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LPA 36 – Project Management Lessons Learnt
Published May 2006, reviewed and format updated August 2025 A Court of Appeal case, concerned specifically with the design of foundations and…
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LPA 37 – Use of casual phrases in contract documents
Published in May 2006, reviewed and format updated in August 2025 A Court of Appeal case highlighted how informal and undefined language…
LPA 38 – The dangers of executing contracts as deeds
Published in March 2007 A deed is a formal written contract. Most contracts can be executed in writing, orally and can even…
LPA 39 – The risk for a professional when operating without insurance
Published in March 2007 A professional indemnity policy is no more than a contract between a professional and an insurer. Through a…
LPA 40 – Drilling into Coal Authority Assets
Published in September 2009 Any activities which intersect, disturb or enter any of the Authority’s coal interests require the prior written permission…
LPA 42 – Deleterious Material Clauses
Published in February 2010 Since the 1980s, following a number of high profile product failures, the inclusion of deleterious materials clauses in…
LPA 43 – Construction Industry Scheme: Issues to be Considered by Consultants
Published in July 2010 The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) was introduced to try and stop tax evasion by small construction contractors in…
LPA 44 – Notifying Insurers
Published July 2010 Professional indemnity insurance is the insurance cover that specialists invariably take out against claims for negligence or other breach…
LPA 45 – Assignments of Reports
Published in January 2010 An assignment is a transfer, recognised by the law, of a right or obligation of one party to…
LPA 46 – Corby Borough Council Group Litigation – Lesson for Professionals
Published in January 2011 In 2009, a group action was brought against Corby Borough Council (CBC) over an increase in birth defects…