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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

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

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