a) You have recently been employed by a house building contractor. The managing director has become aware of a number of structural issues with a housing development built over 10 years ago that have recently caused significant damage to two houses in particular. The managing director feels this is not a concern as one house has new owners that were never in contract with the house builder, and the other home owner had a simple contract so the liability period has expired. There is a difference of opinion between the managing director and construction director on the liability of the company under the law of tort. You are asked for your advice. (12 Marks) b) You are working on a new building project in the centre of Carlow town. The construction manager would like to welcome students from the Institute of Technology Carlow who are studying Construction onto site. The construction manager has asked for your advice on what liability would the construction company have towards one of these students if they were injured on site