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By: Series: Contract Journal ; 406(6305) 29 November 2000, 25(1)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: Looks at retrospective effects of contracts and the implication for the Construction Act referring to the decision in "Atlas Ceiling & Partition Company Ltd v Crowngate Estates (Cheltenham) Ltd". A contract may be made on the date when outstanding matters of agreement between the parties are resolved and have retrospective effect: this gives rise to a situation where disputes which arise prior to 1 May 1998 are nevertheless brought within the ambit of the Act.

Looks at retrospective effects of contracts and the implication for the Construction Act referring to the decision in "Atlas Ceiling & Partition Company Ltd v Crowngate Estates (Cheltenham) Ltd". A contract may be made on the date when outstanding matters of agreement between the parties are resolved and have retrospective effect: this gives rise to a situation where disputes which arise prior to 1 May 1998 are nevertheless brought within the ambit of the Act.