Standard Form Construction Contracts in Australia: Are Our Reinvented Wheels Carrying Us Forward?
16 Pages Posted: 7 Dec 2009
Date Written: December 6, 2009
Abstract
This article reviews the range of standard form construction contracts which are currently in common use in Australia, including their history and key features (with a particular focus upon the recently-released ABIC MW-2008 form) and recent treatment in the courts. In doing so, it seeks to reflect upon the purpose and utility of standard forms, as well as what their role may be in a future which promises ever-increasing complexity in the law, commerce and practice of the industry.
Keywords: construction contracts, construction law
JEL Classification: K00, K19, K39
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Bell, Matthew, Standard Form Construction Contracts in Australia: Are Our Reinvented Wheels Carrying Us Forward? (December 6, 2009). U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 437, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1519608 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1519608
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