The Use of the Unidroit Principles in International Construction Contracts
Dr Donald Charrett (2013) 30(4) International Construction Law Review 507. The Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts are a set of a-national principles that apply to the formation, validity, interpretation, performance and termination of commercial contracts. They are intended to be a modern statement of a “lex mercatoria” for international contracts in which the rules
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The Duty of Care in Design – Can Engineers Rely on Codes of Practice?∗
Dr Donald Charrett & Dr Andrew Potts (2013) 152 Australian Construction Law News 6. Contracts for engineering design normally include the obligation that the services will be performed with the reasonable skill, care and diligence that would be applied by a normally skilled member of the profession in similar circumstances. The profession makes considerable use
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WHS in Australia – Designers’ Obligations
Dr Donald Charrett & Cherie Holland (2013) 25(6) Australian Construction Law Bulletin 101. A previous paper[1] outlined the significant changes in work health and safety (WHS) legislation in Australia since 2011. That paper discussed in general terms that one of the significant developments In the new harmonised Work Health and Safety Act (the Act) and
- Published in Work Health and Safety
The Art of the Forensic Engineer
Dr Donald Charrett Paper delivered at the Fifth Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Capetown September 2013; Zingoni (ed), Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation 2341. The first part of the paper discusses the role of the forensic engineer in investigating and determining the causes of structural failures, and how that role differs
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Work health and safety in Australia — the current state of play
Cherie Holland & Dr Donald Charrett (2013) 25(3) ACLB 46 Since 2011, work health and safety (WHS) legislation in Australia has undergone significant change through harmonisation across most Australian jurisdictions. The new legislation places a significantly higher burden of responsibility and compliance on organisations working in the construction industry than previously. The impact of the
- Published in Work Health and Safety