{"product_id":"defective-construction-work-9780632059294","title":"Defective Construction Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDefective construction work, whether the result of inadequate design, faulty workmanship or poor materials - or some combination of these failings - is a frequent cause of legal disputes. Someone is usually to blame, either the builder or one or more of the professional consultants, or even the entire project team.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is written in a clear style and uses plain English wherever possible. … Even for solicitors like me who claim to have some expertise in this field, it was refreshing to read a book which deals comprehensively with defects in such a clear manner.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Academy of Experts\u003c\/i\u003e, Summer 2009)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Definition and categorization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Definition of “defect”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Qualitative defects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Patent\/latent defects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Reasonable examination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Importance of distinction between patent\/latent defects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 The purchaser and the project team.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Common law, statutory and contractual rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Common law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Statute.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Contractual rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Contracts – an overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Function.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The basics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 Simple contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Deeds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3 Distinction between simple contracts and deeds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Express terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Implied terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Common law terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Exclusion of Implied Terms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Exclusion clauses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Risk allocation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Model conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 No Contact\/Restitution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Restitution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Restitution and defects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 The standard of work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 The ‘usual standards’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.3 Fitness for purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.4 The Defective Premises Act 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.5 Failure to complete.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.6 Cross-claims.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.7 Latent defects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Letters of Intent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Function.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Legal analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Implications where defects occur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Tort – an overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Negligence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.1 Persons and property.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.2 Pure economic loss.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Complex structures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 A theory?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2 An exception?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3 A test?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Economic harm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 A concurrent duty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Third parties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3 The tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3.1 Assumption of responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3.2 Proximity, foreseeability and fairness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3.3 Incrementalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3.4 Which test?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Builders and professional consultants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.1 Builders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2 Professional consultants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.3 Liability to third parties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.4 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Defective Premises Act 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Application.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Fitness for habitation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Exclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Third Party Rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 The exception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Agency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Assignment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Novation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Statutory third party rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Collateral contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Tort.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Statutory requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 The Building Act 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Building regulations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Construction products.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Workplace safety regulations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 CDM regulations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Relationship with contractual obligations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The builder’s obligations - design, workmanship and materials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Buildability, durability and maintenance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Workmanship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.1 Care \u0026amp; skill.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.2 Specified standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.3 Inspection of materials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.4 Duty to warn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.4.1 An implied duty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2.4.2 An aspect of care and skill.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Materials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.1 Description.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.2 Satisfactory quality – history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.3 Satisfactory quality – scope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.4 Satisfactory quality – relevance of selection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3.5 Fitness for purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The builder’s obligations - defects before completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Temporary disconformities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1.1 The theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1.2 The theory confined.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1.3 Reconciling the cases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Opening up the work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Defects and interim payment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.1 The contractual position.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.2 Interim valuations, certificates and payments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.3 The effect of the HGCRA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The builder’s obligations - defects at completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Scope of work to be completed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1.1 Indispensably necessary work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1.2 Contingently necessary work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.1 The common law concept.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.2 Substantial completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.3 Practical completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Snagging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 The effect of practical completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 The ICE, NEC3 and MF\/1 conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 The JCT Major Project Construction Contract.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 The provision of information prior to practical completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Defective works post completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 The common law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Defects liability period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.1 Duration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.2 Snagging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.3 ‘Defects arising’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.4 Compensation instead of repair.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.5 Instructions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.6 Making good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Retention money.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Retention bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Final certificates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5.1 The JCT SBC conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5.1.1 Qualifications to the conclusivity rule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5.1.2 The class of defects affected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5.2 The ICE conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5.3 The MF\/1 conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Professional Team.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Membership of a professional body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 The structure of the team.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Duties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3.1 Reasonable care and skill.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3.2 Fitness for purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3.3 Concurrent duty of care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Buildability, durability and maintenance – the designer’s obligations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Architects\/Engineers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Selecting builders and other specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Supervision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Periodic Inspection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Certification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Design review.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6.1 Stage one: up to implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6.2 Stage two: implementation to practical completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6.3 Stage three: after practical completion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.7 Defects investigations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.8 Honest reporting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.9 Termination of performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Surveyors, Project Managers \u0026amp; others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Project managers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Quantity surveyors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 CDM Co-ordinators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 Clerk of works\/engineer’s representatives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Compensation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.1 Abatement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2 Compensation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2.1 Cost of reinstatement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2.2 Diminution in value.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2.3 Reinstatement and diminution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2.4 Date of assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.3 Betterment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.4 Mitigation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.5 Parasitic losses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.6 Distress and inconvenience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.7 Contribution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.8 Contributory negligence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Remedies\/damages\/limitation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.1 Breach of condition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.2 Repudiation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.3 Express termination provisions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Limitation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1 Contract.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2 Tort.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2.1 The primary limitation period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2.1.1 Physical damage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2.1.2 Economic damage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2.1.3 Reconcilliation of the cases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2.2 The secondary limitation period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.3 Contractual limitation provisions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.4 Limitation and contribution proceedings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Dispute resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.1 Litigation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.2 Arbitration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.3 Adjudication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.4 Expert Determination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.5 Alternative Dispute Resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable of casesIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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