Information on Patent Defect Liability
Many contractors are glad when they have completed their project that they have been working on for weeks and even months. Taking over is the time when the contractor has finally been relieved of delivering the project. When it comes to the contractor, this process called taking over is an important case. This is because the care or the contractor’s works is going to go from the employer to the employer’s entitlement in order to recover any of the liquidated damages that cease. As for the contractor, they may think it is the end of the story, but it really isn’t. You see, the contractor is going to be held liable for any defective materials and workmanship after the handover, so they are not out of the clear.
The contracts liability is all going to depend on the types of defects and how bad the defects really are. There are latent defects and then there are patent defects. Patent defects are when there are apparent defects or the defects have been there the whole time and it would have been easy to discover them if the contractor or manufacturer had just done their research in the first place. During the hand-over the employer will accept that the works have been carrier through properly with their contractual requirements. On this case, the contractor is not going to have any liability for any defects that are there during the time of the take over. Patent defects are not uncommon in this world and could be dealing with contractors, sellers, manufacturers and retailers.
