| Description |
1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Series |
Chartered Institute of Building |
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Chartered Institute of Building
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Cases; Statutes; Statutory instruments; 1 The nature of law and its sources; What is law?; English law; Divisions of English law; Sources of English law -- creating the rules; 2 The administration of English law; The legal profession; The courts; Criminal cases; Essentials of the law of evidence; Alternative methods of settling disputes; 3 Contract; Introduction -- common misapprehensions; Contract law; Elements of a contract; Validity of contracts |
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ConsiderationThe agreement; Intention to be bound in law by the agreement; Summary; Mistake -- can a mistake affect the validity of a contract?; Who can make contracts? Capacity; The contract must be legal or if legal not void; Form of contract; True consent; The doctrine of privity; How do contractual rights and duties end?; Limitation of actions; Agents; 4 Law of property; Introduction; Legal categories of property in English law; Land; Estates and interests; What is meant by land?; The two legal estates: S. 1 Law of Property Act 1925; Interests in other people's land |
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Conveyancing -- transferring ownership of land5 Pure personalty; Introduction -- types of personal property; Chattels personal -- choses in possession -- tangible property -- moveables -- goods; Choses in action; 6 Legal personality; The concept of legal personality; Types of legal persons; 7 The law of torts; Types of wrongs; Types of liability for torts; Specific torts: negligence; Liability for dangerous premises; Liability of an occupier to 'non-visitors' to his property; The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher 1868: occupier's liability for dangerous things escaping; Nuisance; Trespass to land |
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Breach of a statutory duty -- a tortLiability for spread of fire; 8 The law relating to highways; Introduction; Relevant law; Definition; Types of highway -- Part II Highways Act 1980 Ss. 10-23; Creating a highway; Ownership of highways; The rights of the public over the highway; Protection of public rights: S. 130 Highways Act 1980; Stopping up and diverting highways and stopping up of means of access to highways; Building and improvement lines: Ss. 72-75 Highways Act 1980; General restrictions on damaging highways; Obstructing highways and streets |
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Scaffoldings and hoardings and other projectionsDanger or annoyance to users of highways and streets; Precautions to be taken when doing work on or near streets or highways; Restrictions on construction of bridges or buildings or placing of rails, beams etc. over highways; Cellars. Construction under streets or carriageways; Part XI Highways Act 1980: Ss. 203-237; 9 Employment law; The contract of employment; Form of contract; Employer's duties towards employees; Duty of the employee; Rights of the employee; Termination of contracts of employment -- common law |
| Summary |
Law for the Construction Industry provides a comprehensive introduction to the English legal system and basic contract law for those involved in the construction industry. It covers the level 2 module on legal studies of The CIOB's Education Framework and is officially sanctioned by The CIOB as the recognised book for that module. The book assumes no previous knowledge of English law. The second edition has been brought fully up-to-date with the latest legal changes. It explains basic contract law and gives the reader an understanding of employment and consumer law whilst placing law in |
| Notes |
Remedies for dismissal of employee without good reason or insufficient notice |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317888772 |
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1317888774 |
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