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
Powell-Smith and Furmston's building contract casebook
โ Scribed by M P Furmston; Vincent Powell-Smith
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 505
- Edition
- 5th ed
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Letters of intent -- Costs of tendering -- Tenders and estimates -- Incorporation of documents -- Completion of the contract -- The contractor's obligations -- The employer's obligations -- Ownership and vesting of materials -- Acceptance and defects -- Approval and certificates -- Variations -- Damages for breach of construction contracts -- Prolongation and disruption claims -- Liquidated damages and extensions of time -- Release -- Frustration -- Illegality -- Forfeiture clauses, repudiation and determination -- Limitation -- Assignment and sub-letting -- Domestic sub-contractors -- Nominated sub-contractors -- Building contracts and the law of tort. pt. 1. Formation of the contract -- pt. 2. Performance of the contract -- pt. 3. Discharge of the contract -- pt. 4. Sub-contracts and sub-contracting -- pt. 5. Building contracts and the law of tort
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