Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
About the Editor xiii
Contributors xv
Part 1 1
CIB Commission W87 on Post-Construction Liability and Insurance and its Work 3
Background 7
Part 2 15
Argentina 17
I E Edelstein
Type-A 20
Type B-I: The Titles case (fictitious name), Cordoba 22
Type B-II: The Ventanas case (fictitious name), Buenos Aires 25
Australia (Victoria) 29
S Smith
Type A 29
D Bajaj with C Roberts
Type B-I: The Salvatore v Mureli case, New South Wales 39
Type B-II: The Smith v Parry Hire case, New South Wales 40
Canada, Quebec 43
D A Dagenais
Type A 43
D A Dagenais L Arsenault
Type B-I: The Inuit Civic Centre case, Quebec 57
Chile 61
A Ureta Alamos J C Léon Flores G Escudero C Canales Palacios J Claudio Molina
Type A 82
A Ureta Alamos J C Léon Flores C Canales Palacios J Claudio Molina G Escudero Poblete
Type B-I: The Muñoz v Camus et al. case 98
Type B-II: The Fourth Storey case 101
China (People's Republic) 105
D Bajaj J Twyford
Type A 105
D Bajaj Zhong Li Ming Rong Shi Rut Zhang
Type B-I: The Shanghai Jing Pu Mansion case 107
Denmark J Jordahn 111
Type A 111
Type B-I: The KfE (1986.21) case 115
Type B-II: The Phoenix case 119
England, Wales and Northern Ireland Nabarro Nathanson (Solicitors) 123
Type A 123
R Pembroke
Type B-I: The Underpinning case 128
D Brown P Perry
Type B-II: The Plant System case 130
France 135
J Desmadryl
Type A 135
F Ausseur
Type B-I: The Pavilion case 138
Type B-II: The Lycée case 140
Germany 143
K Richter R Tuscher
Type A 143
Type B-I: The Basement Garages case, Lower Saxony 148
Type B-II: The Electricity-Smog case 151
Hong Kong 155
E H Chan M M Kumaraswamy R J M Morgan K Yogeswaran
Type A 155
R J M Morgan E H Chan M M Kumaraswamy K Yogeswaran
Type B-I: The Plinkton Estate case (fictitious name) 159
K Yogeswaran M M Kumaraswamy Y Ueda E H Chan R J M Morgan
Type B-II: The Railway Station Planks case 164
Japan F Omori M Yamauchi 173
Type A 173
K Matsumoto F Omori S Motoki
Type B-I: The Mrs T case 178
K Matsumoto F Omori I Watanabe
Type B-II: The Retail Store case 180
Kuwait 183
J M Jumaian
Type A 183
J M Jumaian Warba Insurance Company
Type B-I: The Global Builders case (fictitious name) 186
Norway 191
J E Barbo
Type A 191
J E Barbo H J Urbye
Type B-I: The Fjeldhammer Brug case 198
J E Barbo
Type B-II: The Bechs case 203
Singapore 209
Chan Tan & Partners
Type A 209
Type B-I: The Bay shore Park case 212
Type B-II: The ABC Villas case 213
Spain 215
M Olaya Adán
Type A 215
Type B-I: The Leaking Roof case 217
Type B-II: The Parking Garage case 218
Sweden 221
A Kleberg 221
Type A 221
A Kleberg K Eriksson
Type B-I: The Heating case 223
Type B-II: The June-Expressen case 225
Switzerland 227
V Aepli R Hürlimann
Type A 227
V Aepli
Type B-I: The Hotel case 244
R Hürlimann
Type B-II: The ABC case 247
United States 251
W Barnes R Craig
Type A 251
Type B-I: The Tucker Construction Company v Michigan Mutual Insurance Company case 264
Type B-II: The Home Owners' Warranty Corporation and HOW Insurance Company, Appellants, v The Hanover Insurance Company, Appellee case 268
Uruguay 273
A Lamorte Russomano
Type A 273
A Lamorte Russomano D Szafir C Altoberro
Type B-I: The Rondo case 276
Type B-II: The Omega case 281
Part 3 287
Analysis and Conclusions 289
Type A 289
Type B 304
Glossary 311
Subject index 319
