Solutions to 250+ legal/contractual issues.
Fourteen topics, each answered with the governing rule, the authorities and the practical steps.
The fourteen topics
Each topic collects the problems that arise under it, with the number of solutions.
entire contracts, partnering, subject to contract, tendering and the collateral tender contract
the tender contract, mistakes and withdrawal, key personnel and undisclosed evaluation methods
fitness for purpose against reasonable skill and care, the duty to warn, coordination, novation and design liability
what they bind, payment for work done, and the risk of starting before the contract is made
the approved or accepted programme, float ownership, and the effect of making the programme a contract document
concurrent delay, and recovering time and money for delay
notices and time bars, the prevention principle, delay notices, EOT after the completion date, net or gross assessment, omissions, adverse weather and force majeure
penalties, time at large, exhaustive remedies and deductions from the sum due
valuation and fair rates, omissions, quotations, loss of profit and work outside the contract
head office overheads and the formulae, finance charges, profit, acceleration and consultant claims
notices and pay-less, set-off and abatement, retention, interest, pay-when-paid and insolvency
practical completion, defects, and passing settled losses down the chain
certificates and conclusiveness, limitation, exclusion clauses, without prejudice and professional negligence
jurisdiction, enforcement, natural justice, costs and the adjudicator's fees