Powell-Smith and Furmston's building contract casebook [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Furmston

• Autore: Furmston M. P
• Pubblicazione: West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• Edizione: 5th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (505 p.)
• Disciplina: 343.4107869
• Soggetto topico: Construction contracts - England; Construction contracts - Wales
• Altri autori: Powell-SmithVincent
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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. ; pt. 1. Formation of the contract -- pt. 2. Performance of the contract -- pt. 3. Discharge of the contract -- pt. 4. Sub-contracts and sub-contracting -- pt. 5. Building contracts and the law of tort.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Powell-Smith and Furmston's building contract casebook
• ISBN: 1-119-96388-5; 1-283-42536-X; 9786613425362; 1-119-96390-7; 1-119-96387-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830591503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II