“Railway law for engineers”

05 November 2003

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Jon Miller, in a talk given to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, provides an introduction to the general principles of English law under which the UK rail network operates. He sets out how these general principles apply specifically to the railways and, against that background, explains what can happen when something goes wrong.

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