No lighting professional providing or receiving professional services wants to end up in court when one side or other within a contract has not met their obligations. That makes it imperative to understand two of the most important obligations within contractual law: 'reasonable skill and care' and 'fitness for purpose'. There are two routes by which somebody providing professional services to the lighting industry owes a duty of care to make sure their client does not suffer damage or loss: via ensuring the contract is correct and watertight and via avoiding tort (or negligence).
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