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By: Series: Building ; 267(8252) 27 September 2002, 63 (1)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: Considers two recent construction court cases, "Blyth and Blyth v Carillion" and "Henry Boot v Co-op Insurance Society" which will land many design-and-build firms with far-reaching, unforseen risks if they are working on projects using unamended versions of JCT 98 with contractor's designed portion supplement or JCT 98 with contractors design contracts.

Considers two recent construction court cases, "Blyth and Blyth v Carillion" and "Henry Boot v Co-op Insurance Society" which will land many design-and-build firms with far-reaching, unforseen risks if they are working on projects using unamended versions of JCT 98 with contractor's designed portion supplement or JCT 98 with contractors design contracts.