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About
Edition: 2020
Pages: 528
Author(s): Matthew Cousins
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Size: 3 Mb
Content:
List of figures
Preface to the third edition
Disclaimer
1 Legal framework
What is law?
Construction law
The legal framework
Legal systems in the United Kingdom
Courts and tribunals
The European Union
Procurement
2 Legislation
Legislation
Building Regulations
Breach and enforcement of building regulations
Principal legislation governing construction
Principal statutory instruments governing construction
Principal legislation for an architectural practice
Principal legislation governing the environment
Principal legislation governing buildings
Principal legislation governing health and safety
Principal legislation governing fire safety
Principal legislation governing energy and sustainability
Standards used in the construction industry
3 Town and country planning
Legislative and policy framework for the planning system
Administration of the planning system
Development
Permitted development
Planning permission
Planning obligations
Unauthorised development
Challenging planning decisions
Listed buildings
Conservation areas
Scheduled ancient monuments
Tree preservation orders
High hedges
Hedgerows
Protected species and habitats
4 Land law
General principles of land law
Registered land
Unregistered land
Licences
Leases
Co-ownership
Easements
Rights of light
Adverse possession
Restrictive covenants
Party walls
Summary of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996
5 General principles of the law of tort
General principles of the law of tort
Negligence
Economic loss
Negligent mis-statement
Public and private nuisance
Lawful visitors
Damage to and unreasonable use of neighbouring land
6 General principles of contract law
What is contract law?
Classification of contracts
Intention to create legal relations
Offer and acceptance
Consideration
Terms of a contract
Exclusion clauses
Invalid contracts
Discharge of contracts
7 Types of construction contracts
Introduction
Advantages of standard forms of contract
Procurement
Considerations when choosing a procurement method
Traditional procurement
Design and build procurement
Management procurement
Partnering procurement
Traditional procurement: standard lump sum contracts
Traditional procurement: shorter lump sum contracts
Traditional procurement: measurement contracts
Traditional procurement: consumer contracts
Traditional procurement: cost plus contract
Design and build procurement
Management procurement
Partnering procurement
8 Contract administration
Administering the contract
Architect’s inspection duties
Defects
Collateral warranties
Professional consultant’s certificate
Practical completion
Termination
The RIBA contract administration certificates
9 Dispute resolution
Construction disputes
Adversarial dispute resolution
Non-adversarial dispute resolution
Dispute boards
10 Design coordination
Design coordination: Risk and Liability
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government report
‘Building a Safer Future, Proposals for Reform of the Building Safety
Regulatory System’
Building a Safer Future, Independent Review of Building Regulations and
Fire Safety Final Report (The Hackitt Review)
The Challenge of Culture Change
Liability
Limitation
Site Conditions
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Soft Landings
Further reading
Glossary
Bibliography
Subject index
Index of cases
Index of statutes
Index of statutory instruments
Index of European legislation