Disputes arising from vaguely defined contractual responsibilities in building services maintenance contracts

Facilities

Volumn 22, Issue , 2004, Pages 44-52

  Lai, Joseph H k ^a   Yik, Francis W H ^a   Jones, Phil ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building services; Contract law; Disputes; Hong Kong; Maintenance; Vandalism; Wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844388616     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770410517942     Document Type: Article

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