| 1 | Assignment and novation of construction documents An overview of the assignment and novation of construction documents, which provides examples of assignment and novation in property development documents. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Claims arising under a construction contract This practice note considers the types of claims that may arise on construction and engineering projects. These include claims for extensions of time, loss and expense, variations, defective works, liquidated damages and breach of a professional consultants duty of care. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Construction Act 1996 changes toolkit PLC Construction publishes a series of materials on payment, adjudication and suspension under a construction contract, highlighting and explaining the changes to Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Construction Act 1996), introduced by Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (LDEDC Act 2009). This toolkit guides users through key new and existing resources. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Construction projects: appointing a professional consultant: a ... A quick guide to appointing a professional consultant on a construction or engineering project, outlining what a professional consultant does and how to appoint one. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Construction projects: net contribution clauses: quick guide A quick guide clarifying what a net contribution clause is, which summarises the effect of such a clause and the arguments for and against its use. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Construction projects: the legal structure: a quick guide A quick guide to the legal aspects of a construction or engineering project, useful for first-time employers or users of construction services, who have not built a project before. The note covers a number of issues, including the parties to the contract, procurement, insurance and regulation. It also sets out some of things that can go wrong with a project, like defects or delayed completion. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Limitation periods: an overview An overview of limitation periods. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | Limited liability partnerships (LLP): overview An overview of the structure and operation of a limited liability partnership (LLP) incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000. This note contains the law from 1 October 2009. For details of the law applicable to limited liability partnerships before 1 October 2009, see Practice note, Limited liability partnerships: overview: pre-1 October 2009. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 9 | NEC: The NEC3 suite of contracts A note on the individual contracts that make up the suite of New Engineering Contracts, third edition (NEC3). | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 10 | Overview of copyright This note provides an overview of the main features of the UK law of copyright. It outlines the categories of work protected by copyright; the requirements for copyright protection; the duration of copyright; the rules regarding ownership of copyright; the main acts which constitute primary and secondary infringement of copyright; the main permitted acts; and the civil and criminal remedies available to a copyright owner. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 11 | Adjudication using the Scheme for Construction Contracts ... A note on the statutory adjudication rules for construction contracts in England, Wales and Scotland under Part I of the Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/649) (Scheme for Construction Contracts 1998) and the Scheme for Construction Contracts (Scotland) Regulations (SI 1998/687). The note also looks at the Schemes, as amended by the: Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2333) (Scheme for Construction Contracts (England) Regulations 2011) in England. Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1715) (Scheme for Construction Contracts (Wales) Regulations 2011) in Wales. Scheme for Construction Contracts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/371) (Scheme for Construction Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2011) in Scotland. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Bribery Act 2010 A practice note about the Bribery Act 2010, which received Royal Assent in April 2010 and came into force on 1 July 2011. The background to the Act is described in Practice note, Bribery: law reform. PLC's materials on the Bribery Act are set out in Bribery Act 2010: toolkit. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Bribery: law reform A practice note about the reform of the law on bribery in the UK. This note has now been replaced by a new resource: Practice note, Bribery Act 2010, detailing the Bribery Bill which was introduced into parliament in November 2009 and received Royal Assent as the Bribery Act 2010 in April 2010. | Practice notes | 31-Jul-2009 |
| 14 | Building Information Modelling (BIM) A note explaining Building Information Modelling (BIM), introducing the various BIM stages and considering what contract amendments may be necessary when a construction project uses BIM. The note considers the CIC BIM protocol, changes to the JCT and NEC forms of contract, as well issues in professional appointments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Building information modelling (BIM): FAQs A note setting out frequently asked questions (FAQs) on building information modelling (BIM) in construction and engineering projects. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Business interruption: pandemics and other civil emergencies A practice note giving organisations an overview of some of the legal and practical issues arising from the threat of disruption by pandemic influenza and other civil emergencies. Practical Law is grateful to Alexis Roberts, a partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance Group of Pinsent Masons LLP, for his assistance with aspects of this note. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Construction standard form contracts: what are they and ... A note highlighting common construction and engineering standard form contracts and professional appointments, and where copies may be bought from. Examples include ACA, ACE, BPF, CIC, FIDIC, GC/Works, ICE, ICC, IChemE, IMechE, JCT, NEC (NEC3), PPC (PPC2000), RIBA, and RICS contracts and appointments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Copyright licences in construction documents This note provides guidance on copyright licences in construction projects, particularly in the commercial property development sector. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Defective Premises Act 1972: duty under section 1 A note on the duty under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972, which requires professional consultants, contractors and property developers working on a dwelling to work in a professional or workmanlike manner, to use proper materials and to see that the completed dwelling is fit for habitation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Directors' duties: comparison between Companies Acts 2006 ... A note outlining the changes to the law on directors' duties under the Companies Act 2006 (2006 Act). For a link to the 2006 Act, see Companies Act 2006: publication of final text. For general background to the 2006 Act, see Practice note, Companies Act 2006: materials. For a more detailed note on this topic, see Practice note, Directors' general duties under the Companies Act 2006. Chapter 2 of Part 10 (general duties of directors) came into force on 1 October 2007, other than the provisions relating to directors' conflict of interest duties (sections 175 to 177). Sections 177 to 175 came into force on 1 October 2008. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | LDEDC Act 2009: adjudication A note explaining the effect the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (LDEDC Act 2009) had on adjudication under construction contracts. The note refers to a number of changes, including the removal of the in writing requirement, a new statutory slip rule and liability for the costs of the adjudication. This note is no longer maintained. For more information on adjudication, see the Adjudication toolkit. | Practice notes | 01-Oct-2011 |
| 22 | LDEDC Act 2009: payment A note explaining the effect the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009(LDEDC Act 2009) had on payment under construction contracts. The note refers to the changes to payment and withholding notices, the right to suspend for non-payment and pay-when-certified clauses. This note is no longer maintained. For more information on payment, see Practice notes, Payment in construction contracts: Construction Act 1996 and as amended and Payment in construction contracts: Scheme for Construction Contracts 1998 and as amended. | Practice notes | 01-Oct-2011 |
| 23 | MF/4 form of contract A note describing the MF/4 form of contract and highlighting specific legal issues for negotiation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Misrepresentation An outline of the law relating to misrepresentation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | NEC3: role of the Project Manager A note on the key role of the project manager under the third edition of the New Engineering Contract (NEC3) Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | Net contribution: should a construction document include a net ... A practice note considering some of the arguments for and against including a net contribution clause in a collateral warranty, professional appointment or other construction document. The note also considers some possible alternatives to including a net contribution clause. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | Net contribution: what is a net contribution clause? An overview of what a net contribution clause is, giving examples of the effect a net contribution clause has on a party's liabilities under a construction document (including a collateral warranty or professional appointment). The note also explains the "fair shares" clause, contrasting it with a net contribution clause. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 28 | No loss and assignment: the development of the common law ... A note outlining the development of the common law on the no loss defence, or the defence that an assignor may not recover more than the assignee, in the context of construction and engineering cases. These cases are sometimes said to refer to a possible "black hole". | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 29 | No loss argument in construction claims: what it is and how to ... A note considering the "no loss" argument in the construction and engineering context, including whether a party's claims can disappear in a "black hole". | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 30 | Partnering or alliancing on a construction or engineering ... A note on what the parties mean by partnering, alliancing or collaboration, including some of the risks and benefits of this approach, and giving examples of partnering contracts. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 31 | Professional appointments: collateral warranties and third ... This note gives guidance on the use of collateral warranties and third party rights in professional appointments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 32 | Professional appointments: copyright A note explaining the importance of copyright and giving guidance on negotiating copyright licences in professional appointments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 33 | Professional appointments: insurance This note describes a professional consultant's duties in relation to professional indemnity insurance, public (or third party) liability insurance and employer's liability insurance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 34 | Professional appointments: payment, interest for late payment ... This note describes the payment mechanism for paying a professional consultant. It also considers VAT and interest for late payment in professional appointments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 35 | Professional negligence An outline of the law of professional negligence. This note considers: The requirements for claims in contract and tort. The application of the SAAMCO principle. The Bolam test. Contributory negligence. Contribution. The use by professionals of exclusion clauses to limit liability. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 36 | Project monitoring A note considering the roles and responsibilities of a project monitor, including the advantages to a funder and the project if a project monitor is appointed. On a PFI or PPP project, the role may be referred to as technical adviser (TA). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 37 | Suspension for non-payment under the Construction Act 1996 A note on the statutory right to suspend performance of obligations under a construction contract for non-payment under section 112 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Construction Act 1996) (as enacted) and under section 112 of the Construction Act 1996, as amended by Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (LDEDC Act 2009). | Practice notes | Maintained |