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CCE3263 Construction Contracts and Liability
Semester II
The Law of contract of employment
•Definition and relationship between employee and employer
•Express terms of employment contract
•Implied terms of employment contract
•Duties of the employer/employee
•Termination of employment contract
•Redundancy.
The law governing labour or trade unions
•Origin and development of trade unions and the right of works to participate in trade unionism
•Trade dispute
•Settlement of trade dispute.
Voluntary and compulsory liquidation
•Define
-liquidation
-bankruptcy
-in-solvency and winding-up
•Explain
-voluntary Liquidation
-compulsory liquidation
The responsibilities and obligations of all the parties to a contract
•Explain the relationship between the client and nominal sub-contractor and suppliers
•Differentiate between the contractor and nominated sub-contractor
•Interpret the indemnity classes as they affect the clients
•State the role of client agents.
The liabilities of the professionals in the construction industry
•Liabilities of professionals in construction industry
•Explain the following methods of discharge:
-by performance
-under conditions
-by renunciation
-by fresh agreement
-by frustration
-discharge by determination.
Procedures of arbitration in the building industry
•Define arbitration and arbitration agreement
•State the merits and demerits of arbitration
•Describe how arbitrators are appointed
•Duties of arbitrators.