ABSTRACT
There are several books on claims and much literature in the form of magazine articles and conference notes-adding to all this may seem like gilding the lily. However, little of the writing on claims tackles the problem at root-the clarity of the original requirements of the specification. There is also the point that all claims of a purely technical nature must be tested against the whole set of contract documents, even if the primary cause of the claim is to be found in the specification.
