, and cross-references to related authorities.
RICS Guidance Library
26 professional guidance notes across four categories. Searchable and cross-referenced with relevant case law and contract provisions. Kept current as new guidance is published.
Standard Form Contracts
Key clauses and cross-comparison across JCT, ICE, NEC, and FIDIC contract suites. Extension of time mechanisms, loss and expense provisions, termination, and dispute resolution clauses,mapped side by side.
Legislation & Statutory Framework
HGCRA 1996, Building Safety Act 2022, Defective Premises Act 1972, and the Limitation Act 1980,with annotations on recent amendments, practical impact, and connections to leading case law.
Expert Evidence & Methodology
CPR Part 35 duties, SCL Protocol delay analysis methods, disruption quantification techniques, and the evolving requirements around technology-assisted evidence and AI disclosure.
Trend Analysis
Judicial trends in quantum assessment, delay analysis methodology, expert evidence standards, and Building Safety Act jurisprudence. Pattern recognition across recent decisions to inform strategy.
Foundational cases, fully analysed.
Walter Lilly & Co Ltd v Mackay
Leading authority on global claims and concurrent delay analysis in English law.
Triple Point Technology v PTT
Supreme Court resolution on LADs surviving termination of construction contracts.
Bresco v Lonsdale
Insolvent parties may adjudicate to crystallise claims in the insolvency process.
Adriatic Land 5 v Long Leaseholders
Landlords cannot recover BSA remediation costs from leaseholders,driving claims up the supply chain.
+ 56 additional authorities indexed and analysed
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