Contract placing: ensuring where the buck doesn`t stop

Contract placing: ensuring where the buck doesn`t stop - 1991 - Property Confidential (25) January 1991, 8-11(4) .

In the light of current concern over who is liable when the design and/or construction of a building fails, this article examines how the correct choice of building contract can reduce the potential for loss and also considers, if problems of liability do arise, two possible solutions: latent defect insurance and collateral warranties .


BUILDING DEFECTS
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