Some Building Contract Problems - Couverture rigide

Powell-Smith, Vincent

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0632025816 ISBN 13 : 9780632025817

Editeur : Blackwell Science Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

This book discusses a number of aspects of building contracts where problems regularly arise. Each topic is discussed in the context of a leading construction case, so highlighting the attitude of courts to particular contractual problems.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Some industries manage to conduct their business with few contractual problems. The construction industry is not so fortunate. The whole field of building contracts is fraught with legal difficulties and construction personnel need to be particularly alert to the legal implications of their work. Not only must they be familiar with the standard forms of contract: they also need to be aware of decisions of the courts not an easy task, particularly at present when a number of long–standing decisions are being reversed by the judges, and new law is being made. Vincent Powell–Smith, as a practicing arbitrator and consultant in building contracts, and a regular writer and lecturer on the subject, is ideally placed to provide an overview of some of the key legal issues facing the industry. In his latest book he reviews a number of thorny areas in building contracts and discusses the practical problems related to some of the leading construction cases. The topics covered are the author s personal selection and the book is not intended to review the whole field of building contracts, which is already covered by the leading textbooks. Topics include such matters as: An architect s duty of care and the changing attitude of the courts The battle of the forms The contractual effect of programmes Liquidated damages and time at large Disruption and prolongation claims This highly readable book provides both a practical guide to some of the key problems in building contracts and a useful survey of many of the major construction cases of the last decade.

Biographie de l'auteur

Vincent Powell–Smith, LLM, DLitt, FCIArb, MBAE, Advocate, was for many years Lecturer in Law at the University of Aston Management Centre. He now acts as a consultant specializing in construction contracts and as a practicing arbitrator. Well–known as a conference speaker both in the UK and the Far East, he has been Legal Correspondent of Contract Journal for the last 15 years; he is also Legal Correspondent of Surveyor. He is Joint Editor of Construction Law Reports and is author of many books on construction law. These include the highly successful Building Regulations Explained and Illustrated (Eighth Edition), written jointly with M. J. Billington, and Building Contract Claims (Second Edition), written with John Sims, both of which are widely regarded as the leading works in their fields. He is currently writing Design and Build Contracts with Martin King and Stephen Pymont for BSP.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0632025816
• ISBN 13: 9780632025817
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible