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Does Good Faith Have Any Role in Construction Contracts?

Sir Rupert Jackson

January 2018

Pinsent Masons Lecture presented in Hong Kong on 22nd November 2017, 
re-presented to the Society of Construction Law at a meeting in London on 6th March 2018

The paper considers the origins of ‘good faith’ in Roman and civil law, examines its more limited role in the common law jurisdictions, looks at what (if anything) a contractual obligation of good faith actually means, and concludes by focusing on the exiguous role of good faith in construction contracts. 

Liability of a Quantity Surveyor: What happens when the numbers go wrong?

Rachel Ansell QC and Lynne McCafferty

June 2017

A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law at meetings in London on 7th March and Manchester on 19th September 2016

This paper reviews a number of  cases involving quantity surveyors and considers four recent lines of authority dealing with pre-construction and construction phase services (cost estimates); construction; construction phase services (valuation and cost monitoring) and services provided away from or outside the project.

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