Using Commercial Contracts (eBook)

A Practical Guide for Engineers and Project Managers

David Wright (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-15254-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Using Commercial Contracts: a practical guide for engineers and project managers examines how the law of contract operates, and the way in which the legal system interprets what a contract actually means. By giving clear, readable and expert advice on key legal issues, this guide provides the manager and engineer with an easily understandable and practical approach to the laws of contract.

Autor

The author, David Wright, is a Consultant and lecturer on commercial contracts; also a Visiting lecturer at Manchester University and Sometime visiting lecturer and fellow at Cranfield University. David Wright left university with a good law degree. He worked as a commercial lawyer/manager/negotiator in the electrical industry then, successively in the electronics/avionic and defence industries, on the client's side of the off-shore oil industry, and the contracting side of the chemical/process engineering industries. Finally he spent three years at board level, in in charge of the contractual and commercial function, in a UK/communist joint venture process contractor, followed by a period as General Counsel in an electrical/mechanical engineering group of companies. Since then he has been a lecturer and consultant on contracts and related areas in the electrical/mechanical and process engineering industries He was a member for over seventeen years of the Institution of Chemical Engineers' committees which write the Institution's model conditions of contract for the process industry and supervise the approval, selection and training of arbitrators and adjudicators. He has taught at a number of universities within the UK in law, contract conditions, negotiation and contract/project management, including Cranfield, where he held successively a visiting lectureship and visiting fellowship in European Business Law, Leeds, Imperial College and Manchester University, where he has held a visiting lectureship for some twenty years. He is the author of the Purple Book, the standard Guide to the ICHEME model conditions of contract, a "Guide to Consultancy" and "Law for Project Managers". Finally he is an experienced arbitrator, mediator and adjudicator in the process industry.

Inhalt

About the Author vii

Preface ix

Foreword xiii

Cases Referred to xv

Statutes Referred to xxvii

1 The Law in General 1

2 The Start - Using an Agent 11

3 The Organisation 29

4 Making the Contract Part 1 - The Requirements 37

5 Making the Contract Part 2 - Offer and Acceptance 55

6 Words in Contracts Part 1 - Words Used Pre-Contract 79

7 Words in Contracts Part 2 - Post-Contract 93

8 The Terms of the Contract 101

9 The Basic Framework - Contracts of Sale 117

10 Liability Exemption Clauses 145

11 Factors that May Invalidate a Contract 173

12 Illegal Contracts 189

13 Privity of Contract 205

14 Other Relationships 219

15 Preliminary Agreements and Letters of Intent 229

16 How the Contract Ends 239

17 Remedies for Breach of Contract and Defences to Claims 253

Index 279

Textauszug

Cases Referred to

Adams v. Lindsell (1818) 1 B & Ald 681 – Chapter 5

AEG (UK) Ltd v. Logic Resources Ltd [1996] CLC 265 – Chapter 10

Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v. Malvern Fishing Co Ltd [1983] 1 WLR 964; 1 All ER 101 – Chapter 10

Allcard v. Skinner (1887) 36 Ch D 145 – Chapter 11

Allied Marine Transport Ltd v. Vale do Rio Doce Navegacao SA [1984] 1 WLR 1; [1983] 3 All ER 737 – Chapter 5

Aluminium Industrie Vassen B V v. Romalpa Aluminium Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 676; 2 All ER 552 – Chapter 17

Amalgamated Investments and Property Co Ltd v. Texas Commercial Int. Bank [1982] QB 84 – Chapter 17

Ampurius Nu Homes Holdings Ltd v. Telford Homes (Creekside) Ltd [2013] 4 All ER 377 – Chapter 9

Anderson Ltd v. Daniel [1924] 1 KB 138 – Chapter 12

Andrews Bros (Bournemouth) v. Singer & Co Ltd [1934] 1 KB 17 – Chapter 10

Archbolds (Freighterage) Ltd v. S Spanglett Ltd [1961] 1 QB 374; 2 WLR 170; 1 All ER 417 – Chapter 12

Arcos Ltd v. E A Ronaason & Son [1933] AC 470 – Chapters 8 and 9

Ashington Piggeries v. Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] AC 441; 1 All ER 847 – Chapter 9

Ashmore Benson Pease & Co Ltd v. A V DawsonLtd [1973] 1 WLR 828; 2 All ER 856 – Chapter 12

Associated Japanese Bank (International) Ltd v. Credit du Nord SA [1989] 1 WLR 255; (1988) 3 All ER 902 – Chapters 9 and 11

Atlas Express Ltd v. Kafco (Importers and Distributors) Ltd [1989] 1 QB 833; 3 WLR 389; 1 All ER 64 – Chapter 11

Attwood v. Small (1838) 6 Cl & F 232 – Chapter 6

B & S Contracts and Design Ltd v. Victor Green Publications Ltd (1984) 128 SJ 279 – Chapter 11

Bainbridge v. Firmston (1838) 8 A&E 743 – Chapter 4

Balfour v. Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 – Chapter 4

Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA v. Aboody [1990] 1 QB 923; [1989] 2 WLR 759; [1992] 4 All ER 955 – Chapter 11

Bannerman v. White (1861) 10 CB (NS) 844 – Chapters 6 and 7

Barclays Bank plc v. O'Brien [1994] 1 AC 180; [1993] 3 WLR 786; [1993] 4 All ER 417 – Chapter 11

Barrow Lane & Ballard Ltd v. Philip Philips & Co Ltd [1929] 1 KB 574 – Chapter 11

Barton v. Armstrong [1975] 2 WLR 1050; 2 All ER 465; [1976] AC 104 – Chapter 11

Beale v. Taylor [1967] 1 WLR 1193; 3 All ER 253 – Chapter 9

Beck & Co v. Szymanowski (K) & Co [1924] AC 43 – Chapter 10

Bell v. Lever Bros [1932] AC 161 – Chapter 11

Bentley (Dick) Productions v. Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd [1965] 1 WLR 623; 2 All ER 65 – Chapter 6

Bentworth Finance Ltd v. Lubert [1968] 1 QB 680 – Chapter 8

Beresford v. Royal Insurance Co Ltd [1937] 2 KB 197 – Chapter 12

Beswick v. Beswick [1968] AC 58; [1967] 2 All ER 1197 – Chapter 13

Bettini v. Gye [1876] 1 QB 183 – Chapter 8

Bigg v. Boyd Gibbins [1971] 1 WLR 913; 2 All ER 183 – Chapter 5

Bissett v. Wilkinson [1927] AC 177 – Chapter 6

Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v. Blackpool B C [1990] 1 WLR 1195; 3 All ER 25 – Chapter 5

Bond Worth, Re [1980] Ch 288; [1979] 3 WLR 629; 3 All ER 919 – Chapter 17

Borden (UK) Ltd v. Scottish Timber Products Ltd [1981] Ch 25; 3 WLR 672; 3 All ER 961 – Chapter 17

Bowes v. Shand (1877) 2 App Cas 455 Chapter 9

Branca v. Cobarro [1947] KB 854; 2 All ER 101 – Chapters 5 and 15

Brewer St Investments v. Barclays Woollen Co [1954] 1 QB 428; [1953] 3 WLR 869; 2 All ER 1330 – Chapter 15

British Bank of the Middle East v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (UK) Ltd [1983] 2 Lloyd's Rep 9 – Chapter 4

British Crane Hire Corporation Ltd v. Ipswich Plant Hire Ltd [1975] QB 303; [1974] 2 WLR 856; 1 All ER 1059 – Chapter 10

British Fermentation Products Ltd v. Compair Reavell [1999] BLR 352 – Chapter 10

British Road Services Ltd v. Arthur V Crutchley & Co Ltd [1968] 1 All ER 811 – Chapter 14

British Steel Corporation v. Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd [1984] 1 All ER 504 – Chapter 15

Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd v. Messer UK Ltd [2002] 1 Lloyd's Rep 20 – Chapter 10

Brogden v. Metropolitan Railway Co (1877) 2 App Cas 666 – Chapter 5

Brown v. Sheen & Richmond Car Sales [1950] 1 All ER 1102 – Chapter 13

Brown (B S) & Sons Ltd v. Craiks Ltd [1970] 1 All ER 823 – Chapter 9

Bunge Corporation v. Tradax Export SA [1981] 1 WLR 711; 2 All ER 540 – Chapter 8

Butler Machine Tool Co Ltd v. Ex-Cell-O Corporation (England) Ltd [1979] 1 WLR 401; 1 All ER 965 – Chapter 15

Byrne v. Van Tienhoven (1880) 5 CPD 344 – Chapter 5

Cammell Laird & Co Ltd v. Manganese Bronze and Brass Co Ltd [1934] AC 402 – Chapter 9

Canada Steamship Lines v. The King [1952] AC 192; 1 All ER 305 – Chapter 10

Carlill v. Carbolic Smokeball Co [1893] 1 QB 256 – Chapters 4 and 5

Casey's Patents, Re, Stewart v. Casey [1892] 1 Ch 104 – Chapter 4

Caterpillar NI Ltd v. John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd [2014] 1 All ER 785 – Chapter 17

Central London Property Trust Ltd v. High Trees House Ltd [1947] 1 KB 130; [1946] 1 All ER 256 – Chapter 17

Centrovincial Estates plc v. Merchant Investors Assurance Company Ltd [1983] Com L R 158 – Chapter 11

Chandler v. Webster [1904] 1 KB 493 – Chapter 16

Chapelton v. Barry UDC [1940] 1 KB 532 – Chapters 5 and 10

Chappell & Co Ltd v. Nestle & Co Ltd [1960] AC 87; [1959] 2 All ER 701 – Chapter 4

Charnock v. Liverpool Corporation [1968] 1 WLR 1498; 3 All ER 473 – Chapter 13

Chartbrook Ltd v. Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] 3 WLR 267 – Chapter 7

City and Westminster Properties (1934) Ltd v. Mudd [1959] Ch 129 – Chapters 6, 12 and 17

Clarke v. Dunraven [1897] AC 59 – Chapter 5

Clough Mill Ltd v. Martin [1985] 1 WLR 111; [1984] 3 All ER 982 – Chapter 17

Collins v. Godefroy (1831) 1 B & Ad 950 – Chapter 4

Combe v. Combe [1951] 2 KB 215; 1 All ER 767 – Chapter 17

Condor v. Barron Knights [1966] 1 WLR 87 – Chapter 16

Couturier v. Hastie (1856) 5 HLR 673 – Chapters 9 and 11

Crema v. Cenkos Securities plc [2011] 1 WLR 2067 – Chapter 7

Crippen, In the Estate of [1911] P 108 – Chapter 12

Cullinane v. British ‘Rema’ Manufacturing Co Ltd [1954] 1 QB 292 – Chapter 17

Cumming v. Ince [1847] 11 QB 112 – Chapter 11

Cundy v. Lindsay (1878) 3 App Cas 459 – Chapter 11

Curtis v. Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Co [1951] 1 KB 805; 1 All ER 631 – Chapter 3

Cutter v. Powell (1795) 6 TR 320 – Chapter 16

D and C Builders v. Rees [1966] 2 QB 617; 3 All ER 837 – Chapter 4

Dalmare SpA v. Union Maritime Ltd [2013] 2 All ER 870 – Chapter 9

Davis Contractors v. Fareham UDC [1956] AC 696; 3 WLR 37; 2 All ER 145 – Chapter 16

Derry v. Peek (1889) 14 App Cas 337 – Chapter 6

Diamond Build Ltd v. Clapham Park Homes [2008] EWHC 1439 – Chapter 15

Dickinson v. Dodds (1876) 2 Ch D 463 – Chapter 5

Doyle v. Olby (Ironmongers) Ltd [1969] 1 QB 158; 2 WLR 673; 2 All ER 119 – Chapter 6

Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v. New Garage and Motor Co Ltd [1915] AC 79 – Chapter 17

Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v. Selfridge & Co Ltd [1915] AC 847 – Chapter 13

East v. Maurer [1991] 1 WLR 461; 2 All ER 733 – Chapter 6

Edgington v. Fitzmaurice (1885) 29 Ch D 459 – Chapter 6

Edwards v. Skyways Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 349; 1 All ER 494 – Chapter 4

English Hop Growers v. Dering [1928] 2 KB 174 – Chapter 12

Enstone Building Products Ltd v. Stanger Ltd [2001] 1 WLR 3059 – Chapter 1

Entores v. Miles Far East Corporation [1955] 2 QB 327; 3 WLR 148; 2 All ER 493 – Chapters 1 and 5

ERDC Group Ltd v. Brunel University [2006] EWHC 687 – Chapter 15

Esso Petroleum Ltd v. Harper's Garage (Stourport) Ltd [1968] AC 269; 2...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.6.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Baurecht (privat)
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement
• Schlagworte: advertisement puff • Alternative Dispute Resolution • bailement • Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen • Baurecht • Business & Management • changing values • Civil Engineering & Construction • claim defence. • collateral contract • Commercial Agents Regulations • commercial agreements • Commercial contract • Commercial Contract Law • commercial organisation • complex approval formalities • construction law • contract breaching • contract effectiveness • contract rules • contract termination • contract words • corporations • customary practice • Dispute Resolution • Exclusion clause • express terms • external authority • frustrating event • goods ownership • illegal contracts • implied terms • Information exchange • legal relationship • Letter of Credit • letters of intent • liability exemption clause • limitation clause • Market Economy • Massenermittlung u. Bauökonomie • Massenermittlung u. Bauökonomie • misrepresentations • mutual mistake • negligence claim • objective approach • objective law • offer-acceptance process • parent company guarantee • payment security • performance agreement • performance capability • performance completion • post-contract • post-offer possibilities • precise interpretation • pre-contract discussions • preliminary agreements • preliminary discussions • privity rule • Project Management • Projektmanagement • Quantity Surveying & Construction Economics • ratification • Sale of Goods Act • Sole Trader • statutory obligation • subjective approach • tort laws • trading licences • undue influence • unilateral mistake • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-119-15254-2 / 1119152542
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-15254-5 / 9781119152545