MacRoberts

Macroberts on Scottish Construction Contracts

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a guide to the general principles of Scottish law relevant to construction contracts and the main provisions of the standard forms of construction contract used in Scotland including:

the obligations of employers and contractors
certification
payment
ending a construction contract
remedies
subcontracts
collateral warranties
insurance
dispute resolution
regulatory matters
The new edition has been substantially updated and expanded to take account of the latest editions of the Scottish Standard Building Contracts and recent case law. Specific updates have been driven by the following changes to legislation and standard contracts

Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and the relative Scheme for Construction Contracts
Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010
Recognising the significant increase in use of NEC3 standard forms of contract, references to NEC3 provisions have been introduced throughout the relevant chapters so that each now covers the common law, the SBCC provisions and the NEC3 provisions.
It also features new chapters on: litigation; competition; the Bribery Act 2010; and guarantees and bonds.

From reviews of previous editions:

'very approachable and readable... I would particularly recommend this book to non-legal construction professionals' - Construction & Engineering Law
'an informative textbook for the practitioner... [a] significant contribution to knowledge' - Arbitration
'a highly competent... textbook which would be of value for industry professionals with no legal background' - Construction Law

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118273450
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1089g
• ISBN-13: 9781118273456
• ISBN-10: 1118273451
• Artikelnr.: 41521867

Autorenporträt

MacRoberts LLP is a full-service commercial law firm, working from offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. The MacRoberts Construction Group is one of the largest in Scotland, with clients including public sector bodies, private developers, contractors, sub-contractors and professionals in all areas of the construction industry. MacRoberts is recognised as leaders in all aspects of Construction law with specialist lawyers able to provide advice covering the full range of construction law issues, across all parts of the construction process, from advice on appropriate forms of procurement, contract assembly and negotiation through to dispute management and resolution, including mediation, adjudication, arbitration and court.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by the Rt Hon Lord Hope of Craighead KT xiii Preface xv 1
Construction Contracts in General 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Definition of a
construction contract 1 1.3 Parties involved in a construction project 5
1.4 Types of construction contract 15 1.5 The SBCC forms of building
contract 23 1.6 The NEC3 forms of contract 25 1.7 Building Information
Modelling (BIM) 27 1.8 Soft Landings 29 2 Procurement 32 2.1 Introduction
32 2.2 The EU public procurement regime and EU economic and legal
principles 33 2.3 Beyond the EU 35 2.4 Conditions for application of the
procurement rules 36 2.5 Who must comply with the Regulations? 36 2.6
Treatment of a proposed contract as a works contract, supply contract or a
services contract 37 2.7 What are the relevant financial thresholds? 40 2.8
Is there an applicable exclusion? 41 2.9 Types of procurement procedure 42
2.10 The open procedure 42 2.11 The restricted procedure 43 2.12 The
negotiated procedure with advertisement 46 2.13 The competitive dialogue
procedure 49 2.14 Awarding the contract 53 2.15 The Alcatel mandatory
standstill period 54 2.16 The use of framework agreements in public
procurement 56 2.17 Remedies against contracting authorities (bidder
grievances and complaints) 57 2.18 Awarding low-value contracts fairly 61
2.19 Forthcoming changes in the Procurement law landscape 62 3 Entering
into a Construction Contract 64 3.1 Introduction 64 3.2 Essentials of
written and oral contracts 64 3.3 Capacity to contract 71 3.4 Implied terms
73 3.5 Letters of intent 78 3.6 Incorporation of terms by reference to
another document 80 3.7 Contract interpretation 83 3.8 Signing a building
contract 84 4 Employers' Obligations 87 4.1 Introduction 87 4.2 Possession
of the site 88 4.3 Administration 92 4.4 Information and instructions 95
4.5 Variations 97 4.6 Other obligations 102 5 Contractors' Obligations 103
5.1 Introduction 103 5.2 Completing the works 103 5.3 The quality of the
work 118 5.4 Defective work 128 5.5 Progress of the works 131 5.6 Insurance
and indemnity 138 5.7 The Joint Fire Code 139 5.8 Health and safety 140 6
Time 141 6.1 Introduction 141 6.2 Commencement of the works 141 6.3 Time of
the essence 142 6.4 Progress of the works 142 6.5 Adjustment of the
Completion Date and extension of time for completion 143 6.6 Partial
possession, sectional completion and acceleration 152 6.7 Completion of the
works 153 6.8 Damages for late completion 154 6.9 Liquidated damages 155
6.10 The SBC/DB 158 6.11 The NEC3 159 7 Certification 168 7.1 Introduction
168 7.2 Formal requirements of certificates 168 7.3 Interim certificates
171 7.4 Final certificates 176 7.5 Other certificates 180 7.6 Roles and
duties of certifiers 183 8 Payment 188 8.1 Contractual payment 188 8.2
Adjustment of the contract price 206 8.3 Loss and expense 215 8.4 Quantum
meruit 220 8.5 Quantum lucratus 222 8.6 Contractual retention 224 8.7
Project bank accounts (PBA) 227 9 Ending a Construction Contract 229 9.1
Introduction 229 9.2 Frustration and impossibility 229 9.3 Force majeure
232 9.4 Termination 233 9.5 Repudiation and rescission 242 9.6 Death and
illness 243 9.7 Illegality 244 9.8 Insolvency 245 9.9 Prescription 248 10
Remedies 254 10.1 Introduction 254 10.2 Rescission 255 10.3 Specific
implement 256 10.4 Damages for breach of contract 257 10.5 Finance charges
261 10.6 Interest 263 10.7 Interdict 267 10.8 Withholding payment 267 10.9
Suspending performance 269 10.10 Delictual claims 271 11 Sub-contractors
and Suppliers 275 11.1 Introduction 275 11.2 SBCC Standard Sub-Contracts
275 11.3 NEC3 Standard Sub-Contracts 276 11.4 Nominated and domestic
sub-contractors 276 11.5 Named and specialist Sub-Contractors 277 11.6
Direct payments to sub-contractors 279 11.7 Privity of contract 280 11.8
Relationship between main and sub-contracts 282 11.9 Restrictions on
sub-contracting 283 11.10 Main contractor's discount 284 11.11 Suppliers
285 11.12 Retention of title clauses 285 11.13 Supply of goods by
sub-contractors 287 11.14 Adequate mechanism for payment 288 12
Assignation, Delegation and Novation 290 12.1 Introduction 290 12.2 Common
law 291 12.3 Effect of assignation upon claims 292 12.4 Delectus personae
294 12.5 Assignation under the SBC and the SBC/DB 294 12.6 Assignation
under the NEC3 295 12.7 Delegation 295 12.8 Novation 296 13 Rights forThird
Parties 300 13.1 General 300 13.2 Collateral warranties 300 13.3 Typical
clauses 303 13.4 Effects of the 1996 Act on collateral warranties 310 13.5
Third party rights schedule 311 13.6 Assignation 313 14 Insurance 314 14.1
Insurance: General principles 314 14.2 Insurance under the SBC and the
SBC/DB 318 14.3 Insurance under the NEC3 323 14.4 Professional indemnity
insurance 325 14.5 Latent defects insurance 327 14.6 Project insurance 327
15 Litigation 329 15.1 Introduction 329 15.2 The litigation process 329 16
Adjudication 338 16.1 Introduction 338 16.2 The scope of Part II of the
1996 Act, as amended by the 2009 Act 338 16.3 The notice of adjudication
340 16.4 Appointment of the adjudicator 341 16.5 The referral notice 342
16.6 Conduct of the adjudication 342 16.7 The decision 347 16.8
Adjudicator's fees and costs/expenses of the parties 348 16.9 Liability of
the adjudicator 351 16.10 Enforcement proceedings 351 16.11 Proceedings
following adjudication 373 16.12 Human rights 373 16.13 Adjudication in PPP
contracts 375 17 Arbitration 377 17.1 Introduction 377 17.2 The Arbitration
(Scotland) Act 2010 380 18 Other Forms of Dispute Resolution 396 18.1
Mediation 396 18.2 Settlement agreements 408 18.3 Expert determination 414
18.4 Early neutral evaluation 418 18.5 Senior management review 419 18.6
Dispute boards 422 19 Tax 426 19.1 Value Added Tax (VAT) 426 19.2 The
Construction Industry Scheme 433 20 Health and Safety 437 20.1 Introduction
437 20.2 Common law 437 20.3 Health and Safety atWork etc. Act 1974 438
20.4 The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 444 20.5 The
SBC and the SBC/DB provisions 455 20.6 The NEC3 provisions 456 21
RegulatoryMatters: Competition in Construction 457 21.1 Competition law in
the UK: Introduction 457 21.2 Competition law: Overview 457 21.3 Penalties
458 21.4 The Chapter I prohibition 459 21.5 The Roofing and English
Construction cases 462 21.6 The cartel offence 464 21.7 Leniency 465 21.8
The Chapter II prohibition 466 21.9 Summary 467 22 RegulatoryMatters: The
Bribery Act 2010 468 22.1 Compliance:The Bribery Act 2010 468 22.2 The
Bribery Act 2010: The offences 469 22.3 The Bribery Act 2010: The defence
474 22.4 Facilitation payments 477 22.5 Consequences of offences under the
Bribery Act 478 22.6 Prosecution under the Bribery Act 482 22.7
Construction industry risk profile 482 22.8 The SBC, the SBC/DB, the NEC3
and the Bribery Act 484 23 Guarantees and Bonds 486 23.1 Guarantees 486
23.2 Bonds 491 Tables of Cases 497 Table of Statutes 522 Table of Statutory
Instruments 529 Table of References 538 Index 547