Talk about standards.
Series: Estates Gazette ; (9936) 11 September 1999, 163(1)Publication details: 1999Subject(s): Summary: Discusses Urban Regeneration Agency and English Partnership (Medway) Ltd v Mott Macdonald Group Ltd in which confusion over the type of advice needed on cleaning up contaminated land left a consultancy liable for damages. Emphasises the need for good consultant/client communication, suggesting that required standards of decontamination should be clearly expressed, consultants should communicate remediation options to their clients, and clients should be promptly advised of any signs that assumptions used for designing a decontamination scheme may be wrong.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS61299 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 101936-1001 |
Discusses Urban Regeneration Agency and English Partnership (Medway) Ltd v Mott Macdonald Group Ltd in which confusion over the type of advice needed on cleaning up contaminated land left a consultancy liable for damages. Emphasises the need for good consultant/client communication, suggesting that required standards of decontamination should be clearly expressed, consultants should communicate remediation options to their clients, and clients should be promptly advised of any signs that assumptions used for designing a decontamination scheme may be wrong.