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Author: Claudelle Pretorius
Claudelle Pretorius
Partner in the Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Law team at Cox Yeats.
Most standard-form construction contracts contain detailed termination clauses, but South African common law may still preserve the right to terminate for repudiation unless it is expressly excluded.