Contents
PART I: THE CONTRACT;
1. Contracts: Formation and Interpretation;
2. Standard Forms of Contract and Bespoke Contracts;
3. Quantum Meruit;
4. Assignment and Sub-letting and the Contracts (Rights Against Third Parties) Act 1999;
PART II: LIABILITY;
5. The Roles of Professionals;
6. Tort and Construction Law;
7. Exemption and Limitation of Liability Clauses;
8. Mistake and Misrepresentation and Frustration;
9. Guarantee and Indemnity;
PART III: PERFORMANCE;
10. Certificates and the Right to Payment;
11. Time for Completion;
PART IV: BREACH, TERMINATION AND DAMAGES;
12. Damages for Breach of Contract;
13. Determination or Forfeiture Clauses;
PART V: CLAIMS;
14. Loss and Expense;
15. Limitation of Action;
16. Injunctions and Specific Performance;
17. Bankruptcy and Insolvency;
PART VI: DISPUTES;
18. Adjudication;
19. Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution;
20. Arbitration;
21. Litigation;
PART VII: PROCUREMENT AND COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY;
22. Procurement and The European Community;
Appendices;
Appendix 1: Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982;
Appendix 2: Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996;
Appendix 3: Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/649);
Appendix 4: Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999;
Appendix 5: Party Wall etc Act 1996;
Appendix 6: Misrepresentation Act 1967;
Appendix 7: Protocol for the Instruction of Experts to give Evidence in Civil Claims;
Appendix 8: Technology and Construction Court Guide;
Appendix 9: Rules of arbitration of the International Chamber of commerce.
Index