This comparative international review of law and practice liability describes the framework in which lawyers, insurers, contractors and clients dealing with liability operate. The act of building involves risk and, in the case of damages occurring after construction, it is often hard to identify responsibility.
This will be an essential reference for construction lawyers, insurers and other senior practitioners and managers in industry, based on research and analysis by CIB (Conseil International du Batiment) as part of the CIB series programme.
Preface ix(2) Acknowledgements xi(2) About the Editor xiii(2) Contributors xv PART ONE 1(14) CIB Commission W87 on Post-Construction Liability and Insurance and its Work 3(4) Background 7(8) PART TWO 15(272) Argentina 17(12) I E Edelstein Type A 20(2) Type B-I: The Titles case (fictitious name), Cordoba 22(3) Type B-II: The Ventanas case (fictitious name), Buenos Aires 25(4) Australia (Victoria) 29(14) S Smith Type A 29(10) D Bajaj C Roberts Type B-I: The Salvatore v Mureli case, New South Wales 39(1) Type B-II: The Smith v Party Hire case, New South Wales 40(3) Canada, Quebec 43(18) D A Dagenais Type A 43(14) D A Dagenais L Arsenault Type B-I: The Inuit Civic Centre case, Quebec 57(4) Chile 61(44) A Ureta Alamos J C Leon Flores G Escudero C Canales Palacios J Claudio Molina Type A 82(16) A Ureta Alamos J C Leon Flores C Canales Palacios J Claudio Molina G Escudero Poblete Type B-I: The Munoz v Camus et al. case 98(3) Type B-II: The Fourth Storey case 101(4) China (Peoples Republic) 105(6) D Bajaj J Twyford Type A 105(2) D Bajaj Zhong Li Ming Rong Shi Rui Zhang Type B-I: The Shanghai Jing Pu Mansion case 107(4) Denmark 111(12) J Jordahn Type A 111(4) Type B-I: The KfE (1986.21) case 115(4) Type B-II: The Phoenix case 119(4) England, Wales and Northern Ireland 123(12) Nabarro Nathanson (Solicitors) Type A 123(5) R Pembroke Type B-I: The Underpinning case 128(2) D Brown P Perry Type B-II: The Plant System case 130(5) France 135(8) J Desmadryl Type A 135(3) F Ausseur Type B-I: The Pavilion case 138(2) Type B-II: The Lycee case 140(3) Germany 143(12) K Richter R Tuscher Type A 143(5) Type B-I: The Basement Garages case, Lower Saxony 148(3) Type B-II: The Electricity-Smog case 151(4) Hong Kong 155(18) E H Chan M M Kumaraswamy R J M Morgan K Yogeswaran Type A 155(4) R J M Morgan E H Chan M M Kumaraswamy K Yogeswaran Type B-I: The Plinkton Estate case (fictitious name) 159(5) K Yogeswaran M M Kumaraswamy Y Ueda E H Chan R J M Morgan Type B-II: The Railway Station Planks case 164(9) Japan 173(10) F Omori M Yamauchi Type A 173(5) K Matsumoto F Omori S Motoki Type B-I: The Mrs T case 178(2) K Matsumoto F Omori I Watanabe Type B-II: The Retail Store case 180(3) Kuwait 183(8) J M Jumaian Type A 183(3) J M Jumaian Warba Insurance Company Type B-I: The Global Builders case (fictitious name) 186(5) Norway 191(18) J E Barbo Type A 191(7) J E Barbo H J Urbye Type B-I: The Fjeldhammer Brug case 198(5) J E Barbo Type B-II: The Bechs case 203(6) Singapore 209(6) Chan Tan & Partners Type A 209(3) Type B-I: The Bayshore Park case 212(1) Type B-II: The ABC Villas case 213(2) Spain 215(6) M Olaya Adan Type A 215(2) Type B-I: The Leaking Roof case 217(1) Type B-II: The Parking Garage case 218(3) Sweden 221(6) A Kleberg Type A 221(2) A Kleberg K Eriksson Type B-I: The Heating case 223(2) Type B-II: The June-Expressen case 225(2) Switzerland 227(24) V Aepli R Hurlimann Type A 227(17) V Aepli Type B-I: The Hotel case 244(3) R Hurlimann Type B-II: The ABC case 247(4) United States 251(22) W Barnes R Craig Type A 251(13) Type B-I: The Tucker Construction Company v Michigan Mutual Insurance Company case 264(4) Type B-II: The Home Owners Warranty Corporation and HOW Insurance Company, Appellants, v The Hanover Insurance Company, Appellee case 268(5) Uruguay 273(14) A Lamorte Russomano Type A 273(3) A Lamorte Russomano D Szafir C Altoberro Type B-I: The Pando case 276(5) Type B-II: The Omega case 281(6) PART THREE 287(24) Analysis and Conclusions 289(22) Type A 289(15) Type B 304(7) Glossary 311(8) Subject index 319
Anthony Lavers
