Hardback
IT Contracts and Dispute Management
A Practitioner’s Guide to the Project Lifecycle
2nd edition
9781839107955 Edward Elgar Publishing
This comprehensively revised second edition of IT Contracts and Dispute Management offers 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.
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Critical Acclaim
Contents
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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.
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.
Critical Acclaim
Acclaim for the first edition:
‘This book presents a much needed treatise on technology project contracts, filling a significant gap in the market. The authors bring clarity and structure to the complex legal issues which often arise in the procurement and performance of IT contracts, as well as providing practical guidance on the avoidance or resolution of disputes arising from IT projects. This work should become a primary resource not only for in-house and external practitioners but also for project directors responsible for IT contracts.’
– Atanu Sarkar, Group General Counsel, Tech Mahindra Group
‘Brilliant! A must read for those involved in any disputes. The authors have masterfully woven an expose of the law with pragmatic and practical steps that a party should consider whilst working through a dispute.’
– Jeevan D''Silva, General Counsel, T-Systems Limited
‘I heartily recommend this book for newbies to tech law and for the less experienced – reading and absorbing the lessons here will turbo-charge your level of knowledge to the level of the wizened old hack. But I really think that it has something for even the most experienced – at the very least, you will enjoy nodding along. I am delighted to see that the ebook version is very reasonably priced.''
– Computers and Law
‘This book presents a much needed treatise on technology project contracts, filling a significant gap in the market. The authors bring clarity and structure to the complex legal issues which often arise in the procurement and performance of IT contracts, as well as providing practical guidance on the avoidance or resolution of disputes arising from IT projects. This work should become a primary resource not only for in-house and external practitioners but also for project directors responsible for IT contracts.’
– Atanu Sarkar, Group General Counsel, Tech Mahindra Group
‘Brilliant! A must read for those involved in any disputes. The authors have masterfully woven an expose of the law with pragmatic and practical steps that a party should consider whilst working through a dispute.’
– Jeevan D''Silva, General Counsel, T-Systems Limited
‘I heartily recommend this book for newbies to tech law and for the less experienced – reading and absorbing the lessons here will turbo-charge your level of knowledge to the level of the wizened old hack. But I really think that it has something for even the most experienced – at the very least, you will enjoy nodding along. I am delighted to see that the ebook version is very reasonably priced.''
– Computers and Law
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
