In private practice, there are two types of liability that must be considered in detail, tort liability and contractual liability, which involve the consultant's duties by contract, warranty, and safety, errors and omissions, and related issues such as professional liability insurance. In reducing liability, the consultant must evaluate and maintain client communications preserve the project records via a document retention policy, and manage QC/QA issues related to scope of work, plans and reports and word selection and usage.
Management issues also involve the status of the report, whether owned or product, and interdisciplinary relations involving non-geologists, and the vagaries of the Courts. It should be noted that Mr. Campbell does not, and cannot, speak to matters of law involved in any issue discussed in his presentation and only presents his opinions on such matters as a lay-person based on his many years as a consultant.
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