Law for Civil Engineering Surveyors

The law protects everyone, including the Civil Engineering Surveyor and those with whom he/she deals in pursuance of his/her professional duties. The student learns to appreciate the law that protects him/her, and what his/her rights and duties are under the law. He/she will be guided as to how to conduct him/herself in court as a professional.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Objectives:

• Surveys are conducted under contract, so he/she needs to know contract law
• Surveyors work in public places, so he/she needs to know the law of tort
• Surveyors may work on private land and so needs to know his/her legal relationship with the land owner and tenants, and anyone who has rights over the land
• Surveyors employ labour, so they need to know the labour laws