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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829147703321

Autore

Speaight Anthony

Titolo

Architect's legal handbook : the law for architects / / Anthony Speaight, Gregory Stone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Butterworth Architecture, , 1990

©1989

ISBN

1-4831-4150-0

Edizione

[5th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Butterworth Architecture library of building control Architect's legal handbook

Disciplina

343.42/07872

343.4207872

Soggetti

Architects - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain

Building laws - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Cover""; ""Architect's Legal Handbook: The Law for Architects""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Editors' Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction to English Law""; ""1 The importance of law""; ""2 Sources of law""; ""3 Legal history""; ""4 Construction cases within the present system""; ""5 The scheme of this book""; ""Chapter 2. Introduction to Scots Law""; ""1 Law and Scotland""; ""2 Sources""; ""3 Courts and the legal profession""; ""4 Branches of law""; ""Chapter 3. The English Law of Contract""; ""1 Introduction""

""2 Scope of the law of contract""""3 What is a contract ?""; ""4 Intention to create legal relations""; ""5 Consideration""; ""6 'Agreement'""; ""7 Terms of a contract""; ""8 Exclusion clauses and UCTA""; ""9 Standard term contracts""; ""10 Misrepresentation""; ""11 Performance and breach""; ""12 Privity of contract and agency""; ""13 Limitation under the Limitation Act 1980""; ""Chapter 4. The Law of Tort""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Nuisance""; ""3 The rule in Rylands v Fletcher""; ""4 Breach of statutory duty""; ""5 The Defective Premises Act 1972""; ""6 Trespass""; ""7 Negligence""

""8 Limitation""""9 Liability of local authorities in respect of negligence



in building control""; ""10 Contribution""; ""Chapter 5. Architect's Appointment and Collateral Warranties""; ""1 The appointment""; ""2 Agreement of appointment""; ""3 Termination""; ""4 Ownership""; ""5 Conditions of engagement""; ""6 Speculative work and tendering for architects' services""; ""7 Collateral warranties""; ""Chapter 6. Architects' Liability""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Liability for breach of contact""; ""3 Liability for carelessness in contract and in tort""

""4 Liability in contract and in a tort compared and contrasted""""5 Statutory liability""; ""6 Measure of damages""; ""7 When liability is barred by lapse of time""; ""Chapter 7. English Land Law""; ""1 Conveyancing""; ""2 The extent of land""; ""3 Easements""; ""4 Restrictive covenants""; ""5 Landlord and tenant covenants""; ""6 Business tenancies - architects' offices""; ""Chapter 8. Scottish Land Law""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Corporeal heritable property and feudal law""; ""3 Other restrictions of corporeal heritable property""; ""4 Sale of land and buildings""

""5 Incorporeal heritable property""""6 Corporeal movable property""; ""7 Incorporeal movable property""; ""Chapter 9. Standard building contracts in England""; ""Introduction to the Standard Form of Contract""; ""The Standard Form of Building Contract, 1980 edition""; ""Part 1 Conditions""; ""Part 2 Nominated sub-contractors and suppliers""; ""Part 3 Fluctuations""; ""THE SUB-CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: NSC/1, NSC/2, NSC/2a, NSC/3""; ""JCT NOMINATED SUB-CONTRACTNSC/4""; ""Conditions""; ""Chapter 10. Building Contracts in Scotland""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Building Contract""

""3 The Scottish supplement - Appendix I""

Sommario/riassunto

Architect's Legal Handbook: The Law for Architects, Fifth Edition is a collection of papers including those on International Work by Architects, on European community Law affecting Architects, and the Architects' Professional Indemnity Insurance.  This collection is a comprehensive guideline to laws in England, Scotland, and the European community. This handbook seeks to make architects more aware of where possible legal pitfalls may lurk. Coverage is updated to include changes in English Law, Scottish Law, English Law of Contract, the Law of Tort, Architect's Appointment and Collateral Warran