The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji

This paper discusses the delay in construction disputes and the need for construction courts for speedy resolution. The inadvertent delay occasioned in court on construction dispute cases has resulted in loss of time, cost and quality of projects. This has also resulted into loss of jobs, unemployme...

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Main Author: Raji, Barakat Adebisi
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA 2020
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spelling my.uitm.ir.450132021-04-22T07:25:06Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45013/ The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji Raji, Barakat Adebisi Comparative law. International uniform Law This paper discusses the delay in construction disputes and the need for construction courts for speedy resolution. The inadvertent delay occasioned in court on construction dispute cases has resulted in loss of time, cost and quality of projects. This has also resulted into loss of jobs, unemployment, bankruptcy, ahd loss of lives and property. This has accounted for series of unnecessary adjournments of construction cases in courts. It is pertinent that construction contracts are awarded with specificity in relation to time of completion. Hence, when issues that need to be tackled arise, there is the need for a special court with specialist in construction to address the problem without causing undue delay which usually resulted in abandonment of projects. This paper therefore advocates for the establishment of construction court for prompt dispensation of construction cases to enable fast delivery of projects and quality performance of contractors. Universiti Teknologi MARA 2020-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45013/1/45013.pdf Raji, Barakat Adebisi (2020) The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji. UiTM Journal of Legal Studies, 2 (2). pp. 20-26. ISSN 2600-8955
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Raji, Barakat Adebisi
The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji
description This paper discusses the delay in construction disputes and the need for construction courts for speedy resolution. The inadvertent delay occasioned in court on construction dispute cases has resulted in loss of time, cost and quality of projects. This has also resulted into loss of jobs, unemployment, bankruptcy, ahd loss of lives and property. This has accounted for series of unnecessary adjournments of construction cases in courts. It is pertinent that construction contracts are awarded with specificity in relation to time of completion. Hence, when issues that need to be tackled arise, there is the need for a special court with specialist in construction to address the problem without causing undue delay which usually resulted in abandonment of projects. This paper therefore advocates for the establishment of construction court for prompt dispensation of construction cases to enable fast delivery of projects and quality performance of contractors.
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title The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji
title_short The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji
title_full The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji
title_fullStr The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji
title_full_unstemmed The need for construction court in Nigeria : a case study of UK and Malaysia / Barakat Adebisi Raji
title_sort need for construction court in nigeria : a case study of uk and malaysia / barakat adebisi raji
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA
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