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Powell-Smith and Furmston’s Building Contract Casebook
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Contents
7
Preface
9
PART I: FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT
11
Chapter 1: Letters of Intent
13
Chapter 2: Costs of Tendering
19
Chapter 3: Tenders and Estimates
24
Chapter 4: Incorporation of Documents
30
Chapter 5: Completion of the Contract
53
PART II: PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT
69
Chapter 6: The Contractor’s Obligations
71
Design
71
Materials and workmanship
84
Progress and completion
102
Indemnities and insurance
105
Chapter 7: The Employer’s Obligations
143
Possession of site
143
Time and extent of possession
143
Site conditions
147
Co-operation
152
Instructions
161
Payment
164
Lump sum contracts
165
Other contracts
168
Retention
169
Quantum meruit
172
Set-off
175
Miscellaneous
186
Nomination of sub-contractors and specialists
186
Objection to nominees
186
Displacement of implied terms
187
Form of sub-contracts
187
Effect of failure
187
Default in supply of goods
188
Chapter 8: Ownership and Vesting of Materials
190
Materials and goods
190
Vesting clauses
195
Chapter 9: Acceptance and Defects
197
Chapter 10: Approval and Certificates
201
General
201
Nature and effect of certificates
214
Recovery without certificate
236
Chapter 11: Variations
238
Chapter 12: Damages for Breach of Construction Contracts
256
Chapter 13: Prolongation and Disruption Claims
282
Chapter 14: Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time
329
Liquidated damages
329
Extensions of time
346
Interpretation of provisions
361
PART III: DISCHARGE OF THE CONTRACT
363
Chapter 15: Release
365
Chapter 16: Frustration
368
Chapter 17: Illegality
375
Chapter 18: Forfeiture Clauses, Repudiation and Determination
379
Chapter 19: Limitation
398
The Limitation Act 1980
398
Latent Damage Act 1986
401
PART IV: SUB-CONTRACTS AND SUB-CONTRACTING
409
Chapter 20: Assignment and Sub-letting
411
Chapter 21: Domestic Sub-contractors
421
Chapter 22: Nominated Sub-contractors
424
PART V: BUILDING CONTRACTS AND THE LAW OF TORT
451
Chapter 23: Building Contracts and the Law of Tort
453
Table of Cases
477
INDEX
495
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