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035			_a(Sirsi) u115831
100			_aBrewer, G.
245			_aGeoff Brewer of Brewer Consulting looks at the retrospective effect of contracts
260			_c2001
490			_aContract Journal _v411(6353) 14 November 2001, 25(1)
520			_aDiscusses a common habit in the construction industry when parties will often start work on the strength of a letter of intent. When a binding contract has been drawn up and the conditions legally necessary have been agreed, the contract will apply between the parties to regulate their relationships back to the point when work first began. Looks at case law which involved works that started on the strength of a letter of intent which pre-dated the coming into force of the Construction Act 1996. Concentrates in particular on the case "Yarm Road Ltd v Costain Ltd". The issue in this case was not the retrospective operation of the contract, but the operation of a novation agreement.
590			_aABS
650			_aRETROSPECTIVE EFFECT
650			_aHOUSING GRANTS CONSTRUCTION AND REGENERATION ACT 1996
650			_aTROLLOPE AND COLLS V ATOMIC POWER CONSTRUCTION
650			_aATLAS CEILING AND PARTITION CO V CROWNGATE ESTATES (CHELTENHAM)
650			_aYARM ROAD LTD V COSTAIN LTD
650			_aCONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING CONTRACT FORMS
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