Set-off in the Construction Industry

Neil F. Jones (Author)

9780632048243, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 7 May 1999

208 pages
24.4 x 17.3 x 1.2 cm, 0.517 kg

If one party to a construction contract does work that turns out to be defective, the other party is allowed by law to 'set off' or deduct a sum required to make good that defect. This happens frequently in construction contracts and regularly involves large sums of money, disputes, and litigation. It is a complex area of the law with a number of cases, as well as the contractual provisions themselves, which prescribe a party's right of set-off. This book clearly describes the law and examines the provisions of the main building and civil engineering contracts.

The nature and history of set-off
Express set-off provisions and adjudication
Order 14 and Order 29 applications and set-off
Set-off clauses from selected standard forms of sub-contract

Subject Areas: Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN]