
IT Contracts and Dispute Management
A Practitioner's Guide to the Project Lifecycle
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 30. March 2018
Book
Hardback
488 pages
978-1-78471-011-8 (ISBN)
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Description
IT Contracts and Dispute Management provides in-depth analysis of the legal issues that customers and suppliers involved in a technology project can face at each of its critical stages. The authors offer a practitioner''s-eye view of both the impact of those issues and how to resolve them or minimise their effect.
Key features include:*
guidance on all stages of a technology project presented in the order in which they typically occur*
discussion of the tender process, preparation of contract terms and project delivery*
advice on how to manage commonly occurring issues, such as delayed delivery*
insight into potential methods of project ''resuscitation'' when difficulties arise
advice on ''end of project'' issues, including termination options, formal resolution of disputes and quantification of losses
first-hand insights drawing on the authors'' extensive personal experiences throughout.
Being the only published work in this area relating to English law, this book will be a valuable resource for lawyers in private practice who are advising clients on the avoidance or resolution of disputes arising from IT projects. It will also be of great interest to in-house legal counsel who advise that part of their business responsible for procuring, supplying, or managing an IT project.
Key features include:*
guidance on all stages of a technology project presented in the order in which they typically occur*
discussion of the tender process, preparation of contract terms and project delivery*
advice on how to manage commonly occurring issues, such as delayed delivery*
insight into potential methods of project ''resuscitation'' when difficulties arise
advice on ''end of project'' issues, including termination options, formal resolution of disputes and quantification of losses
first-hand insights drawing on the authors'' extensive personal experiences throughout.
Being the only published work in this area relating to English law, this book will be a valuable resource for lawyers in private practice who are advising clients on the avoidance or resolution of disputes arising from IT projects. It will also be of great interest to in-house legal counsel who advise that part of their business responsible for procuring, supplying, or managing an IT project.
Reviews / Votes
'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.'BR> --Jeevan D'Silva, General Counsel, T-Systems Limited'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
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78471-011-8 (9781784710118)
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Steven Baker | Lawrence Akka | Rachel Glass
IT Contracts and Dispute Management
A Practitioner's Guide to the Project Lifecycle
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07/2023
2nd Edition
Edward Elgar Publishing
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Persons
Steven Baker, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP, London, Lawrence Akka KC, Twenty Essex Street, London and Rachel Glass, Bird & Bird LLP, London, UK
Content
Contents: Preface PART I OUTSET - BIRTH OF A TECHNOLOGY PROJECT 1. Pre-contract matters 2. Liability for pre-contractual statements 3. Contract negotiation and project methodology PART II 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 III IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH - THE AILING PROJECT, INTERIM DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND RESUSCITATION 11. Project rescue 11. Representations when re-baselining 13. Termination rights 14. Project 'resuscitation' 15. Interim dispute resolution 16. Enforcing a continuing relationship PART IV QUANTIFICATION OF CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION 17. Quantification of claims for compensation 18. Exemption/limitation clauses PART V CONDUCTING TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT DISPUTES 19. Forum for resolving disputes 20. Disclosure 21. Witnesses Index