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Heres a contradiction in terms: Nicholas Gould, a construction lawyer at Mayfair firm Forsters, has been shortlisted for the Chartered Institute of Buildings, erm, literary...Heres a contradiction in terms: Nicholas Gould, a construction lawyer at Mayfair firm Forsters, has been shortlisted for the Chartered Institute of Buildings, erm, literary awards 2001.

Now, we do not doubt that his book, Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry, is a fine work, but is it literature? The dictionary defines literature as writings whose value lies in beauty of form of emotional effect.

While a construction arbitration can sometimes bring tears to the parties eyes, surely it is not because of the beauty of its form.

A Booker Prize nomination is not expected.