ABSTRACT
It seems appropriate to begin by looking briefly at the standard forms under consideration. All the JCT forms of contract were substantially amended in April 1998 to take account of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and the Latham Report. All the forms were reprinted at the end of 1998. JCT 80, IFC 84, MW 80 and CD 81 became JCT 98, IFC 98, MW 98 and WCD 98 respectively. In 2005 these were rewritten and became SBC, IC/ICD, MW/MWD and DB respectively.
