26th October 2011, 01:22 PM
Jack Wrote:Hmmmm not heard this one either. Is it from guidance or recommendations being taken as law?
Surely anything the council says about who a contractor can employ is guidance rather than enforcement?
Jack,
The IfA employed a barrister to engineer an argument that may have a strong legal case against a challenge to local authorities requiring only IfA ROs as archaeological contractors. The answer was not a definitive 'yes we can', and they paid good money for it, so naturally it was going to be positive. Or at least the announcement details did not suggest arguments to the contrary.