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041	0		_aeng
100	1		_aRich, Marion
245	0	0	_aOral contracts need to be covered by the Construction Act
260			_c2006
490		0	_aNew Steel Construction _v14(1) January 2006, 32-33(2)
520			_aArgues for a change in the law so that part-oral and part-written contracts are included within the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 s107, which requires a contract to be evidenced in writing before the Act applies to it. In RJT Consulting Engineers Ltd v DM Engineering (Northern Ireland) Ltd ([2002] EWCA Civ 270, X118297), the court held that not merely the contract itself, but all its terms, have to be evidenced in writing. This has caused great difficulties in the industry, as many contracts are not fully reduced to writing. Although the Latham Review strongly recommended that s107 be amended so that part-written, part-oral contracts come within its scope, nothing has so far been done.
590			_aIKA170106
650	2	4	_aHOUSING GRANTS, CONSTRUCTION AND REGENERATION ACT 1996
650	2	4	_aRJT CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD V DM ENGINEERING (NORTHERN IRELAND) LTD
650	2	4	_aDEBECK DUCTWORK INSTALLATION LTD V T&E ENGINEERING LTD
650	2	4	_aGROVEDECK LTD V CAPITAL DEMOLITION LTD
650	2	4	_aLLOYD PROJECTS LTD V JOHN MALNICK
650	2	4	_aLATHAM REFORMS
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT-BUILDING CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
942			_n0
999			_c76344 _d76344