Practical completion in building contracts: a legal definition?
Series: Construction Law Journal ; 20(6) 2004, 301-318(18)Publication details: 2004Subject(s):- 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
- BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-DEFECTS AND FAILURES
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS68299 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 127843-1001 |
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.