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Ref No	LDC/FD/5/1/7
Title	Minor legal actions
Date	1977-1997
AdminHistory	The legal department represented the Corporation's legal interests in all matters, including in contract disputes and debt recovery.
AccessStatus	Open
Extent	22 files
ScopeandContent	The files in this series represent a miscellany of papers kept by the Corporation relating to minor legal actions in which it was involved; together with Transcripts of Evidence from two Fatal Accident Enquiries that happened during the LDC's tenure: 1-13. Variety of files relating to legal issues facing the Corporation including: the recovery of debt from the estate of a deceased tenant; claims for money by companies who had contracts with a firm in receivership that had provided services to the LDC; opinions of liability relating to the Corporation's construction of housing on land which later transpired to be contaminated; and a variety of other, minor legal issues. Arranged in chronological order. 14-15. Two Transcripts of Evidence for Fatal Accident Enquiries in Livingston. 16-22. Files relating to a claim against the Corporation by Silva (UK) and Topek Ltd relating to property on Kirkton Campus.

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