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Architect's legal handbook : the law for architects / edited by Anthony Speaight, Gregory Stone.

Contributor(s): Speaight, Anthony | Stone, Gregory, MA.
Publisher: Oxford ; Boston, MA : Architectural Press, 2000Edition: 7th ed.Description: xii, 399 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0750643757 :.Subject(s): Architects -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain | Architectural contracts -- Great Britain | Building laws -- Great Britain
Contents:
General principles of law -- Introduction to English Law / Anthony Speaight QC -- The importance of law -- Sources of law -- Legal history -- Construction cases within the present system -- The legal systems of the United Kingdom -- The scheme of this book -- The English law of contract / Alexander Hickey -- Scope of the law of contract -- What is a contract? -- Intention to create legal relations -- Consideration -- 'Agreement' -- Terms of contract -- Exclusion clauses, UTCA, and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994 -- Standard term contracts -- Misrepresentation -- Performance and breach -- Privity of contract -- Agency -- Limitation under the Limitation Act 1980 -- The English law of tort / Vincent Moran -- Negligence -- The Defective Premises Act 1972 -- Nuisance -- The rule in Rylands v Fletcher -- Trespass -- Breach of statutory duty -- Limitation periods -- Remedies -- Apportionment of liability -- English land law / Martin Dixon -- Land law and conveyancing -- The extent and meaning of 'land' and intrusions upon it -- Easements -- Restrictive convenants -- Landlord and tenant -- Surveys of property to be purchased -- Mortgages -- Business tenancies--architects' offices -- Estoppel -- Introduction to Scots law / Peter McCormack -- Law and Scotland -- Courts and the legal profession -- Branches of the law -- Scots land law / Angus Stewart QC -- Title to heritage and the feudal system -- Other restrictions on heritable property -- Sale of land and buildings -- Introduction to Northern Ireland's legal system / Jonathan L. Dunlop, Brian Sherrard -- Northern Ireland's constitutional history -- The courts and the judiciary -- The legal profession -- Sources of law -- Court procedure -- Contract law in Northern Ireland -- Law of tort in Northern Ireland -- Northern Ireland land law -- The law of building contracts -- Introduction to building contracts / Andrew Bartlett QC -- The nature of building contracts -- History of the Joint Contracts Tribunal -- The JCT family of forms -- The JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, 1998 edition -- The JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, 1998 edition / Andrew Bartlett QC, Muhammed Haque -- Articles of Agreement -- Conditions: General -- Clause 1: Interpretation, definitions, etc. -- Clause 2: Contractor's obligations -- Clause 3: Contract sum--additions or deductions--adjustment--interim certificates -- Clause 4: Architect's/contract administrator's instructions -- Clause 5: Contract documents--other documents--issue of certificates -- Clause 6: Statutory obligations, notices, fees and charges -- Clause 6A: Provisions for use where the Appendix states that all the CDM Regulations apply -- Clause 7: Levels and setting out of the works -- Clause 8: Work, materials and goods -- Clause 9: Royalties and patent rights -- Clause 10: Person-in-charge -- Clause 11: Access for architect to the works -- Clause 12: Clerk of works -- Clause 13: Variations and provisional sums -- Clause 13A: Variation instruction--contractor's quotation in compliance with the instruction -- Clause 14: Contract sum -- Clause 15: Value added tax--supplemental provisions -- Clause 16: Materials and goods unfixed or off-site -- Clause 17: Practical completion and defects liability -- Clause 18: Partial possession by employer -- Clause 19: Assignment and sub-contracts -- Clause 20: Injury to persons and property and indemnity to employer -- Clause 21: Insurance against injury to person or property -- Clauses C22 to 22F94: Insurance of the works -- Clause 23: Date of possession, completion and postponement -- Clause 24: Damages for non-completion -- Clause 25: Extension of time -- Clause 26: Loss and expense caused by matters materially affecting regular progress of the works -- Clause 27: Determination by employer -- Clause 28: Determination by contractor -- Clause 28A: Determination by employer or contractor -- Clause 29: Works by employer or person employed or engaged by the employer -- Clause 30: Certificates and payments -- Clause 31: ICTA 1988--statutory tax deduction -- Clause 34: Antiquities -- Conditions: Nominated sub-contractors and nominated suppliers -- Clause 35: Nominated sub-contractors -- Clause 36: Nominated suppliers -- Conditions: Fluctuations -- Clauses 37 to 40 -- Conditions: Settlement of disputes--adjudication--arbitration--litigation -- Clauses 41A, 41B, 41C -- Conditions: Performance specified work -- Clause 42 -- Other standard forms of building contract / Andrew Bartlett QC, Susan Lindsey -- JCT documents for entering into nominated sub-contracts -- The Nominated Sub-Contract Conditions (NSC/C 1998 edition) -- JCT Intermediate Form of Building Contract (IFC 98) -- JCT Minor Works Agreement 1998 (MW 98) -- JCT Conditions of Contract for Building Works of a Jobbing Character (JA/C 90) -- JCT Standard Form of Measured Term Contract 1998 -- JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Contractor's Design 1998 (CD 98) -- JCT 98--Contractor's Designed Portion Supplement 1998 (CDPS 98) -- JCT Standard Form of Management Contract 1998 edition (MC 98) -- GC/Works/1 (1998 edition) -- ACA Form of Building Agreement 1982 (third edition 1998) -- The NEC Engineering and Construction Contract -- Contractor and sub-contractor collateral warranties / Ann Minogue -- Architects and collateral warranties -- What is a collateral warranty? -- Why have collateral warranties become so important? -- Who needs the benefit of collateral warranties? -- Who should provide collateral warranties? -- Standard forms of collateral warranty -- Key clauses of the JCT Standard Forms of Main Contractor Warranty -- Arbitration / A. W. Foyle -- What is arbitration? -- The relevance of arbitration law to architects -- The purpose of this chapter -- The Arbitration Act 1996 -- The importance of deciding whether a process is or is not 'arbitration' -- The advantage and disadvantages of arbitration compared to litigation in court -- The arbitration agreement -- The jurisdiction of the arbitration tribunal -- Who decides if the tribunal has jurisdiction? -- The composition of the arbitration tribunal -- The number of arbitrators -- The qualifications of arbitrators -- Appointment of the tribunal in multi-party disputes -- Prescribing the arbitration procedure -- Other provisions which may be found in arbitration agreements -- How to commence arbitration proceedings -- Arbitration procedure or rules -- The general duty of the parties -- Definition of the issues -- The exchange of information and evidence -- Evidence of fact and expert evidence -- The arbitration hearing -- The award -- Costs -- The power of the tribunal in the case of a party's default -- Arbitration procedures found in construction industry cases -- The role of the courts in arbitration proceedings -- Powers to enforce the arbitration agreement--'staying' of court proceedings in favour of arbitration -- The court's powers exercisable in support of the arbitration process -- Enforcement of arbitration awards -- The court's power to supervise the arbitration process -- Appeals on points of law -- The architects as arbitrator -- The architect as expert witness -- Adjudication / Anthony Speaight QC, Kim Franklin -- The Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 -- What is adjudication? -- How will it work in practice? -- Which scheme? -- Enforcing an adjudicator's decision -- Shortcomings of adjudication -- Future challenges to adjudication -- Payment rules / Matthew Needham-Laing -- Background to the legislation -- To which contracts does the Act apply? -- Contracts excluded from the payment provisions -- The payment provisions in detail -- The right to suspend performance for non-payment -- 'Pay when paid' clauses -- Interest on late payment of debts -- Building contracts and arbitration in Scotland / Robert Howie -- The JCT forms in Scotland -- Arbitration -- Building contracts and arbitration in Northern Ireland / Sir Richard McLaughlin -- Building contracts -- Arbitration -- Statutory framework and regulation -- Statutory authorites in England and Wales / Dr P. M. Brown -- Local government -- Other statutory bodies -- Statutory undertakers: connections to services -- Private streets -- Grants -- Housing associations and societies -- Special premises -- Statutory authorities in Scotland / Angus Stewart QC -- Introduction: government in Scotland -- Connection to services -- Private streets and footpaths -- Grants -- Housing associations -- Special considerations -- Construction regulations (other than in Scotland) / Lawrence Davis -- Building Acts and Regulations -- The Building Regulations 1991 -- Private certification -- Exemptions from control -- Other controls under the Building Act -- Other national legislation -- Building control in Inner London -- Local legislation outside London -- Building Regulations in Northern Ireland -- Construction regulations in Scotland / Peter Franklin -- Building (Scotland) Acts 1959 and 1970 -- Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 and subsequent amendments 1993-1999 -- Other national legislation affecting building -- Planning law in England and Wales / Sir Desmond Heap, Andrew Fraser-Urquhart -- Local planning authorities; or who is to deal with planning applications? -- The meaning of development -- Control of development in general -- Buildings of special architectural or historical interest--listed buildings -- Urban Development Corporations; Enterprise Zones; Simplified Planning Zones -- Enforcement of planning control -- L'envoi -- Planning law in Scotland / Steven L. Stuart -- General -- The planning authority -- Development -- Control of development -- Listed buildings -- Enterprise Zones and Simplified Planning Zones -- Enforcement of planning control -- Planning law in Northern Ireland / William Orbinson -- Who is to deal with planning applications? -- The meaning of development -- Control of development in general -- Listed buildings --
Urban Development Corporations; Enterprise Zones; Simplified Planning Zones -- Enforcement -- L'envoi -- Party walls / Graham North -- The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 -- Notices -- The surveyors -- The award -- The building owner's rights -- Boundary structures in Scotland / Angus Stewart QC -- European Community law affecting architects / His Honour Judge Andrew Geddes, Clare Potter -- The European Community and its institutions -- The founding treaties -- Public procurement -- Technical harmonization and standards -- Right of establishment and freedom to provide services--the Architects Directive 85/384 EEC -- The Product Liability Directive 85/374 IEEC and the Consumer Protection Act 1987 -- Safety and health at work -- Health and safety law affecting architects / Richard Dyton -- Existing health and safety position -- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) -- Summary and practical considerations -- Health and safety law in Scotland / Peter Grant Hutchinson -- Health and safety law in Northern Ireland -- The architect in practice -- Legal organization of architects' offices / Graham Brown -- Managing an architectural business -- Partnership -- Limited liability partnerships -- Companies -- Premises and persons -- Insurance -- The position in Scotland / Gordon Gibb -- The position in Northern Ireland / Jonathan L. Dunlop -- Architects' contracts with clients / A. Roderick Males -- The appointment -- Agreement of appointment -- Termination -- Ownership -- Standard Forms of Agreement for the Appointment of an Architect -- Speculative work and tendering for architects' services -- Appointments required by statute -- Scottish appointments / Angus Stewart QC -- Architects' collateral warranties / Ann Minogue -- Architects and collateral warranties -- The obligation to provide collateral warranties -- The terms of collateral warranties: CoWa/P&T -- Practical advice -- Architects' liability / Kim Franklin, Susan Lindsey -- Liability for breach of contract -- Liability for the tort of negligence -- Liability in contract and in tort compared and contrasted -- Statutory liability -- Measure of damages -- When liability is barred by lapse of time -- Liability in Scots law / Angus Stewart QC -- Architects' professional indemnity insurance / Peter Madge -- Some basic insurance principles -- Professional indemnity insurance policy -- Risk management -- Copyright / Clive Thorne -- The basic rules of copyright -- Protection under the Coypright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 -- Qualification -- Publication -- Ownership -- Exceptions from infringement of architects' copyright -- Infringement -- Licences -- Remedies for infringement -- Industrial designs -- Moral rights -- Law of copyright in Scotland -- Law of copyright in Northern Ireland / Peter McLaughlin -- Architects and the law of employment / Rupert Higgins -- Sources and institutions -- The contract of employment -- Dismissal -- Collective labour relations law -- Health and safety -- Employment law in Scotland / Peter Grant-Hutchinson -- Employment law in Northern Ireland / John O'Hara -- International work by architects / Richard Dyton -- Conflicts of laws -- FIDIC (Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs Conseils) -- The future -- Direct professional access by architects to barristers / Anthony Speaight QC -- Why architects may need legal advice -- Methods by which an architect can take legal advice -- The Bar of England and Wales and access to its services -- The types of services which a barrister can perform for an architect -- Method of an architect instructing a barrister -- Practical matters affecting architects -- Attractions for architects of using direct access to the Bar -- Selecting a barrister -- The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland / Angus Stewart QC -- Direct professional access to members of the Bar of Northern Ireland / Sir Richard McLaughlin -- Architects' registration / A. Roderick Males -- The nature of professionalism in architecture -- Architects' Registration -- Eligibility for registration -- Professional conduct of architects / A. Roderick Males -- Codes of professional conduct -- ARB Code of Professional Conduct and Practice -- The RIBA Code of Conduct -- Statement of Professional Conduct of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) / Sebastian Tombs -- Statement on Professional Conduct of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) / J. R. McDaniel.
Summary: -- The most important legal book for student and professional architects-- Now also includes complete reference to Scottish and Northern Ireland law-- New chapters on Adjudication, Party Walls and Payment rules-- Includes abbreviations of legal termsSummary: 'The Architect's Legal Handbook' is already established as the standard textbook on law for architectural students and the most widely used reference on the law for architects in practice.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-386) and index.

General principles of law -- Introduction to English Law / Anthony Speaight QC -- The importance of law -- Sources of law -- Legal history -- Construction cases within the present system -- The legal systems of the United Kingdom -- The scheme of this book -- The English law of contract / Alexander Hickey -- Scope of the law of contract -- What is a contract? -- Intention to create legal relations -- Consideration -- 'Agreement' -- Terms of contract -- Exclusion clauses, UTCA, and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994 -- Standard term contracts -- Misrepresentation -- Performance and breach -- Privity of contract -- Agency -- Limitation under the Limitation Act 1980 -- The English law of tort / Vincent Moran -- Negligence -- The Defective Premises Act 1972 -- Nuisance -- The rule in Rylands v Fletcher -- Trespass -- Breach of statutory duty -- Limitation periods -- Remedies -- Apportionment of liability -- English land law / Martin Dixon -- Land law and conveyancing -- The extent and meaning of 'land' and intrusions upon it -- Easements -- Restrictive convenants -- Landlord and tenant -- Surveys of property to be purchased -- Mortgages -- Business tenancies--architects' offices -- Estoppel -- Introduction to Scots law / Peter McCormack -- Law and Scotland -- Courts and the legal profession -- Branches of the law -- Scots land law / Angus Stewart QC -- Title to heritage and the feudal system -- Other restrictions on heritable property -- Sale of land and buildings -- Introduction to Northern Ireland's legal system / Jonathan L. Dunlop, Brian Sherrard -- Northern Ireland's constitutional history -- The courts and the judiciary -- The legal profession -- Sources of law -- Court procedure -- Contract law in Northern Ireland -- Law of tort in Northern Ireland -- Northern Ireland land law -- The law of building contracts -- Introduction to building contracts / Andrew Bartlett QC -- The nature of building contracts -- History of the Joint Contracts Tribunal -- The JCT family of forms -- The JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, 1998 edition -- The JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, 1998 edition / Andrew Bartlett QC, Muhammed Haque -- Articles of Agreement -- Conditions: General -- Clause 1: Interpretation, definitions, etc. -- Clause 2: Contractor's obligations -- Clause 3: Contract sum--additions or deductions--adjustment--interim certificates -- Clause 4: Architect's/contract administrator's instructions -- Clause 5: Contract documents--other documents--issue of certificates -- Clause 6: Statutory obligations, notices, fees and charges -- Clause 6A: Provisions for use where the Appendix states that all the CDM Regulations apply -- Clause 7: Levels and setting out of the works -- Clause 8: Work, materials and goods -- Clause 9: Royalties and patent rights -- Clause 10: Person-in-charge -- Clause 11: Access for architect to the works -- Clause 12: Clerk of works -- Clause 13: Variations and provisional sums -- Clause 13A: Variation instruction--contractor's quotation in compliance with the instruction -- Clause 14: Contract sum -- Clause 15: Value added tax--supplemental provisions -- Clause 16: Materials and goods unfixed or off-site -- Clause 17: Practical completion and defects liability -- Clause 18: Partial possession by employer -- Clause 19: Assignment and sub-contracts -- Clause 20: Injury to persons and property and indemnity to employer -- Clause 21: Insurance against injury to person or property -- Clauses C22 to 22F94: Insurance of the works -- Clause 23: Date of possession, completion and postponement -- Clause 24: Damages for non-completion -- Clause 25: Extension of time -- Clause 26: Loss and expense caused by matters materially affecting regular progress of the works -- Clause 27: Determination by employer -- Clause 28: Determination by contractor -- Clause 28A: Determination by employer or contractor -- Clause 29: Works by employer or person employed or engaged by the employer -- Clause 30: Certificates and payments -- Clause 31: ICTA 1988--statutory tax deduction -- Clause 34: Antiquities -- Conditions: Nominated sub-contractors and nominated suppliers -- Clause 35: Nominated sub-contractors -- Clause 36: Nominated suppliers -- Conditions: Fluctuations -- Clauses 37 to 40 -- Conditions: Settlement of disputes--adjudication--arbitration--litigation -- Clauses 41A, 41B, 41C -- Conditions: Performance specified work -- Clause 42 -- Other standard forms of building contract / Andrew Bartlett QC, Susan Lindsey -- JCT documents for entering into nominated sub-contracts -- The Nominated Sub-Contract Conditions (NSC/C 1998 edition) -- JCT Intermediate Form of Building Contract (IFC 98) -- JCT Minor Works Agreement 1998 (MW 98) -- JCT Conditions of Contract for Building Works of a Jobbing Character (JA/C 90) -- JCT Standard Form of Measured Term Contract 1998 -- JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Contractor's Design 1998 (CD 98) -- JCT 98--Contractor's Designed Portion Supplement 1998 (CDPS 98) -- JCT Standard Form of Management Contract 1998 edition (MC 98) -- GC/Works/1 (1998 edition) -- ACA Form of Building Agreement 1982 (third edition 1998) -- The NEC Engineering and Construction Contract -- Contractor and sub-contractor collateral warranties / Ann Minogue -- Architects and collateral warranties -- What is a collateral warranty? -- Why have collateral warranties become so important? -- Who needs the benefit of collateral warranties? -- Who should provide collateral warranties? -- Standard forms of collateral warranty -- Key clauses of the JCT Standard Forms of Main Contractor Warranty -- Arbitration / A. W. Foyle -- What is arbitration? -- The relevance of arbitration law to architects -- The purpose of this chapter -- The Arbitration Act 1996 -- The importance of deciding whether a process is or is not 'arbitration' -- The advantage and disadvantages of arbitration compared to litigation in court -- The arbitration agreement -- The jurisdiction of the arbitration tribunal -- Who decides if the tribunal has jurisdiction? -- The composition of the arbitration tribunal -- The number of arbitrators -- The qualifications of arbitrators -- Appointment of the tribunal in multi-party disputes -- Prescribing the arbitration procedure -- Other provisions which may be found in arbitration agreements -- How to commence arbitration proceedings -- Arbitration procedure or rules -- The general duty of the parties -- Definition of the issues -- The exchange of information and evidence -- Evidence of fact and expert evidence -- The arbitration hearing -- The award -- Costs -- The power of the tribunal in the case of a party's default -- Arbitration procedures found in construction industry cases -- The role of the courts in arbitration proceedings -- Powers to enforce the arbitration agreement--'staying' of court proceedings in favour of arbitration -- The court's powers exercisable in support of the arbitration process -- Enforcement of arbitration awards -- The court's power to supervise the arbitration process -- Appeals on points of law -- The architects as arbitrator -- The architect as expert witness -- Adjudication / Anthony Speaight QC, Kim Franklin -- The Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 -- What is adjudication? -- How will it work in practice? -- Which scheme? -- Enforcing an adjudicator's decision -- Shortcomings of adjudication -- Future challenges to adjudication -- Payment rules / Matthew Needham-Laing -- Background to the legislation -- To which contracts does the Act apply? -- Contracts excluded from the payment provisions -- The payment provisions in detail -- The right to suspend performance for non-payment -- 'Pay when paid' clauses -- Interest on late payment of debts -- Building contracts and arbitration in Scotland / Robert Howie -- The JCT forms in Scotland -- Arbitration -- Building contracts and arbitration in Northern Ireland / Sir Richard McLaughlin -- Building contracts -- Arbitration -- Statutory framework and regulation -- Statutory authorites in England and Wales / Dr P. M. Brown -- Local government -- Other statutory bodies -- Statutory undertakers: connections to services -- Private streets -- Grants -- Housing associations and societies -- Special premises -- Statutory authorities in Scotland / Angus Stewart QC -- Introduction: government in Scotland -- Connection to services -- Private streets and footpaths -- Grants -- Housing associations -- Special considerations -- Construction regulations (other than in Scotland) / Lawrence Davis -- Building Acts and Regulations -- The Building Regulations 1991 -- Private certification -- Exemptions from control -- Other controls under the Building Act -- Other national legislation -- Building control in Inner London -- Local legislation outside London -- Building Regulations in Northern Ireland -- Construction regulations in Scotland / Peter Franklin -- Building (Scotland) Acts 1959 and 1970 -- Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 and subsequent amendments 1993-1999 -- Other national legislation affecting building -- Planning law in England and Wales / Sir Desmond Heap, Andrew Fraser-Urquhart -- Local planning authorities; or who is to deal with planning applications? -- The meaning of development -- Control of development in general -- Buildings of special architectural or historical interest--listed buildings -- Urban Development Corporations; Enterprise Zones; Simplified Planning Zones -- Enforcement of planning control -- L'envoi -- Planning law in Scotland / Steven L. Stuart -- General -- The planning authority -- Development -- Control of development -- Listed buildings -- Enterprise Zones and Simplified Planning Zones -- Enforcement of planning control -- Planning law in Northern Ireland / William Orbinson -- Who is to deal with planning applications? -- The meaning of development -- Control of development in general -- Listed buildings --

Urban Development Corporations; Enterprise Zones; Simplified Planning Zones -- Enforcement -- L'envoi -- Party walls / Graham North -- The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 -- Notices -- The surveyors -- The award -- The building owner's rights -- Boundary structures in Scotland / Angus Stewart QC -- European Community law affecting architects / His Honour Judge Andrew Geddes, Clare Potter -- The European Community and its institutions -- The founding treaties -- Public procurement -- Technical harmonization and standards -- Right of establishment and freedom to provide services--the Architects Directive 85/384 EEC -- The Product Liability Directive 85/374 IEEC and the Consumer Protection Act 1987 -- Safety and health at work -- Health and safety law affecting architects / Richard Dyton -- Existing health and safety position -- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) -- Summary and practical considerations -- Health and safety law in Scotland / Peter Grant Hutchinson -- Health and safety law in Northern Ireland -- The architect in practice -- Legal organization of architects' offices / Graham Brown -- Managing an architectural business -- Partnership -- Limited liability partnerships -- Companies -- Premises and persons -- Insurance -- The position in Scotland / Gordon Gibb -- The position in Northern Ireland / Jonathan L. Dunlop -- Architects' contracts with clients / A. Roderick Males -- The appointment -- Agreement of appointment -- Termination -- Ownership -- Standard Forms of Agreement for the Appointment of an Architect -- Speculative work and tendering for architects' services -- Appointments required by statute -- Scottish appointments / Angus Stewart QC -- Architects' collateral warranties / Ann Minogue -- Architects and collateral warranties -- The obligation to provide collateral warranties -- The terms of collateral warranties: CoWa/P&T -- Practical advice -- Architects' liability / Kim Franklin, Susan Lindsey -- Liability for breach of contract -- Liability for the tort of negligence -- Liability in contract and in tort compared and contrasted -- Statutory liability -- Measure of damages -- When liability is barred by lapse of time -- Liability in Scots law / Angus Stewart QC -- Architects' professional indemnity insurance / Peter Madge -- Some basic insurance principles -- Professional indemnity insurance policy -- Risk management -- Copyright / Clive Thorne -- The basic rules of copyright -- Protection under the Coypright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 -- Qualification -- Publication -- Ownership -- Exceptions from infringement of architects' copyright -- Infringement -- Licences -- Remedies for infringement -- Industrial designs -- Moral rights -- Law of copyright in Scotland -- Law of copyright in Northern Ireland / Peter McLaughlin -- Architects and the law of employment / Rupert Higgins -- Sources and institutions -- The contract of employment -- Dismissal -- Collective labour relations law -- Health and safety -- Employment law in Scotland / Peter Grant-Hutchinson -- Employment law in Northern Ireland / John O'Hara -- International work by architects / Richard Dyton -- Conflicts of laws -- FIDIC (Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs Conseils) -- The future -- Direct professional access by architects to barristers / Anthony Speaight QC -- Why architects may need legal advice -- Methods by which an architect can take legal advice -- The Bar of England and Wales and access to its services -- The types of services which a barrister can perform for an architect -- Method of an architect instructing a barrister -- Practical matters affecting architects -- Attractions for architects of using direct access to the Bar -- Selecting a barrister -- The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland / Angus Stewart QC -- Direct professional access to members of the Bar of Northern Ireland / Sir Richard McLaughlin -- Architects' registration / A. Roderick Males -- The nature of professionalism in architecture -- Architects' Registration -- Eligibility for registration -- Professional conduct of architects / A. Roderick Males -- Codes of professional conduct -- ARB Code of Professional Conduct and Practice -- The RIBA Code of Conduct -- Statement of Professional Conduct of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) / Sebastian Tombs -- Statement on Professional Conduct of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) / J. R. McDaniel.

-- The most important legal book for student and professional architects-- Now also includes complete reference to Scottish and Northern Ireland law-- New chapters on Adjudication, Party Walls and Payment rules-- Includes abbreviations of legal terms

'The Architect's Legal Handbook' is already established as the standard textbook on law for architectural students and the most widely used reference on the law for architects in practice.

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