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The But For Question and Multiple Causes
Introduction to Construction Law | Lesson 9 Knowledge Check
Counterfactual reasoning, concurrency and contractual risk allocation
Knowledge Check
The But For Question and Multiple Causes: Test Your Knowledge
This Knowledge Check examines realistic counterfactuals, multiple effective causes, intervening events and contractual allocation within construction claims.
The questions apply FCA v Arch, Galoo, Walter Lilly and North Midland to the Lesson 9 workshop concerning an employer instruction and reduced labour.
Select the best answer from the four options. Explanations identify the governing lesson section or workshop record.
This Knowledge Check covers
- Realistic construction counterfactuals
- Necessary conditions and effective causes
- False positive and false negative results
- Multiple sufficient and combined causes
- True concurrency and temporal overlap
- Intervening and sequential events
- Express contractual risk allocation
- Separate time and monetary consequences
- Programme and resource evidence
- Provisional findings within evidential limits
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