Author: Knowles, J. Roger
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Pages: 320
Release Date: 24-03-2005
Details: Product Description This book considers 150 problems that regularly arise in building contracts and provides a detailed explanation as to their answers. It cites key parts of legal decisions as authority. The new edition includes some 50 new problems, and revised solutions to a third of the problems to take account of recent case law. About the Author Roger Knowles of James R. Knowles, Construction Contract Consultants, Cheshire, UK From the Back Cover This book considers 150 problems that regularly arise in building contracts and provides a detailed explanation as to their answers. It cites key parts of legal decisions as authority. The new edition includes some 50 new problems, and revised solutions to a third of the problems to take account of recent case law. From the Inside Flap This book examines one hundred and fifty problems that regularly arise in building and engineering contracts and provides a detailed explanation of their answers, citing key parts of judgments as authority. It covers questions on: Design issues Contractors programmesTenders PaymentDelays Extensions of time Letters of intent VariationsAcceleration Global claimsLoss and expense Practical completionDefects liability Liquidated damagesContractors float Damage to the worksAdjudication Exclusion clauses The book deals with a broad range of construction contracts, including the JCT Standard Form and Design and Build Contract, the ICE Conditions, ICE Design and Construct, the New Engineering Contract, FIDIC, GC/Works/I, the Model Form and IChemE Form. First published under the title One Hundred Contractual Problems and their Solutions, this substantially revised Second Edition includes 50 new problems and updated solutions to a third of the problems to take account of recent case law. From the Publisher * new edition features 50 new problems and updates to solutions making the book over 50% longer *written by the principal of the UK's leading firm of construction contract consultants * draws on the firm's extensive experience from their claims and dispute work * answers the questions the industry wants to raise about building contract problems Synopsis This book considers 150 problems that regularly arise in building contracts and provides a detailed explanation as to their answers. It cites key parts of legal decisions as authority. The new edition includes some 50 new problems, and revised solutions to a third of the problems to take account of recent case law. Review Deserves a place on every site and in every office as the standard handbook on contractual problems. -- Construction Law Digest
EAN: 9781405120708
Languages: English
Binding: Hardcover
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood