I was rather surprised to read your comment 鈥淣eanderthal Man no longer roams the sites of the land, terrorising small contractors with the assistance of fine legal minds鈥� (16 July, page 3). My job for the past 10 years has been to defend my employer (a subcontractor) against precisely that. And guess what? I am as busy as ever!

You greatly overestimate the effect of the Latham report. The leopard doesn鈥檛 change its spots. Just watch what happens when things start to go wrong on a (supposedly) partnering site.

Derek Oliver, regional construction manager, Otis

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