Powell-Smith and Furmston's Building Contract Casebook 4th Edition

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Powell-Smith and Furmston's Building Contract Casebook 4th Edition

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This well established reference book brings together leading cases on building contracts to illustrate legal principles. It provides a statement of the principle established, a summary of the facts and the decision and, for most cases, a verbatim extract of the judgment. The latest edition includes a number of new cases since the last edition was published in 1999.

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M.P. Furmston TD, MA, BCL, LLM, Bencher of Gray’s Inn, was Professor of Law at the University of Bristol from 1978-98. He is now Emeritus Professor and senior research fellow. He is well known as the editor of Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston on Contract and his other books include Cases and Materials on Contract with Hugh Beale and William Bishop. He is the editor of Construction Law Reports.

Vincent Powell-Smith LLM, DLitt, FCIArb was a leading authority on building contracts and a practicing arbitrator. He was a former Council member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and, for some years, Professor of Law at the University of Malaysia and the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He was originally Joint Editor of Construction Law Reports.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Part I - Formation of the contract: Letters of intent, Costs of tendering, Tenders and estimates, Incorporation of documents, Acceptance of the tender;.

Part II - Performance of the contract: The contractor's obligations, The employer's obligations, Ownership and vesting of materials, Acceptance and defects, Approval and certificates, Variations, Prolongation and disruption claims, Liquidated damages and extensions of time;.

Part III - Discharge of the contract: Release, Frustration, Illegality, Forfeiture clauses, repudiation and determination, Limitation;.

Part IV - Sub-contracts and sub-contractors: Assignment and sub-letting, Domestic sub-contractors, Nominated sub-contractors.

Part V - Building Contracts and the Law of Tort.

Table of Cases.

Index

Reviews

'a useful conduit to necessary knowledge for a range of those involved in the resolution of sonstruction disputes' Construction Law Oct 2007

Features

* the only book to bring together leading building cases in one volume at an affordable price
* updated with recent cases since last edition (1999)
* provides statement of principle established by case, a summary of facts and decision, plus extract from judgment
* Michael Furmston well known as editor of Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston's Law of Contract
* 'a mine of information' (The Architect's Journal)
* 'a very useful textbook for contractors, architects, engineers and QSs' (Chartered Quantity Surveyor)

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