Architect's Legal Handbook

The Law for Architects
11. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-83067-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 810 g

Celebrating 50 years since it was first published, the Architect’s Legal Handbook has been the most widely used reference on the law for practicing architects, and the established textbook on law for architectural students.

Since the last edition of this book in 2021, unprecedented change has occurred in the construction sector. The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union has ushered in changes to legislation in a wide range of areas. The tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in June 2017 and the deficiencies in design, construction, and regulation within the sector that were revealed as a result have given rise to major changes in the way projects are now carried out. An overhaul of the Building Regulations and the creation of a new Building Safety Regulator are only some of the ways in which the landscape has changed.

This eleventh edition features all the latest developments in the law which affect an architect’s work, as well as providing comprehensive coverage of relevant UK law topics. Key highlights of this edition include:

- A new chapter has been added to cover the statutory framework for building safety (Chapter 9), which is complemented by a wholly updated chapter on construction regulation in England and Wales (Chapter 10)

- The chapter on public procurement law (Chapter 14) has also been entirely rewritten to focus on the Public Procurement Act 2023 and related regulations, following Brexit

- New suites of standard contract forms have, since the last edition, been issued. These have seen substantial changes with chapters on JCT 2024 (Chapter 18) and the latest NEC4 forms (Chapter 19), together with wider updates to the chapters on FIDIC (Chapter 20) and other forms of contract (Chapter 21)

- A revised chapter on architects’ contracts with clients covering the RIBA Professional Services Contract 2024 (Chapter 37)

- A new section on novations in the chapter on the English Law of Contract (Chapter 2)

The Architect’s Legal Handbook is the essential legal reference work for all architects and students of architecture.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Speaight Kc, Anthony

Thorne, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Immobilienwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Privates Baurecht, Architektenrecht
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baurecht, Recht für Ingenieure und Architekten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part A: General principles of law  1. Introduction to English law  2. The English law of contract  3. The English Law of Tort  4. English Land Law  5. Introduction to Scots Law  6. Scots Land Law  Part B: Statutory framework  7. Statutory authorities in England and Wales  8. Statutory authorities in Scotland  9. Statutory Framework for Building Safety  10. Building Regulation in England and Wales  11. Building Regulations in Scotland  12. Planning law in England and Wales  13. Planning law in Scotland  14. Public procurement law  15. Party walls  16. Health and Safety law affecting architects  Part C: Building contracts  17. Introduction to procurement methods in construction  18. The JCT Standard Building Contract  19. The NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, Professional Services Contract and related Architects’ forms  20. The FIDIC contract  21. Other standard forms of building contract  22. Contractor and sub-contractor collateral warranties and third party rights  23. The Construction Act Payment Rules  Part D: Building dispute resolution  24. Introduction to dispute resolution and litigation  25. Adjudication  26. Arbitration  27. International arbitration  28. Mediation  29. Building dispute resolution in Scotland  Part E: The architect in practice  30. Architects’ registration  31. Professional conduct of architects  32. Professional disciplinary proceedings  33. Architects’ liability  34. Architects’ professional indemnity insurance  35. Copyright and design protection  36. Data protection  37. Architects’ contracts with clients  38. Architects’ collateral warranties

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Speaight KC – Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Surrey. Barrister. Bencher of Middle Temple. His publications include The Law of Defective Premises (co-author) and the Butterworths Professional Negligence Service (contributor). He is a past member of the Council of the Society of Construction Law, past chairman of the editorial board of Counsel, Journal of the Bar of England & Wales, and past chairman of the Bar Council’s Access to the Bar Committee. He acts as a supervisor of dissertations at the King’s College London Centre of Construction Law. He is a trained mediator.

Matthew Thorne, FCIArb – Barrister in practice at 4 Pump Court, Temple, London, and member of Inner Temple. He is recommended as ‘leading junior’ in the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Who’s Who Legal. Formerly chairman of Junior TECBAR, he is a member of the Society of Construction Law, Professional Negligence Bar Association, the Commercial Bar Association, and the Technology and Construction Bar Association (of which he has been a committee member). He has been a co-author of LexisPSL Adjudication and is the author of Becoming a Barrister. He is an adjudicator accredited with CIArb, TECBAR, CIC, and UK Adjudicators.