Blood and treasure
Bingham, T.
Blood and treasure - 2004 - Building 269(8330) 30 April 2004, 62-63(2) .
Examines the aftermath of the foot and mouth epidemic in 2001 and the bills that needed to be paid to the contractors who helped in the clean-up operations. Describes how DEFRA was eventually forced to pay up after two years. They arguably did not keep a close enough watch on the details of what was happening in the slaughter of cattle with an inadequate number of quantity surveyors employed. DEFRA had asked that the daywork sheets should be verified but did not countersign each sheet. This failure was a breach of contract and DEFRA could not escape paying by relying on its own breach.
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
HOUSING GRANTS, CONSTRUCTION AND REGENERATION ACT 1996
PAYMENT PROCEDURES
QUANTITY SURVEYORS
Blood and treasure - 2004 - Building 269(8330) 30 April 2004, 62-63(2) .
Examines the aftermath of the foot and mouth epidemic in 2001 and the bills that needed to be paid to the contractors who helped in the clean-up operations. Describes how DEFRA was eventually forced to pay up after two years. They arguably did not keep a close enough watch on the details of what was happening in the slaughter of cattle with an inadequate number of quantity surveyors employed. DEFRA had asked that the daywork sheets should be verified but did not countersign each sheet. This failure was a breach of contract and DEFRA could not escape paying by relying on its own breach.
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
HOUSING GRANTS, CONSTRUCTION AND REGENERATION ACT 1996
PAYMENT PROCEDURES
QUANTITY SURVEYORS