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Markets for Professional Indemnity insurance – the not so ‘super market’
The aim of this paper is to summarise the workings of the UK Professional Indemnity insurance market and the hard/soft cycle that…
Successful Tender
Question- Can a successful tenderer for a publicly procured project negotiate the terms of the contract post acceptance, but prior to contract…
EN 1990 Alteration
EN 1990 Altered to Avoid UK Liability Problems The head code, EN 1990, has been changed to make sure that civil and…
Payment and Protection
Introduction In the present economic climate every business is feeling the pressure and it has never been more important to take all…
Sign off Responsibility
It is common for Clients to request that their consultant obtains “sign off” of proposals for site investigation, risk assessment and in…
Are your e-mails and websites legal
Requirements of the Companies Regulations 2006 From 1st January 2007 external business emails issued by public and private companies and limited liability…
Defence cost in criminal prosecutions
It is probably common knowledge that fines arising from Criminal Prosecutions for Health and Safety breaches are not covered by a designer’s…
Equitable contribution clauses
Scenario: a homeowner decides to have an extension built at his house and employs a consultant and a contractor to carry out…
Semple Fraser adds Scottish dimension to Loss Prevention
The Loss Prevention WG has been aware for some time that the alerts and advice issued to Members apply to English law…
Management of Risk Associated with Ground Reports
Michael Joyce, a chartered engineer, chartered geologist and chartered arbitrator, has written to the AGS in connection with some of our observations…
PID Instruments: Read the Manual – Understand the Risks
The use of Photo Ionisation Detectors or PID’s to delineate hydrocarbon, or solvent, plumes is common practice these days. Since its introduction…
Working on Another’s Land
Following the publication of Loss Prevention Alert 33, which concerns the matters to which specialists should have regard when working on another’s…
CONSULTANTS VULNERABLE TO A CONVICTION?
I suspect that many of you are aware that there has been increasing concern about the number of fatalities and serious accidents…
The Role of an Expert Witness
Introduction Experts play an important and unique role in the adversarial court process as they are required to provide an independent opinion…
Report of AGS Chairman’s visit to ASFE Conference
At the invitation of the President of ASFE, I attended the ASFE Autumn Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference was held over…
AGS PI Insurance Survey
In an endeavour to discover AGS Members’ experience with PI insurance and their claims history, the Loss Prevention WG asked all Members…
Charging Interest on Late Payments
Tim White of Marquis & Lord (Consulting Scientists) writes about his experience in maintaining a positive cash flow Are you aware of…
Code of practice for legal admissibility and evidential weight of information stored electronically
Will the law admit your evidence? Many AGS Members prepare reports which may have evidential weight. They may be backed by digital…
Notes on Asbestos liability and Insurance Issues
From ABI Seminar on the availability of insurance for asbestos related risks and the impact of the new asbestos regulations The ABI…
Electronic Tenders and Email
Both the Loss Prevention WG and the Business Practice WG have raised questions about e-business and email that highlight a degree of…