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CHAPTER V 



ENGINEERS AND THE LAW OF NEGLIGENCE 



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1. Generally 51 



2. Negligence of a consulting engineer ... ... ... 51 



3. Degree of skill required ... ... ... ... ... 52 



4. Engineer carrying out employer's orders 52 



5. Engineer to know the law... ... 53 



6. Negligence in supervising... ... ... 54 



7. Negligence in preparing plans, estimates, etc. ... ... 54 



8. Negligence in not certifying ... ... ... ... 55 



9. Liability for acts of assistant ... -.. 57 



10. Who may sue the engineer for negligence ... ... 57 



11. Measure of damages ... ... ... 59 



12. Negligence of a station engineer ... 61 



13. Liability for injuries to strangers ... ... ... ... ... 62 



CHAPTER VI 



ENGINEERING CONTRACTS GENERALLY DEALT WITH 



1. Preliminary 63 



2. Necessity for writing ... ... 64 



3. Contract in more than one document 65 



4. The parties 66 



5. Disabilities of parties 66 



6. Authority of persons contracting ... ... 66 



7. Stamp duty 67 



8. Form of contract 67 



9. Consideration 69 



10. Construction of a contract ... 69 



11. Whether parol evidence admissible in relation to a written contract 70 

 12. Cases in which parol evidence has been admitted to explain written 



contracts 71 



13. How far a custom may be imported ... ... 72 



14. Customs held to be valid 72 



15. Customs and usages held bad ... ... ... 73 



16. Implied terms in contracts ... ... ... .. 73 



17. What will not be implied 75 



18. Rectification of contracts ... ... ... ... ... 75 



19. Grave results of mistakes 75 



20. When relief will be granted for mistake 76 



21. Completion of contract ... ... 76 



22. Failure to complete work on a lump-sum contract 77 



23. Completion of a lump-sum contract ... ... ... ... ... 77 



24. At what time the contract price may be recovered ... ... ... 79 



25. Price where the contract is severable ... ... ... ... ... 79 



26. Payment by instalments ... 80 



27. What is a whole or completed work 80 



28. Deviations from the contract and extras ... ... ... ... 81 



29. Impracticability of the works 82 



30. New contract arising out of an old contract ... ... 82 



31. Work superior to contract 83 



