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A Building Contract Casebook Professor Vincent Powell-Smith (LLM, DLitt, FCIArb WAS FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA UK)

A Building Contract Casebook By Professor Vincent Powell-Smith (LLM, DLitt, FCIArb WAS FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA UK)

Summary

Brings together the leading cases on building contracts, together with many lesser known decisions which establish or illustrate the legal principles. For each case there is a succinct statement of the principle established, a summary of the facts and the decision.

A Building Contract Casebook Summary

A Building Contract Casebook by Professor Vincent Powell-Smith (LLM, DLitt, FCIArb WAS FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA UK)

This highly regarded book brings together the leading cases on building contracts, together with many lesser known decisions which establish or illustrate the legal principles. For each case there is a succinct statement of the principle established, a summary of the facts and the decision, and for the majority of cases, a verbatim extract of the judgment. Since the book was first published there has been a substantial number of decisions on the subject of building contracts. This new edition includes the most significant.

Table of Contents

Part I: Formation of the contract:; Letters of intent; Costs of tendering; Tenders and estimates; Incorporation of documents; Acceptance of the tender; Part II: Performance of the contract:; The contractor's obligations; The employer's obligations; Ownership and vesting of materials; Acceptance and defects; Approval and certificates; Variations; Prolongation and disruption claims; Liquidated damages and extensions of time; Part III: Discharge of the contract:; Release; Frustration; Illegality; Forfeiture clauses, repudiation and determination; Limitation; Part IV: Sub-contracts and sub-contractors:; Assignment and sub-letting; Domestic sub-contractors; Nominated sub-contractors

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GOR002333238
9780632026838
0632026839
A Building Contract Casebook by Professor Vincent Powell-Smith (LLM, DLitt, FCIArb WAS FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA UK)
Used - Good
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
1990-10-26
528
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