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Since the last edition of this book in 2021, unprecedented change has occurred in the construction sector, including an overhaul of the Building Regulations and the creation of a new Building Safety Regulator. This book is the essential legal reference work for all architects and students of architecture.
Sommario
Part A: General principles of law 1. Introduction to English law 2. The English law of contract 3. The English Law of Tort 4. English Land Law 5. Introduction to Scots Law 6. Scots Land Law
Part B: Statutory framework 7. Statutory authorities in England and Wales 8. Statutory authorities in Scotland 9. Statutory Framework for Building Safety 10. Building Regulation in England and Wales 11. Building Regulations in Scotland 12. Planning law in England and Wales 13. Planning law in Scotland 14. Public procurement law 15. Party walls 16. Health and Safety law affecting architects
17. Introduction to procurement methods in construction 18. The JCT Standard Building Contract 19. The NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, Professional Services Contract and related Architects' forms 20. The FIDIC contract 21. Other standard forms of building contract 22. Contractor and sub-contractor collateral warranties and third party rights 23. The Construction Act Payment Rules
Part D: Building dispute resolution 24. Introduction to dispute resolution and litigation 25. Adjudication 26. Arbitration 27. International arbitration 28. Mediation 29. Building dispute resolution in Scotland
Part E: The architect in practice 30. Architects' registration 31. Professional conduct of architects 32. Professional disciplinary proceedings 33. Architects' liability 34. Architects' professional indemnity insurance 35. Copyright and design protection 36. Data protection 37. Architects' contracts with clients 38. Architects' collateral warranties
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Anthony Speaight KC - Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Surrey. Barrister. Bencher of Middle Temple. His publications include
The Law of Defective Premises (co-author) and the
Butterworths Professional Negligence Service (contributor). He is a past member of the Council of the Society of Construction Law, past chairman of the editorial board of
Counsel, Journal of the Bar of England & Wales, and past chairman of the Bar Council's Access to the Bar Committee. He acts as a supervisor of dissertations at the King's College London Centre of Construction Law. He is a trained mediator.
Matthew Thorne, FCIArb - Barrister in practice at 4 Pump Court, Temple, London, and member of Inner Temple. He is recommended as 'leading junior' in the Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Who's Who Legal. Formerly chairman of Junior TECBAR, he is a member of the Society of Construction Law, Professional Negligence Bar Association, the Commercial Bar Association, and the Technology and Construction Bar Association (of which he has been a committee member). He has been a co-author of
LexisPSL Adjudication and is the author of
Becoming a Barrister. He is an adjudicator accredited with CIArb, TECBAR, CIC, and UK Adjudicators.
