Powell-Smith and Furmston's Building Contract Casebook
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Powell-Smith and Furmston's Building Contract Casebook

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Powell-Smith and Furmston's Building Contract Casebook

About this book

This well established reference book brings together leading cases on building contracts to illustrate legal principles. It provides a statement of the principle established, a summary of the facts and the decision and, for most cases, a verbatim extract of the judgment. The latest edition includes a number of new cases since the last edition was published in 1999.

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Information

Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781405118811
eBook ISBN
9781405171687
Edition
4
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. PART I – FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT
  4. 1. Letters of Intent
  5. 2. Costs of Tendering
  6. 3. Tenders and Estimates
  7. 4. Incorporation of Documents
  8. 5. Completion of the Contract
  9. PART II – PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT
  10. 6. The Contractor’s Obligations
  11. 7. The Employer’s Obligations
  12. 8. Ownership and Vesting of Materials
  13. 9. Acceptance and Defects
  14. 10. Approval and Certificates
  15. 11. Variations
  16. 12. Damages for Breach of Construction Contracts
  17. 13. Prolongation and Disruption Claims
  18. 14. Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time
  19. PART III – DISCHARGE OF THE CONTRACT
  20. 15. Release
  21. 16. Frustration
  22. 17. Illegality
  23. 18. Forfeiture Clauses, Repudiation and Determination
  24. 19. Limitation
  25. PART IV – SUB-CONTRACTS AND SUB-CONTRACTING
  26. 20. Assignment and Sub-letting
  27. 21. Domestic Sub-contractors
  28. 22. Nominated Sub-contractors
  29. PART V – BUILDING CONTRACTS AND THE LAW OF TORT
  30. 23. Building Contracts and the Law of Tort
  31. Table of Cases
  32. Index