"Liability for defects in construction contracts – who pays and how much?"

10 October 2006

Jeremy Glover, in a paper given for the Academie voor da Rechtspraktijk at the Kasteel Ammersoyen, in the Netherlands, reviews how a typical English contract treats defects from the viewpoint of the relationship between the employer and the contractor, looks at some of the problem caused by limitation and finally considers how damages for defects are assessed.