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Part I: The Contract

1. Contracts: Formation and Interpretation
2. Standard Forms of Contract and Bespoke Contracts
3. Quantum Meruit
4. Assignment and Sub-letting and the Contracts (Rights Against Third Parties) Act 1999

Part II: Liability

5. The Roles of Professionals
6. Tort and Construction Law
7. Exemption and Limitation of Liability Clauses
8. Mistake and Misrepresentation and Frustration
9. Guarantee and Indemnity

Part III: Performance

10. Certificates and the Right to Payment
11. Time for Completion

Part IV: Breach, Termination and Damages

12. Damages for Breach of Contract
13. Determination or Forfeiture Clauses

Part V: Claims

14. Loss and Expense
15. Limitation of Action
16. Injunctions and Specific Performance
17. Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Part VI: Disputes

18. Adjudication
19. Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
20. Arbitration
21. Litigation

Part VII: Procurement and Competition in the European Community

22. 22 Procurement and The European Community

Appendices

1. Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982
2. Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
3. Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/649)
4. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
5. Party Wall etc Act 1996
6. Misrepresentation Act 1967
7. Protocol for the Instruction of Experts to give Evidence in Civil Claims
8. Technology and Construction Court Guide
9. ICC Rules