Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time in Construction Contracts - Couverture rigide

Eggleston, Brian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0632032952 ISBN 13 : 9780632032952

Editeur : Blackwell Science Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

Commercial pressures have placed a new emphasis on the provision of liquidated damages and extensions of time in standard construction contracts in recent years. This book covers in detail the legal principles, and the effects and implications of recent judgements of the courts, and examines the relevant clauses of the current standard forms of building and civil engineering contracts. Particular attention is given to the pitfalls to be avoided in setting levels of liquidated damages, to the procedures that should be followed in granting extensions of time, and to the clarification of misunderstandings about time and damage that are prevalent in the construction industry.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Liquidated damages and extensions of time are complex subjects, frequently forming the basis of contract claims made under the standard building and civil engineering contracts. Previous editions of Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time are highly regarded as a guide for both construction industry professionals and lawyers to this complex area.

The law on time and damages continues to develop with an increasing flow of judgments from the courts. Alongside this, the standard forms of contract have also developed over time to reflect prevailing approaches to contractual relationships. Against this background a third edition will be welcomed by construction professionals and lawyers alike. Retaining the overall approach of the previous editions, the author clarifies, in a highly readable but legally rigorous way, the many misunderstandings on time and damages which abound in the construction industry. The third edition takes account of a large volume of new case law since the previous edition was published over ten years ago, includes a new chapter on delay analysis and features significantly expanded chapters on penalty clauses, the effects of conditions precedent and time–bars, and the complexities of causation.

Biographie de l'auteur

Brain Eggleston CEng, FICE, FIStructE, FCIArb, is a chartered arbitrator with extensive UK and international experience and a past President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He also acts as an adjudicator and mediator and as an adviser to contractors and employers on contractual matters. He is well known as an author and seminar speaker on contract law and standard forms.

In a career spanning over 40 years he has worked on all sides of the construction industry, firstly as a bridge designer, then as a resident engineer and contracts administrator, and subsequently as a director of various building and civil engineering contracting companies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0632032952
• ISBN 13: 9780632032952
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible