224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Over the last 25 years there has been a considerable increase in the awareness of quality related issues. In the world of business and commerce, this awareness has manifested itself in the development of what was the British Quality Standard BS 5750 into what is now the international standard BS EN ISO 9000. Alongside all of this, consumers in general have developed increasingly demanding... Read more
Sources and Classification of English Law; Contract Law; The Tort of Negligence; The Consumer Protection Act 1987 and the General Product Regulations 1994; Sale and Supply of Goods Legislation; Fair Trading: Trade Description and Weights and Measures; Food Safety Act 1990 and General Food Hygiene Regulations 1995; BS EN ISO 9000 Quality Systems.

Biography

Pritchard, Elaine; Reeves, Richard

'The book contains the major sectors of law applicable to most organisations, many of which should be considered when developing or improving the QMS....should go a long way to assisting with the development of procedures aimed at prevention of litigation rather than as a defence against it'