Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-1989
Abstract
The aim of this article is to discuss the restitutionary principles applicable to quantum meruit claims in building contracts. In the first part we consider the concept itself and identify the contexts in which such a claim is pursued. In the second part of the article, to be published in the next issue of the JCL, attention is directed, principally, to one issue, namely whether the contract price constitutes a ceiling on the amount recoverable under a quantum meruit claim following breach by the defendant.
Keywords
Restitution, quantum meruit, contracts
Discipline
Commercial Law | Contracts
Publication
Journal of Contract Law
Volume
2
Issue
2
First Page
95
Last Page
114
ISSN
1030-7230
Publisher
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
Citation
HUNTER, Howard and CARTER, J. W..
Quantum Meruit and Building Contracts: Part I The Quantum Meruit Concept. (1989). Journal of Contract Law. 2, (2), 95-114.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2226
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