3rd January 2013, 03:01 PM
Basically, pretty much anyone could mount a legal challenge in the event of any outcome. There is no standard accepted across-the-board quality measure for archaeology in the UK, so enforcing a legal obligation to use one in the tendering process is always going to be a thankless task for a local authority.
Let's be honest, it's not their fault that archaeology doesn't have such a thing.
Banging on about who could take legal action against whom is an entirely moot point. Nobody's actually going to do it and if they tried, I doubt anyone would win bar the lawyers.
Let's be honest, it's not their fault that archaeology doesn't have such a thing.
Banging on about who could take legal action against whom is an entirely moot point. Nobody's actually going to do it and if they tried, I doubt anyone would win bar the lawyers.