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idea: Evidence_to_Cash
date: 2026-08-17
score: 85
verdict: proceed-to-test
report_version: 1
---

# Evidence-to-Cash Validation Report

## 1. Verdict up front

Evidence-to-Cash scores **85/100**, placing it in the pre-registered **proceed-to-test** band. The strongest reason is not the proposed AI product. It is that a tightly bounded £149 retrospective service can be delivered by hand now, while recent FMB dispute evidence and builder discussions show that payment, variation and communication records still fail at moments with immediate cash consequences. [FMB 2025 dispute report](https://www.fmb.org.uk/asset/D137080C-35DC-4850-A9DCAB639CC8B364/) [FMB payment webinar, 5 August 2026](https://www.fmb.org.uk/resource/getting-paid-as-a-builder-lessons-from-real-payment-disputes.html) This recommendation is **proceed to a paid service test, not proceed to build software**. BRCKS already occupies much of the WhatsApp-to-variation wedge at £40 per core seat per month annually, so the test must establish demand for done-for-you retrospective reconstruction and payment-pack preparation before any recurring product claim is credible. [BRCKS job-management page](https://www.brcks.io/job-management-software-uk/)

## 2. The idea as understood

Evidence-to-Cash is a bounded evidence-preparation service and possible later software layer for UK residential builders and project trades with 2–20 staff. It takes an accepted quote, owner-approved voice or text notes, dated photos, the customer instruction and an owner-entered commercial effect. It produces a numbered draft variation, an approval trail and an invoice or payment evidence pack. It must not infer price, entitlement, contract notices, delay claims or legal positions, and it must not send an unapproved message.

The proposed commercial model is a £149 retrospective pack, £500–£1,000 setup, then £149–£299 per month or £25 per extra pack. The first test in this report covers only the £149 retrospective pack. The recurring proposition remains unvalidated.

**Gaps in the brief:** INFERENCE: the specific UK jurisdiction, contract families, maximum project value, pack size, turnaround time, data-retention policy, professional indemnity position and responsibility for checking customer identity have not been fixed. They are not blockers for a manual demand test, but they are blockers for operational scale.

**Prior work:** the supplied [UK Trades & Construction AI Software Market Study 2026](../../UK_Trades_Construction_AI_Software_Market_Study_2026.html) and the earlier [St Helens AI Automation Opportunity Assessment](../../St_Helens_AI_Automation_Opportunity_Assessment.md) were reused as **INFERENCE** for framing only. Their scores did not feed this report. Every external source used below was checked separately on 17 August 2026.

## 3. Buyer and trigger

**Named buyer:** the owner-manager or working director of a UK residential building firm or project trade with 2–20 staff, who controls commercial records and approves what is sent to a domestic client. INFERENCE: office managers may prepare inputs, but the owner remains the approval authority because the pack touches price, scope and payment.

**Triggering moment:** a progress or final invoice is being prepared, a client queries an extra, or a payment is withheld and the owner must reconstruct what was instructed, approved and completed. FMB records payment disagreements and communication breakdowns among frequent dispute causes, while its current builder guidance says to record every variation and capture visual evidence during the project. [FMB 2025 dispute report](https://www.fmb.org.uk/asset/D137080C-35DC-4850-A9DCAB639CC8B364/) [FMB getting-paid guide](https://www.fmb.org.uk/resource/how-to-get-paid-as-a-builder-dealing-with-late-and-non-paying-clients.html)

**Current workaround:** messages, photos, accepted quotes, invoices and notes are searched manually, then copied into an email, spreadsheet or PDF. Recent community examples show text trails, spreadsheets and staged-payment records being used to settle or challenge changes. [AskUK, 9 May 2026](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/1t802hj/tradesmen_of_reddit_has_a_client_ever_flatout/) [LegalAdviceUK, 7 April 2026](https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1sf0ypv/building_contract_and_charge_for_additional_work/) [UK Business Forums, July 2025](https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/are-more-clients-finding-creative-ways-to-avoid-paying.429608/)

**Consequence:** the event can interrupt work, delay cash, trigger supplier or wage pressure, or escalate into mediation and legal expense. The FMB accepted 430 domestic disputes in 2025 and identified payment disagreements, unclear terms and communication breakdowns among frequent causes. [FMB 2025 dispute report](https://www.fmb.org.uk/asset/D137080C-35DC-4850-A9DCAB639CC8B364/)

## 4. Evidence log

The sweep stopped at the 15-signal budget. It includes five institutional or professional signals, six fresh community signals, three current incumbent-pricing signals and one independent review corpus. Community evidence is dated within roughly 24 months. The older FMB “cowboy clients” page found during research was excluded from scoring because its text refers to the pre-Brexit period despite remaining live.

| # | Source and speaker | Behaviour observed | Cost or spend | Evidence date | Confidence | Link |
|---:|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FMB Dispute Resolution Service, domestic consumers and member builders | The service received and accepted 430 domestic disputes. Frequent causes included workmanship, delay, unclear contractual terms, payment disagreements and communication breakdowns. | Dispute cost not quantified. The record establishes realised escalation, not merely dissatisfaction. | 1 Jan–31 Dec 2025 | High | [FMB report to CTSI](https://www.fmb.org.uk/asset/D137080C-35DC-4850-A9DCAB639CC8B364/) |
| 2 | FMB Director of Membership Services, Chartered QS and SME builder members | Builders described unpaid invoices, withheld final payments, paperwork affecting court outcomes, documenting variations and using project systems. | Cashflow, profitability and day-to-day operations are affected; exact amounts were not published. | 5 Aug 2026 | High | [FMB payment webinar](https://www.fmb.org.uk/resource/getting-paid-as-a-builder-lessons-from-real-payment-disputes.html) |
| 3 | FMB current guidance to small builders | Guidance tells builders to invoice frequently, record every variation with written price and approval, and capture dated visual evidence. | Many builders use 7–14 day payment terms; no service price stated. | Current page, checked 17 Aug 2026 | High | [FMB getting-paid guide](https://www.fmb.org.uk/resource/how-to-get-paid-as-a-builder-dealing-with-late-and-non-paying-clients.html) |
| 4 | UK Regulatory Policy Committee and Department for Business and Trade | A green-rated options assessment found sufficient evidence to consider policy action on late, long and disputed payments, including construction retentions. | System cost not stated on the summary page. | 1 Aug 2025 | High | [RPC late-payments opinion](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/late-payments-tackling-poor-payment-practices-options-assessment-rpc-opinion-green-rated) |
| 5 | Citizens Advice consumer complaints, against traders | Consumers are explicitly advised to retain paperwork, receipts, dated notes and photos. The service recorded 36,534 home-improvement complaints in the prior year, including 4,365 major-renovation complaints. This is disconfirming as well as supportive because evidence must protect the client too. | Complaint and remediation cost not published. | 11 Aug 2025 | High | [Citizens Advice](https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/shoddy-tradeswork-is-sparking-more-than-700-complaints-a-week-says-citizens/) |
| 6 | **Community, Reddit AskUK:** self-described bathroom fitter | A signed £2,800 job gained 6–7 hours of extras. The client denied agreement at invoice time; a written message trail supported payment after a week of argument. | £2,800 base job; 6–7 extra labour hours; one week of dispute. | 9 May 2026 | Medium | [AskUK thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/1t802hj/tradesmen_of_reddit_has_a_client_ever_flatout/) |
| 7 | **Community, Reddit DIYUK:** extension client | A recent client advised keeping communications and payments logged and using a categorised spreadsheet; they also challenged the builder’s markup on extras. | Example patio quote £3,500 before the client sourced another trade. | 13 Sep 2025 | Medium | [DIYUK thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/DIYUK/comments/1ng7zrz/building_an_extension_what_mistakes_will_i_regret/) |
| 8 | **Community, Reddit LegalAdviceUK:** domestic client and commenters | A final-account dispute concerned 130 electrical points. The client created a room-by-room spreadsheet comparing original specification, installed work and difference. | Roughly £5,000–£6,000 disputed difference. | 7 Apr 2026 | Medium | [LegalAdviceUK thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1sf0ypv/building_contract_and_charge_for_additional_work/) |
| 9 | **Community, Reddit quantitysurveying:** QS and subcontractor discussion | A subcontractor threatened to leave over non-payment, but its variation was described as inflated and lacking detailed backup. Peers demanded substantiation. | Amount not published; walking off risk was explicit. | 9 Sep 2025 | Medium | [Quantity surveying thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/quantitysurveying/comments/1ncgmlp/inflated_variations/) |
| 10 | **Community, UK Business Forums:** business owners and moderator | Members described late-payment tactics, but also said deposits and milestone billing can prevent balances mounting. A builder was cited as avoiding the problem with a large deposit. | No software spend; deposit and milestone terms are the alternative. | 25 Jul 2025 | High | [UK Business Forums](https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/are-more-clients-finding-creative-ways-to-avoid-paying.429608/) |
| 11 | **Community, BuildHub:** self-builder and construction advisers | The client said variation prices were withheld until late and then issued without proof. Replies advised line-by-line substantiation and checking the contract before withholding payment. | Amounts described as disproportionate but not published. | 12 Feb 2026 | High | [BuildHub thread](https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/topic/46638-contract-administrator-cost-queries/) |
| 12 | BRCKS, incumbent vendor for UK builders and trades | BRCKS already captures WhatsApp messages, photos, sign-offs and variations, routes changes for customer approval and creates an invoice-ready record. It does not raise invoices. | £40 per core seat/month annually or £50 monthly; subcontractors, trades and clients free. | Current page, checked 17 Aug 2026 | High | [BRCKS job management](https://www.brcks.io/job-management-software-uk/) |
| 13 | Buildxact, incumbent vendor for residential builders | Current plans include digital signatures, change orders, job management, invoicing and accounting integrations, proving paid demand for a broader system. | £119–£349/month, or £89–£262/month billed annually, excluding VAT. | Current page, checked 17 Aug 2026 | High | [Buildxact pricing](https://www.buildxact.com/uk/pricing/) |
| 14 | Tradify, incumbent vendor for trade businesses | Current plans include job photos and files, communications history, online acceptance, progress invoicing, reminders and accounting sync. | £34–£44 per user/month, excluding optional messaging add-ons. | Current page, checked 17 Aug 2026 | High | [Tradify pricing](https://www.tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing) |
| 15 | Capterra moderated Buildxact reviews, construction users | Recent users reported that Buildxact improves job tracking and invoice detail, while some found non-standard work restrictive, setup time-consuming or pricing high. Several displayed reviews were vendor-referred and incentivised, so praise is discounted. | Current vendor price is £119–£349/month; a March 2025 reviewer rated value 2/5 for intermittent use. | Reviews dated Mar 2025–Apr 2026 | Medium | [Capterra Buildxact reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/173135/buildXACT/reviews/) |

### Community voice

Fresh community language repeatedly centres on **“extras”**, **“in writing”**, **“proof”**, **“stage payments”**, **“spreadsheet”**, **“variation”** and **“sign-off”**.

- “text trail saved me” from a fitter whose customer challenged extras. [AskUK, 9 May 2026](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/1t802hj/tradesmen_of_reddit_has_a_client_ever_flatout/)
- “prove it / substantiate it” from a QS discussion about an inflated, unsupported variation. [r/quantitysurveying, 9 September 2025](https://www.reddit.com/r/quantitysurveying/comments/1ncgmlp/inflated_variations/)
- “The trick is to not let the bills mount up” from a business forum discussion recommending staged payment. [UK Business Forums, 25 July 2025](https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/are-more-clients-finding-creative-ways-to-avoid-paying.429608/)
- “without any proof” from a BuildHub client describing late, retrospective variation prices. [BuildHub, 12 February 2026](https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/topic/46638-contract-administrator-cost-queries/)

**Notable objections:** clients and QSs do not merely need more polished builder paperwork. They question whether an item was in the original scope, whether a price was agreed before work, whether work was defective, and whether the supporting record is one-sided. [LegalAdviceUK](https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1sf0ypv/building_contract_and_charge_for_additional_work/) [r/quantitysurveying](https://www.reddit.com/r/quantitysurveying/comments/1ncgmlp/inflated_variations/) [Citizens Advice](https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/shoddy-tradeswork-is-sparking-more-than-700-complaints-a-week-says-citizens/)

**Communities observed:** Reddit communities AskUK, DIYUK, LegalAdviceUK, quantitysurveying and ConstructionUK; the niche BuildHub construction forum; and UK Business Forums. BuildHub reports 23,833 members on its own homepage, but its audience is strongly weighted towards self-builders and clients rather than the target seller. [BuildHub member statistics](https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/) Searches also found that research or promotional posts had been removed from construction subreddits. This weakens Reddit as a first pilot channel and is reflected in the buyer-reach score. [Removed r/Construction research post, 24 May 2026](https://www.reddit.com/r/Construction/comments/1tm9bvd/removed/)

## 5. Kill list

| Finding against the idea | Seriousness | Consequence for the decision |
|---|---|---|
| **The central software wedge is already occupied.** BRCKS is built for UK builders and project trades, works through WhatsApp, stores photos and sign-offs, handles variation approval and produces the clean record behind an invoice. | High | Do not build a generic WhatsApp-to-variation product. Test a done-for-you retrospective service for firms that have not adopted, or cannot cleanly use, an incumbent. [BRCKS](https://www.brcks.io/job-management-software-uk/) |
| **Broader paid systems already bundle much of the workflow.** Buildxact includes change orders and invoicing; Tradify includes photos, communications, online acceptance and progress invoicing; PlanRadar includes reports and approval workflows. | High | A £149–£299 subscription must beat “use the feature we already pay for”. The first test must sell an outcome, not a dashboard. [Buildxact](https://www.buildxact.com/uk/pricing/) [Tradify](https://www.tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing) [PlanRadar](https://www.planradar.com/gb/pricing/) |
| **A polished pack can amplify a weak or disputed claim.** Recent QS and client threads show disagreements about whether work was a variation at all, whether it was agreed beforehand, and whether the price is substantiated. | High | The service needs a visible “missing or contested” state and must never imply entitlement. A pack based only on the builder’s narrative would create trust and liability risk. [r/quantitysurveying](https://www.reddit.com/r/quantitysurveying/comments/1ncgmlp/inflated_variations/) [LegalAdviceUK](https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1sf0ypv/building_contract_and_charge_for_additional_work/) |
| **Good commercial practice may prevent the pain cheaply.** Current FMB guidance and UK Business Forums recommend short-interval payments, written approval and deposits or milestones. | Medium | Some prospects need process discipline, not a pack. Qualify for a real recent reconstruction problem, not general interest in “getting paid faster”. [FMB guide](https://www.fmb.org.uk/resource/how-to-get-paid-as-a-builder-dealing-with-late-and-non-paying-clients.html) [UK Business Forums](https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/are-more-clients-finding-creative-ways-to-avoid-paying.429608/) |
| **Reach is less straightforward than the category size suggests.** Construction subreddits removed research or promotional posts, BuildHub is client-heavy and exact trade-owner access often sits inside associations or private networks. | Medium | Use permission-based, manually selected outreach or an appropriate business forum after checking rules. Do not assume broad construction traffic is qualified demand. [Removed Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Construction/comments/1tm9bvd/removed/) [BuildHub](https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/) |

Searches for “BRCKS complaints”, “BRCKS cancelled”, “UK builder variation app cancelled”, “why I stayed with spreadsheets construction variations” and “failed UK builder variation software” returned no independently verifiable, recent shutdown or cancellation evidence. That absence is not proof of incumbent satisfaction. BRCKS is young and has little independent review history.

## 6. Competitor and incumbent map

| Option | Current public price | What it already solves | Friction or gap relevant to this test |
|---|---:|---|---|
| **BRCKS** | £40/core seat/month annually or £50 monthly | WhatsApp capture, photos, variations, customer approvals, site diary and invoice-ready records | Exact wedge overlap. It does not raise invoices, has limited independent review evidence and is a young product. [BRCKS](https://www.brcks.io/job-management-software-uk/) |
| **Buildxact** | £119–£349/month, or £89–£262 annually | Estimating, digital signatures, change orders, job management, invoicing and integrations | Broader adoption and setup. Some recent reviewers report restriction on non-standard work, learning or price concerns. [Buildxact pricing](https://www.buildxact.com/uk/pricing/) [Capterra reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/173135/buildXACT/reviews/) |
| **Tradify** | £34–£44/user/month | Job records, photos, communications, quote acceptance, progress invoicing, reminders and accounting sync | A firm already using it may need better process rather than another product. [Tradify pricing](https://www.tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing) |
| **PlanRadar** | £23–£139/user/month on self-service tiers | Site records, photos, reports, document versioning and approval workflows | More project-system depth than many small builders want, but it weakens any claim that evidence and approval are unsolved categories. [PlanRadar pricing](https://www.planradar.com/gb/pricing/) |
| **Do nothing, spreadsheet and messages** | £0 software, plus owner or administrator time | Maximum flexibility; familiar tools; no migration | Evidence is reconstructed manually, versions diverge and the client may distrust a one-sided spreadsheet. [AskUK](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/1t802hj/tradesmen_of_reddit_has_a_client_ever_flatout/) [LegalAdviceUK](https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1sf0ypv/building_contract_and_charge_for_additional_work/) |
| **Evidence-to-Cash, proposed** | £149 one-off retrospective pack; £149–£299/month later, unvalidated | Human-prepared, source-linked numbered pack without system migration | The service must prove buyers will pay for reconstruction when cheaper software and free discipline exist. INFERENCE: recurring pricing should not be offered until the paid retrospective test passes. |

## 7. Score breakdown

| Factor | Weight | Score | Anchor met and justification |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Pain evidence | 25 | 2/3 | Clearly beyond occasional grumbling: 430 accepted FMB domestic disputes, current FMB member experiences and multiple fresh community cases across Reddit, BuildHub and UK Business Forums. Scored down because the log does not contain ten independent buyer complaints from the last 12 months with quantified time or money. [FMB report](https://www.fmb.org.uk/asset/D137080C-35DC-4850-A9DCAB639CC8B364/) |
| Urgency | 20 | 3/3 | The problem can halt work, withhold a progress or final payment, delay cash and trigger dispute action on the day. Community examples include a week of argument after an invoice and threatened walk-off over a variation. [AskUK](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/1t802hj/tradesmen_of_reddit_has_a_client_ever_flatout/) [r/quantitysurveying](https://www.reddit.com/r/quantitysurveying/comments/1ncgmlp/inflated_variations/) |
| Buyer reach | 20 | 2/3 | Named public communities discuss the problem and BuildHub publishes 23,833 total members, but the exact 2–20 staff owner-manager slice is diluted. Reddit removal evidence makes open pilot posting uncertain. [BuildHub](https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/) [Removed Reddit research post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Construction/comments/1tm9bvd/removed/) |
| Manual pilot | 20 | 3/3 | The core outcome can be delivered this week with a checklist, spreadsheet, document template, email and secure file sharing. No new software or integration is needed. INFERENCE: owner approval remains mandatory for every commercial statement. |
| Price clue | 15 | 3/3 | Buyers already pay £34–£349 per month for overlapping job, variation, evidence and payment workflows. The £149 one-off test is comparable with roughly one month of a broader product or a few multi-user seats. [BRCKS](https://www.brcks.io/job-management-software-uk/) [Buildxact](https://www.buildxact.com/uk/pricing/) [Tradify](https://www.tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing) |

Calculation: **round((2×25 + 3×20 + 2×20 + 3×20 + 3×15) ÷ 3) = 85**.

## 8. Proposed test design

**Smoke-test offer:** “For an owner-managed residential builder preparing a progress or final invoice, we turn one real project’s existing quote, messages, dated photos and owner-approved effects into a numbered, source-linked retrospective variation and payment evidence pack within two working days. You approve every commercial statement. £149.” INFERENCE: a maximum of five change items should be stated in Phase 3 so fulfilment risk is bounded.

**Single commitment action:** pay £149 for one limited retrospective pack. A qualified applicant must be the owner or authorised commercial decision-maker of a 2–20 staff UK residential builder or project trade, have a real project with at least one customer-instructed change, and be willing to provide the accepted quote, instruction and dated evidence securely. Interest, interviews and email sign-ups do not count as strong commitments.

**First distribution channel:** a permission-checked post in the relevant UK Business Forums business operations area, supported by manually selected, one-to-one outreach to identifiable owner-directors. UK Business Forums was chosen because its current members discuss construction payment controls without the research-post removal seen in construction subreddits. Actual forum rules must be checked in Phase 3 before any post. Distribution remains a human action.

**Pre-committed gate:** within **50 qualified visits over 10 days**, require **5 qualified applications and 2 paid £149 commitments**. Proceed to fulfil the two packs only if both buyers can provide a real accepted quote, customer instruction and dated evidence. Stop or refine if the visit threshold is reached without both payments. Do not lower the threshold after seeing results.

The paid packs should additionally record, without changing the gate: preparation time, missing-source rate, buyer corrections, whether the pack was used with an invoice, and whether either buyer asks for a second paid pack or live-project workflow.

## 9. Risks and unknowns

- **Exact competitive overlap:** BRCKS already markets the central flow to the exact 2–20 staff UK builder segment. [BRCKS](https://www.brcks.io/job-management-software-uk/)
- **Entitlement and legal boundary:** INFERENCE: a source-linked pack may still be mistaken for contractual or legal validation. Every output needs conspicuous owner-supplied, missing, disputed and not-assessed states.
- **Bilateral trust:** consumer and QS evidence shows that clean formatting is not proof that a change was agreed, properly priced or defect-free. [Citizens Advice](https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/shoddy-tradeswork-is-sparking-more-than-700-complaints-a-week-says-citizens/) [r/quantitysurveying](https://www.reddit.com/r/quantitysurveying/comments/1ncgmlp/inflated_variations/)
- **Version integrity:** INFERENCE: accepted quotes, revised instructions, deleted messages and edited photos can conflict. A manual pilot needs immutable source copies, a simple chain of custody and no claim that timestamps prove authorship.
- **Personal data:** INFERENCE: site photos and messages may contain people, addresses, phone numbers and third-party chat content. Collection must be minimised, access-controlled and deleted on a stated schedule.
- **WhatsApp and integration assumptions:** INFERENCE: exporting or forwarding messages is not the same as a compliant WhatsApp Business integration. The first test must use buyer-provided exports and secure upload, not automated scraping.
- **Economics:** the evidence does not establish whether £149 covers careful reconstruction, review and revision, or whether buyers will pay £149–£299 each month.
- **Selection bias:** dispute forums over-represent failures. The test will establish paid demand among reached prospects, not prevalence across all UK builders.

The test can settle whether qualified owners will pay £149, provide real evidence, accept the guardrails and value a done-for-you retrospective pack. It will not settle contractual entitlement, dispute outcomes, data-protection compliance at scale, integration feasibility, recurring retention or software adoption.

## 10. Recommendation and next step

**Proceed-to-test, with a narrower offer than the original product concept.** Approve Phase 3 only if you want a smoke-test page, application form, fixed gate record and ten-day plan for the £149 retrospective service. Do not approve a WhatsApp integration, recurring platform, automated legal wording or client messaging. The immediate question is whether two qualified owner-managers will each pay £149 and provide a real project, not whether the market agrees that payment disputes are painful.

Reply **proceed** to approve those Phase 3 validation artefacts, **refine** with the section or assumption to change, **park** with a reconsideration trigger, or **stop**. No landing page, form, tracking sheet, software or outreach has been created in this run.

## 11. Decision log

| Date | Decision | Decided by | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  |  |