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Managing Professional Risks
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Phase 1 environmental site assessments represent significant potential risk both to the firms providing these services and to the firms relying on them.
In Association with the Environmental Industry Commission (EIC) and the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), Landmark have put together a programme which considers some of the key factors in commissioning environmental site assessments in the UK, the role of standards, and some of the inherent risks in data collection.
We draw experience from the USA where there is evidence of spiralling growth in claims to insurance carriers and the growing number of cases filed in the courts. We take a legal viewpoint on environmental reports and discuss the role of insurance in the UK.
Landmark is committed to best practice and the provision of quality information and we hope that this seminar will stimulate further debate amongst environmental professionals to reduce the risks that they are increasingly facing in their profession.
Whether you provide or use Phase 1 services, or are responsible for risk management, this seminar is a must. Learn from the mistakes made by others and how to avoid costly litigation in this high-risk business.
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The seminar, is directed primarily towards environmental professionals engaged in the provision of environmental site assessments.
Directors, Partners, Technical Directors and other senior policy makers within their firms should attend where there will be opportunities to debate issues important to them with those experts that form the panel of speakers for the day.
In addition the seminar may be of interest to commercial property developers, lawyers and insurance providers.
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Venue:- 6th December 2000 at the Queen Charlotte Rooms, The Brewery, London.
Chair: John Waters, Director, ERM, Chairman of EIC Contaminated Land Working Group
10.30 Chair's opening remarks
10.35 Richard Kimblin, Barrister, Contaminated Land Working Party, UKELA Environmental Liability and Commercial Risks for Professional Advisors
- What will environmental consultants advice be used for and how should that effect reporting?
- What are the potential pitfalls for those giving and receiving advice?
- The courts approach to scientific or technical evidence
11.05 Phillip Kirby, General Manager, Lattice Holdings Ltd Land Condition Record - a UK Standard?
- Consistent presentation of information
- Record of the physical and chemical nature of land contamination (comparing apples with apples).
- Facilitating land transactions by making them easier and more transparent
11.35 Coffee
11.50 Peter Brathwaite, Arup, ICE Experience and Ability - Accreditation scheme for consultants
- The need for accreditation
- Development of the accreditation process
- Outline of the scheme
12.20 Christopher Roper, Director, Landmark Information Group Ltd Environmental Risk Information - Issues of Data Quality
- Just because data is provided by a government agency doesn't mean it is fit for purpose
- Everyone involved with issues of environmental risk and environmental liability should be concerned about the quality of the underlying data
- Understanding the issues and bringing them out into the open is part of the solution to the problem, which affects the whole sector, regulators and regulated alike.
12.50 Q + A
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Anthony J Buinicore, CEO, Environmental Data Resources, Inc. P.E., DEE Chairman, ASTM Phase 1 Task Group The New ASTM Phase 1 Standard in the U.S.
- The evolution of the Phase1 standard in the US in reponse to a changing market place
- What can be learned from the US experience
- The future outlook
14.45 Owen Lomas, Head of Environmental Law Group, Allen & Overy, Chair of the Law and Policy Committee of the EIC Environmental Reports: A Lawyer's Perspective
- Who are you talking to?
- What do they want to know?
- What are the limits of your advice?
15.15 Stephen Sykes, Solicitor and Legal Director, Certa (UK) Ltd What role for Insurance?
- Liabilities - Environmental Professionals and Brownfield Sites
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Site Specific Insurance
- Insurance Process - Information Requirements
- Uninsurable Risks?
- Future Developments
15.45 Q + A
16.00 Closing remarks from Chair
16.05 Tea and depart
Reserve a Place
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For further details or to reserve your place(s) please contact
Adrian Fullum at : -
Landmark Information Group
7 Abbey Court
Eagle Way
Sowton
Exeter, EX2 7HY
Phone: (01392) 441 702
Fax: (01392) 441 709
E-mail
Website landmark-information.co.uk
Cost
£99 + VAT for EIC and ICE
£125 + VAT for others