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Reasonableness in Contractual Decision-Making
Introduction to Construction Law | Lesson 6 Knowledge Check
Objective standards, contractual discretion and extension-of-time decisions
Knowledge Check
Reasonableness in Contractual Decision-Making: Test Your Knowledge
This Knowledge Check tests the principles examined in Lesson 6: objective standards of reasonableness, controls upon contractual discretion, fixed contractual machinery and reasoned extension-of-time decisions.
The questions apply Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd [2015] UKSC 17, Socimer International Bank Ltd v Standard Bank London Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 116, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust v Compass Group UK and Ireland Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 200 and London Underground Ltd v Citylink Telecommunications Ltd [2007] EWHC 1749 (TCC).
This Knowledge Check covers
- Objective reasonableness distinguished from rationality review
- Contractual wording and the function of the standard
- Process and outcome in the exercise of a discretion
- Necessary enquiries and material considerations
- Genuine discretion distinguished from fixed machinery
- Fair and reasonable interim extensions of time
- Status of competing delay analyses
- Evidential treatment of mitigation and float
- Treatment of incomplete project records
- Reasoned decisions and later review
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