Legal implications of safety certification for software products

✍ Scribed by Ian J. Lloyd; Moira J. Simpson

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 730 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-8320
• DOI: 10.1016/0951-8320(94)90063-9

✦ Synopsis

This paper considers the legal criteria that will be applied to determine whether a product is to be considered defective, together with the consequences which may follow such a finding. The legal significance of product certification is examined with a view to determining the impact which this may have upon the producer's legal liabilities. Examination is also made of the legal position of a certification agency and of the parties to whom a duty of care may be owed.