Practical completion in building contracts: a legal definition?
Thompson, T.
Practical completion in building contracts: a legal definition? - 2004 - Construction Law Journal 20(6) 2004, 301-318(18) .
With reference to quotations from legal commentaries, case law and terms of building contracts, attempts to legally define the term practical completion. States that there are different kinds of completion ranging from practical works to defects and legal completion. Asks whether possession is a determining factor. Looks at patent defects and outstanding works and considers whether practical completion can take place when latent or suspected defects have been identified.
PRACTICAL COMPLETION
JARVIS AND SONS V WESTMINSTER CORP
P AND M KAYE V HOSIER AND DICKINSON
H W NEVILL (SUNBLEST) LTD V WILLIAM PRESS AND SONS LTD
EMSON EASTERN V EME DEVELOPMENTS
IMPRESA CASTELLI SPA V COLA HOLDINGS LTD
SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION (REGIONS) LTD V ANGLO-AMSTERDAM CORPORATION LTD
HOUNSLOW LBC V STICKENHAM GARDEN DEVELOPMENTS
WHITTAL BUILDERS COMPANY LTD V CHESTER LE STREET DC
RETENTION MONIES
PATENT DEFECTS
LATENT DEFECTS
Practical completion in building contracts: a legal definition? - 2004 - Construction Law Journal 20(6) 2004, 301-318(18) .
With reference to quotations from legal commentaries, case law and terms of building contracts, attempts to legally define the term practical completion. States that there are different kinds of completion ranging from practical works to defects and legal completion. Asks whether possession is a determining factor. Looks at patent defects and outstanding works and considers whether practical completion can take place when latent or suspected defects have been identified.
PRACTICAL COMPLETION
JARVIS AND SONS V WESTMINSTER CORP
P AND M KAYE V HOSIER AND DICKINSON
H W NEVILL (SUNBLEST) LTD V WILLIAM PRESS AND SONS LTD
EMSON EASTERN V EME DEVELOPMENTS
IMPRESA CASTELLI SPA V COLA HOLDINGS LTD
SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION (REGIONS) LTD V ANGLO-AMSTERDAM CORPORATION LTD
HOUNSLOW LBC V STICKENHAM GARDEN DEVELOPMENTS
WHITTAL BUILDERS COMPANY LTD V CHESTER LE STREET DC
RETENTION MONIES
PATENT DEFECTS
LATENT DEFECTS