I do not believe that the Employer has lost the right to recover direct costs if they fail to assess the costs incurred within the four weeks stated in 25.3. It does beg the question why have a timescale, but there is no where that it says if they don't assess within the period they have lost the chance to.
Equally early warnings are "not timed out". They should notify such a matter as soon as they become aware, and the lack of a prompt early warning could be taken into account if the matter leads to a compensation event.
Equally early warnings are "not timed out". They should notify such a matter as soon as they become aware, and the lack of a prompt early warning could be taken into account if the matter leads to a compensation event.