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LPA 03 – Potential Liabilities created by Completion Certificates (Formerly Alert 3)
September 1998 This LPA discusses the potential liabilities if the client requests, at the end of a site investigation or remediation project,…
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LPA 05 – Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
Published in February 2000 The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act may alter the practice with respect to the use of collateral…
LPA 06 – An Example of the Restriction on the Recovery of Economic Loss
Published in February 2000 A recent case there is an interesting example of the law with respect to the restriction on the…
LPA 09 – English Partnership v Mott MacDonald
Published May 2000, Revised August 2025 Summary (1) Urban Regeneration Agency (a body corporate, known as “English Partnerships”) (2) English Partnerships (Medway)…
LPA 11 – Confusion about Assignment
Published February 2026 (replaces version published in June 2000) Several questions on the AGS Legal Helpline relating to assignment disclose confusion about…
LPA 12 – Consultants’ Advice
Published December 2000, Revised August 2025 The case of Holbeck Hall Hotel Ltd and Another v. Scarborough Borough Council demonstrates that although…
LPA 15 – Personal Professional Liability
Published in May 2001 The consequences of professional liability will usually be covered by professional indemnity insurers or, in respect of any…
LPA 16 – Liability for Defective Survey
Published May 2001 This LPA describes the Scottish case of Beechwood Development Company (Scotland) Limited v. Stuart Mitchell, t/a Discovery Land Surveys…
LPA 17 – The Obligations to Conduct Risk Assessments
Published in December 2000 This LPA demonstrates that many of those in the construction industry do not seem sufficiently aware of the…
LPA 18 – Beware of Insurance Renewals
Published in March 2002 This LPA warns members of the risk of treating indemnity insurance as a commodity, assuming that insurers compete…