Determination of the Contractor's Employment under Construction Contracts in Ireland

Determination of the Contractor's Employme

John ME Lyden

March 2006

A paper given to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law and the Society of Chartered Surveyors in Cork, Ireland on 5th December 2005.

Introduction - Express requirements of the IAI contract - Other points concerning the grounds for determination - Defective work at the date of determination - What happens after determination - Possibility of an injunction - Conclusions.

What situations can give rise to a right in the employer to determine the main contract, how must this be done and what are the consequences which follow from such a determination? John Lyden considers the position under the standard forms current in Ireland, but with generous cross-references to English and other forms and judicial authorities.

The author: John M E Lyden FICS, FSCS, MIN, MCIArb, MEWI is an arbitrator, chartered quantity surveyor and conciliator practising in Cork, Ireland.

Text: 24 pages

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