Taking responsibility for verifying assumptions
Language: English Series: Contract Journal ; 433(6577) 1 June 2006, 62(1)Publication details: 2006Subject(s): Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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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.