Hudson's Building and Engineering Contracts

4th Supplement
ISBN: 978-0-414-03812-7
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch

Hudson's provides an overview of the law and interpretation of construction contracts, taking into account the practical and commercial realities relating to construction projects.
- Delivers in-depth explanation and interpretation of the law relating to construction contracts
- Guides you through the ambiguities and technicalities often arising over interpretation and application of contracts, both for the general construction professional and specialist lawyer
- Provides illustrations by reference to standard construction contracts: JCT, NEC, ICE, FIDIC
- Considers contracts in context of the ever changing and expanding information relating to standard contracts and the legislation and case law associated with them
- Retains the general introduction to the relevant law relating to construction disputes
- Gives illustrated up-to-date case summaries in all important areas of law relating to construction
- Details the responsibilities and obligations of project managers, architects, engineers, surveyors and IT consultants involved in the contracts
- Takes into account the practical and commercial realities of construction projects generally
- Provides a legal analysis of Tenders and Estimates through to Delay, Defects, Price, Approvals, Certificates and Damages
- Coverage extends to the commonwealth, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, Singapore and other countries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chambers, Atkin

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents:

- General principles
- Construction professionals
- Construction contracts
- Damages
- Certification and defects
- Price and variations
- Time for performance and the consequences of delay
- Novation, Assignment and Sub-contracts
- Termination
- Insurance, indemnities, guarantees and bonds
- Consequences of insolvency
- Adjudication