Contractual Solutions, free to read

Fifty contractual solutions, open to all.

Fifty of the two hundred problems in the library, open to every reader, drawn from all fourteen topics. The remaining hundred and fifty are carried by Premium and Pro.

Contents

Solutions to fifty legal/contractual issues

Fifty selected problems from the library, free to every reader and drawn from all fourteen topics. Open a topic to see what it carries. Each solution gives the governing rule, the authorities behind it and the steps that follow.

08Liquidated Damages4
09Variations2
10Loss and Expense5
11Payment7
12Completion and Defects3
13Rights and Remedies5
14Adjudication7
Procurement

entire contracts, partnering, subject to contract, tendering and the collateral tender contract

Tenders and Bidding

the tender contract, mistakes and withdrawal, key personnel and undisclosed evaluation methods

Design

fitness for purpose against reasonable skill and care, the duty to warn, coordination, novation and design liability

Letters of Intent

what they bind, payment for work done, and the risk of starting before the contract is made

Programme

the approved or accepted programme, float ownership, and the effect of making the programme a contract document

Delay

critical-path analysis, concurrent delay, global claims, time of the essence and endeavours to prevent delay

Extensions of Time

notices and time bars, the prevention principle, net or gross assessment, omissions, adverse weather and force majeure

Liquidated Damages

the penalty rule, time at large, the exclusive remedy, sectional completion and passing damages down the chain

Variations

valuation and fair rates, omissions, quotations, loss of profit and work outside the contract

Loss and Expense

head office overheads and the formulae, finance charges, profit, acceleration and consultant claims

Payment

notices and pay-less, set-off and abatement, retention, interest, pay-when-paid and insolvency

Completion and Defects

practical completion, patent and latent defects, access to remedy them, and passing settled losses down the chain

Rights and Remedies

certificates and conclusiveness, limitation, exclusion clauses, without prejudice and professional negligence

Adjudication

jurisdiction and enforcement, natural justice, set-off against a decision, costs and the adjudicator's fees