Amendment, Deletion or Silence – Which One is Better?

Any standard form of contract is a generic product applicable under ‘typical’ circumstances subject to amendments in the Particular Application section in order to cater locally specific project requirements where necessary. Importantly, the Contractors therefore recognize the differences and know how to act upon those amendments in the contract. All in all, everyone ‘knows the deal’ if presented with a standard form. The other significant advantage is that the wording of many standard forms has been subject to interpretation over the years by courts. But at least with standard forms both employers and contractors know roughly where they are standing. There are always those who wish to go down the bespoke route but even in bespoke contracts there are vast chunks of texts copied straightway from standard forms. Even though on most occasions what the standard form gives with one hand the amendments take back with the other.

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