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Lucinda Robinson reports on the recent decision in Placefirst Construction Ltd v CAR Construction (North East) Ltd, which provides current TCC guidance on payment and pay less notices. It also serves as an example of the confusion caused when contractual payment processes are not followed properly.
Philip Barnes reviews the process for serving the referral, the key document which sets out the detail of your claim.
Huw Wilkins considers notices, which are commonly required in construction contracts.
In this blog post, Claire King looks at the key issues parties must consider when issuing a Notice of Dissatisfaction, which must be issued within the requisite time frame of four weeks if a party wishes to avoid being bound by an adjudicator’s decision.
Huw Wilkins looks at the powers of the Building Safety Regulator.
The suspension or termination of a construction contract is a serious step. Stating the obvious, the safest, indeed, the only course of action for the employer or contractor is to carefully follow the terms of the contract in question.
When I drafted my article for the previous edition of IQ I did not have a Part 2 in mind. Well, we have a saying in the UK, that you wait ages for one bus and then two or three come along together.
If there is room for doubt, consider sending the NOD to more than one address.
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