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001			ABS68299
008			041027n2004 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u127843
100			_aThompson, T.
245			_aPractical completion in building contracts: a legal definition?
260			_c2004
490			_aConstruction Law Journal _v20(6) 2004, 301-318(18)
520			_aWith 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.
590			_aABS
590			_aABS
650			_aPRACTICAL COMPLETION
650			_aJARVIS AND SONS V WESTMINSTER CORP
650			_aP AND M KAYE V HOSIER AND DICKINSON
650			_aH W NEVILL (SUNBLEST) LTD V WILLIAM PRESS AND SONS LTD
650			_aEMSON EASTERN V EME DEVELOPMENTS
650			_aIMPRESA CASTELLI SPA V COLA HOLDINGS LTD
650			_aSKANSKA CONSTRUCTION (REGIONS) LTD V ANGLO-AMSTERDAM CORPORATION LTD
650			_aHOUNSLOW LBC V STICKENHAM GARDEN DEVELOPMENTS
650			_aWHITTAL BUILDERS COMPANY LTD V CHESTER LE STREET DC
650			_aRETENTION MONIES
650			_aPATENT DEFECTS
650			_aLATENT DEFECTS
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-DEFECTS AND FAILURES
942			_n0
999			_c118240 _d118240