Duty to discover asbestos perils
Duty to discover asbestos perils
- 1995
- Times 15 February 1995, 38(1) .
"Barclays Bank plc v Fairclough Building Ltd (No 2)" CA 26 January 1995. It was held that by 1988 at the latest a contractor dealing with asbestos materials should have been aware of the hazards. The contractor was in breach of contract.
ASBESTOS CEMENT
MANAGEMENT-HEALTH AND SAFETY-HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES-ASBESTOS
CLEANING
CONTROL OF ASBESTOS AT WORK REGULATIONS 1987
DUTY OF CARE
HEALTH HAZARDS
KNOWLEDGE
PUBLICITY
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING ELEMENTS-COMPLETE BUILDING ELEMENTS-ROOFS
"Barclays Bank plc v Fairclough Building Ltd (No 2)" CA 26 January 1995. It was held that by 1988 at the latest a contractor dealing with asbestos materials should have been aware of the hazards. The contractor was in breach of contract.
ASBESTOS CEMENT
MANAGEMENT-HEALTH AND SAFETY-HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES-ASBESTOS
CLEANING
CONTROL OF ASBESTOS AT WORK REGULATIONS 1987
DUTY OF CARE
HEALTH HAZARDS
KNOWLEDGE
PUBLICITY
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING ELEMENTS-COMPLETE BUILDING ELEMENTS-ROOFS