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Building Contract Claims

This book established itself as the leading work on the subject of claims under building contracts when it was first published in 1983. It explains the legal basis of contractor's claims under all the main building contracts and considers the practical implications. The new edition is a substantial revision and considers the latest editions of the JCT forms, two new JCT contracts, the New Engineering Contract, and new case law since the last edition.

PART 1 Introduction; Time; Liquidated damages; Basis for common law claims; Direct loss and/or expense; Potential heads of claim; Causation; The global approach; Substantiation of claims
PART 2 Extension of time under JCT standard form contracts; Liquidated damages under JCT standard form contracts; Loss and/or expense under JCT standard form contracts; Variations
PART 3 Claims under GC/Works/1 (1998); Variations and claims under ACA 3; Claims under NEC; Sub-contract claims
Appendix A: Example of build up of contractor's entitlement to reimbursement of direct loss and/or expense under JCT 98, clause 26.
Appendix B: Extension of time and money claims under DOM/1
Table of cases
Table of standard form contract clauses
Index

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