TY  - BOOK
AU  - Furmston,M.P.
AU  - Powell-Smith,Vincent
TI  - Powell-Smith & Furmston's building contract casebook
SN  - 9781119963905
AV  - KD1641 .F87 2012
U1  - 343.41/07869 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - West Sussex, UK, Hoboken
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Construction contracts
KW  - England
KW  - Cases
KW  - Wales
KW  - fast
KW  - Trials, litigation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Formation of the Contract. Letters of Intent -- Costs of Tendering -- Tenders and Estimates -- Incorporation of Documents -- Completion of the Contract -- Performance of the Contract. The Contractor's Obligations -- The Employer's Obligations -- Ownership and Vesting of Materials -- Acceptance and Defects -- Approval and Certificates -- Variations -- Damages for Breach of Construction Contracts -- Prolongation and Disruption Claims -- Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time -- Discharge of the Contract. Part Introduction -- Release -- Frustration -- Illegality -- Forfeiture Clauses, Repudiation and Determination -- Limitation -- Sub-contracts and Sub-contracting. Assignment and Sub-letting -- Domestic Sub-contractors -- Nominated Sub-contractors -- Building Contracts and the Law of Tort. Building Contracts and the Law of Tort -- Table of Cases -- Index; Letters of intent -- Costs of tendering -- Tenders and estimates -- Incorporation of documents -- Completion of the contract -- The contractor's obligations -- The employer's obligations -- Ownership and vesting of materials -- Acceptance and defects -- Approval and certificates -- Variations -- Damages for breach of construction contracts -- Prolongation and disruption claims -- Liquidated damages and extensions of time -- Release -- Frustration -- Illegality -- Forfeiture clauses, repudiation and determination -- Limitation -- Assignment and sub-letting -- Domestic sub-contractors -- Nominated sub-contractors -- Building contracts and the law of tort
N2  - The interaction between general principles and the provisions of the standard building and construction contracts is a central feature of construction law. The major part of the law is laid down in decided cases, and construction professionals should be familiar with these cases but the information is scattered throughout a large number of law reports. The fifth edition of Powell Smith and Furmston's Building Contract Casebook is designed to help construction professionals become familiar with those key cases. It brings together a wide range of cases on the main aspects of the law of con
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119963905
ER  -