LPA 71 – Duty to Warn on a Construction Project – Managing the Risk
Published May 2021 Construction operations, if not undertaken with appropriate care, have the potential to cause serious harm to those involved and…
Publications
LPA 70 – Liability of Parent Companies for overseas subsidiaries – Vedanta Resources PLC and another v Lungowe and others [2019] UKSC 20
Published December 2019. In April 2019, the Supreme Court held in the above case that a parent company based in the UK…
LPA 69 – The need for well-defined objectives and scope agreed by the Client and Ground Engineering Specialist
Published in January 2019. A common cause of disagreement (and in some cases legal dispute) between a client and the ground engineering…
LPA 68 – Guidance on Duty of Care arising from Third Party reliance on a geotechnical report: BDW Trading Ltd v Integral Geotechnique (Wales) Ltd [2018] EWHC 1915 (TCC)
Published in September 2018 On 25 July 2018 the Technology and Construction Court (“TCC”) handed down judgment in the case of BDW…
LPA 67 – Japanese Knotweed – Professionals should know the law and their responsibilities
Originally published February 2018. Updated September 2018. Further updated in February 2020. In the County Court case of Waistell v Network Rail…
LPA 66 – Overview and Review of the Construction Act Payment Provisions
Published February 2018 Part II of the Housing Grants (Construction and Regeneration Act) 1996 (“the Act”) requires all “construction contracts” (as defined…
LPA 65 – MT Hojgaard AS v E.ON Climate and Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Ltd & Anor [2017] UKSC 59
Published January 2018 The Supreme Court has unanimously overturned a decision of the Court of Appeal, making it more likely that a…
LPA 64 – EA, SR2015 No 36
Published September 2017 Installing and using site investigation boreholes and temporary trial pits within a main river floodplain for a period of…
LPA 63 – The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation And Additional Charges) Regulations 2013
Published December 2016 The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (‘the Regulations’) came into force on 13 June 2014.…
LPA 62 – Advice for Expert Witnesses
Published December 2015 AGS members who are experienced in their chosen fields may be approached by parties involved in disputes to act…