Scott Well said, you just put in words exactly what I wanted to say but far more eloquently
My whole philosophy when giving ATC service is to err on the side of caution and therefore safety. I am not going to assume that everybody is doing their job correctly, or that everybody is applying ICAO law to the letter, I just make sure that safety is number one. I can never be too busy to do that, the day that happens is the day I think about my future in the job.
flying finn
You can read the replies to your question any way you like, but I would suggest that if you are not going to meet the restriction given by the previous controller you inform the new controller of this, because I would bet that he is still expecting you to meet the restriction, even if he has not restated it. Yes this is a mistake by the controller(s) and not you, but like I said before lets not get into a blame situation, lets just avoid the incident.
Nine times out of ten the restriction given will be to comply with an LOA, and not due to traffic, so the restriction will apply to whichever controller you are talking to, all it means if you cant meet the restriction is that a call needs to be made to get approval for late descent, but 2 points....
1) if its busy these calls are a real pain in the @rse, and will not be appreciated
2) what about the other one in ten?
Its a team game chaps, lets admit we all make mistakes, we all get lazy at times and work together to improve things.