Set-Off in the Construction Industry

by Neil F. Jones

If one party to a construction contract does work that turns out to be defective, the other party is allowed by law to 'set off' or deduct a sum required to make good that defect. This happens frequently in construction contracts and regularly involves large sums of money, disputes, and litigation. It is a complex area of the law with a number of cases, as well as the contractual provisions themselves, which prescribe a party's right of set-off. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0632048247
• ISBN13: 9780632048243
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.6"