“Standard Forms: Standardisation, Bastardisation and the Virtual Contract”

08 November 2006

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Nicholas Gould, reviews some of the standard forms and considers some of the basic principles relating to their use in the construction industry. Amongst the issues and contracts considered are the traditional procurement standard forms, the new JCT 2005 suite, the ICE 7 th Edition, the NEC 3 rd edition and the GC/Works contract. Nicholas also considers some of the options available relating to partnering.

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What can you do if a Responding Party in an arbitration refuses to pay its share of the Advance on Costs?

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