Contra Charged! Problem: I have a big problem – I am the Managing Director of a specialist contractor and we have just been contra-charged a total of £197,859! We left the site in late September 2013, but we had told the main contractor well in advance of our intentions. We was expecting a large payment …
Claiming loss after sub-contractor failed to complete the work Problem: My Company has an issue regarding the employment of a specialist contractor. This specialist contractor carried out some engineering works on our behalf for a major client in central Leicester, but failed to finish and commission the job. When they left site, all our communications …
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Retention of title Problem: Last year my carpentry company carried out some work for a shop fitting company. All of the work was completed in October 2012 at which point I issued my invoice for just over £23,000. However, to date I have received approximately £10,000, and the shop fitting company does not seem too …
Contract commencement date changed Problem: I am the Managing Director of a specialist contractor and have a problem with a main contractor. We both signed a sub-contract for a construction project we had won in late 2012, and it stipulated a start date of 1 February 2013, and set period in which to complete the …
Dispute of Variation Account Problem: I am a contracts manager for a plastering company and in mid-2012, we were successful in our bid on a great project which involved the repair and renovation of a stately home and our order value was just over £200,000. Only after a few weeks on the job, we started …
Privity of Contract Problem: Late last year, on a recommendation, my business was contacted by company ‘A’ to carry out work on a large building project. We submitted a quote which was accepted and the work was duly completed and an invoice subsequently raised to company A, which remains outstanding. The building has now been …
Developer wanting to hold retention Problem: Over the last 8 months my company have been carrying out work for a property developer on some barn conversions. I gave a set of rates to carry out the plastering work which the developer agreed to and work commenced. We have completed 6 of the 7 barn conversions …
Unpaid invoices! Problem: Hi. I need some help with invoices that have not been paid. I run a small electrical contracting company and early in 2012, I was approached by a main contractor to carry out electrical works for a housing association on a large development. I priced and subsequently won the contract, and have …
I want to claim monies owed from a project completed 8 years ago Problem: We are a main contractor that specialises in the fit-outs of public houses all over the Midlands. In 2004 we refurbished a pub in Birmingham, and in the October time put forward our final account. The client disagreed with the total …
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Is the term for liquidated damages enforceable? Problem: I am the managing director of a building contractor that specialises in new build housing for the private sector. In 2010 we won a scheme to build a new apartment block for a client consisting of 18 flats on a podium which housed a car park. The …
