Full Description
This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition of IT Contracts and Dispute Management provides an in-depth analysis of the legal issues that could potentially arise within each critical stage of a technology project. The authors draw on their extensive practical experience of advising and litigating in this evolving field, and have produced a work that is both authoritative and pragmatic.
Key Features:
Discussion of recent judicial decision of relational contracts, and the Supreme Court's judgment on 'no oral modification' clauses and their applicability to change control procedures
Updated information to account for the new High Court rules on disclosure
Guidance on how to manage frequently occurring issues, such as delayed delivery
Examination of important methods of project resuscitation when experiencing difficulty, as well as potential end of project issues
This informative book will be a hugely valuable resource for lawyers in private practice who are advising clients striving to avoid or resolve disputes occurring from IT projects. It will also be beneficial for in-house legal counsel who advise clients at each stage of IT projects.
Contents
CONTENTS: Preface to the second edition Part A Outset - Birth Of A Technology Project 1. Pre-Contract Matters 2. Liability For Pre-Contractual Statements 3. Contract Negotiation And Project Methodology Part B Nurturing, Maintaining And Delivering The Project 4. The Contractual Framework 5. Housekeeping 6. Project Management 7. Delivery And Acceptance 8. Testing 9. Other Aspects Of Performance 10. Delay Part C In Sickness And In Health - The Ailing Project, Interim Dispute Resolution And Resuscitation 11. Project Rescue 12. Representations When Re-Baselining 13. Termination Rights 14. Project 'Resuscitation' 15. Interim Dispute Resolution 16. Enforcing A Continuing Relationship Part D Quantification Of Claims For Compensation 17. Quantification Of Claims For Compensation 18. Exemption/Limitation Clauses Part E Conducting Technology Contract Disputes 19. Forum For Resolving Disputes 20. Disclosure 21. Witnesses Index
