Powell-Smith and Furmston's Building Contract Casebook (eBook)

M.P. Furmston TD, MA, BCL, LLM, Bencher of Gray's Inn,was Professor of Law at the University of Bristol from 1978-98. Heis now Emeritus Professor and senior research fellow. He is wellknown as the editor of Cheshire, Fifoot and Furmston onContract and his other books include Cases and Materials onContract with Hugh Beale and William Bishop. He is the editorof Construction Law Reports. Vincent Powell-Smith LLM, DLitt, FCIArb was a leadingauthority on building contracts and a practicing arbitrator. He wasa former Council member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitratorsand, for some years, Professor of Law at the University of Malaysiaand the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He wasoriginally Joint Editor of Construction Law Reports.

Preface.

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

Part II - Performance of the contract: The contractor'sobligations, The employer's obligations, Ownership and vesting ofmaterials, Acceptance and defects, Approval and certificates,Variations, Prolongation and disruption claims, Liquidated damagesand 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 andsub-letting, Domestic sub-contractors, Nominatedsub-contractors.

Part V - Building Contracts and the Law of Tort.

Table of Cases.

Index

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