Taking responsibility for verifying assumptions
Brewer, Geoff
Taking responsibility for verifying assumptions - 2006 - Contract Journal 433(6577) 1 June 2006, 62(1) .
Describes and comments upon "Ove Arup and Partners Ltd v Mirant Asia-Pacific Construction (Hong Kong) Ltd" ([2005] EWCA Civ 1585, L133444) which considered the extent to which an engineering designer was obliged to verify its initial design assumptions. The court held that where a designer has insufficient information on which to complete part of a design, it is justified in proceeding on assumptions, but is obliged to obtain the information required to verify those assumptions, and inform the client when that information has been obtained.
OVE ARUP AND PARTNERS LTD AND ANOTHER V MIRANT ASIA-PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION (HONG KONG) LTD AND ANOTHER
England and Wales--1543-
Taking responsibility for verifying assumptions - 2006 - Contract Journal 433(6577) 1 June 2006, 62(1) .
Describes and comments upon "Ove Arup and Partners Ltd v Mirant Asia-Pacific Construction (Hong Kong) Ltd" ([2005] EWCA Civ 1585, L133444) which considered the extent to which an engineering designer was obliged to verify its initial design assumptions. The court held that where a designer has insufficient information on which to complete part of a design, it is justified in proceeding on assumptions, but is obliged to obtain the information required to verify those assumptions, and inform the client when that information has been obtained.
OVE ARUP AND PARTNERS LTD AND ANOTHER V MIRANT ASIA-PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION (HONG KONG) LTD AND ANOTHER
England and Wales--1543-