Construction Law Handbook

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Thomas Telford, 2007 - Construction contracts - 982 pages
A legal reference on construction law that offers guidance for professionals and addresses the important construction law issues.
 

Contents

Table of cases
xiii
Table of UK statutes and statutory instruments
xxxi
Table of European legislation
xxxvii
PART
1
1
6
PART
8
11
29
4
36
Hearings interim applications
796
Pretrial review
798
Trials
799
Time for complying with the judgment or order
800
Funding issues
801
Arbitration
805
Introduction
807
Commencing an arbitration
808

3
42
Bond financing
44
10
57
Publicprivate sector partnerships
71
Risk transfer
80
Contractual matrix
86
Design development
92
Service commencement
102
Direct agreements and collateral warranties
110
Dispute resolution
117
Tendering guidelines
144
Public sector tendering
152
9
158
10
164
Freedom of Information Act 2000
170
Types of insurance
206
45
214
Organizing an engineers practice
223
3
232
5
330
PART 3
434
General
443
15
585
3222
595
29
601
34
607
Mike OReilly
637
Administration of claims
639
Dispute avoidance
641
36
650
Legal basis of claims
657
Claims for extension of time
667
Liquidated damages
739
Claims for site conditions
750
Financial claims
755
Delay and disruption financial claims
762
Management of claims
770
Particular administrative claim issues
773
Litigation
785
Introduction
787
Commencing proceedings
789
Directionscase management conference
792
Specific disclosure and inspection
793
Is it appropriate to make an offer of settlement?
794
The arbitration process
810
Preparation of factual evidence
811
Presentation of the case to the arbitrator
812
The arbitrators award
813
Particular powers of arbitrators
816
Particular problems
817
The international dimension
818
Adjudication
821
What is adjudication?
823
What contracts must provide a statutory right to adjudication?
825
The existence of a dispute
832
What provisions must be incorporated into a construction contract to comply with the HGCRA 1996?
837
Notice of intention to withold payment
842
The statutory right to suspend performance for nonpayment
844
The scheme for construction contracts
845
The nature of disputes usually adjudicated
846
Who may be an adjudicator?
848
The appointment of the adjudicator
854
The adjudicators powers
856
Duties of the adjudicator
858
Duties of the parties
863
What is the position if only the referring party takes part in the adjudication?
864
The form and content of an adjudicators decision
865
Enforcement of the adjudicators decision
867
The adjudicators immunity
869
Does the Human Rights Act 1998 apply to adjudication?
870
Alternative dispute resolution
871
Introduction
873
Negotiated settlements
875
Mediation
876
Conciliation
879
Minitrial
882
Dispute resolution panels
883
Early neutral evaluation
885
Mediationarbitration
886
Staged dispute resolution provisions
887
Amicable settlement
894
Advantages and disadvantages of ADR
897
Selecting a mechanism for construction disputes
898
Limitation periods and time limits
899
Appendix Newsletters 3035
901
Index
925
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