Kennedy-Grant and Weatherall on Construction Law: The Underlying Law – Contract, Torts and Legislation

The legal framework of construction law in New Zealand. Written by the New Zealand authorities on construction law, Kennedy-Grant and Weatherall on Construction Law: The Underlying Law – Contracts, Torts and Legislation is an invaluable resource.

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A practical book, in plain English, this is the perfect guide for contractors, construction professionals, lawyers and all those who may come into contact with the legal aspects of construction.

Contract law, the law of torts, and statutory controls form the framework of construction law, and LexisNexis have bound together chapters covering these topics from the online resource Kennedy-Grant and Weatherall on Construction Law to provide an overview of the relevant law available in a portable and economic format that ensures it will be a convenient resource to all construction industry professionals.

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Tómas Kennedy-Grant
Michael Weatherall

Tómas Kennedy-Grant

Tómas Kennedy-Grant QC is the author of the authoritative work Construction Law in New Zealand, 2nd edition; co-author of Kennedy-Grant and Weatherall on Construction Law; and has written numerous papers on construction law and dispute resolution. In practice for 52 years and qualified to practise in both New Zealand and England and Wales, Mr Kennedy-Grant was a Master of the High Court of New Zealand from 1992 to 2002. He has practised as an arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator and became a Queen's Counsel in 2005.

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Michael Weatherall

Michael Weatherall is a Partner and co-head of Simpson Grierson's construction law team and has over 25 years' experience specialising in all aspects of construction law. Prior to qualifying as a lawyer Michael was a structural engineer.  He is co-author of Kennedy-Grant and Weatherall on Construction Law and the author of the Construction chapter in Laws of New Zealand. Michael was a member of the New Zealand Standards committees that produced NZS3910:2003 and the NZS3910:2013 based suite of contracts. He has been the lead legal advisor on many of the largest construction and infrastructure projects implemented in New Zealand in recent times and also specialises in construction dispute resolution. He is a past President of the New Zealand Society of Construction Law.

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Table of contents

PART I — INTRODUCTION

 
      Chapter 1: Scope and structure of this text

      Chapter 2: Introduction to the construction process and the personnel involved

 
 PART II — THE GENERAL LAW: CONTRACT AND TORTS

 
      Chapter 3: The law of contract

      Chapter 4: The law of torts

 
 PART III — THE GENERAL LAW: STATUTORY CONTROLS

 
      Chapter 5: Control of the process: Resource Management Act 1991

      Chapter 6: Control of the process: Building Act 2004

      Chapter 7: Control of the process: other controls

      Chapter 8: Control of the personnel

 
 PART IV — CONTRACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

 
      Chapter 9: Contracts for professional services 

 
 PART V — CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

 
      Chapter 10: Pre-contract stage 

      Chapter 11: Extent of work 

      Chapter 12: Standard of work 

      Chapter 13: Time for performance of work 

      Chapter 14: Price and payment 

      Chapter 15: Securities 

      Chapter 16: Transfer of ownership 

      Chapter 17: Risk, indemnity, insurance and limitation of liability 

      Chapter 18: Suspension and termination 

      Chapter 19: Employer’s duties

      Chapter 20: Position of employer’s professional representative 

 
 PART VI — SUBCONTRACTS

      Chapter 21: Subcontracts 

 
 PART VII — SUPPLY CONTRACTS

      Chapter 22: Supply contracts 

 
 PART VIII — THE IMPACT OF THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE ON CONSTRUCTION LAW

 
      Chapter 23: The Impact of the Tort of Negligence on Construction Law
 
 
 PART IX — DISPUTE RESOLUTION

      Chapter 24: Overview

      Chapter 25: Architect’s decision or engineer’s review, dispute adjudication boards and adjudication and expert determination 

      Chapter 26: Negotiation and mediation 

      Chapter 27: Arbitration

      Chapter 28: Adjudication under the Construction Contracts Act 2002 

      Chapter 29: Adjudication and mediation under the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006 

      Chapter 30: Claims under the Disputes Tribunals Act 1988 and court proceedings
 

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