Who instructs us
Instructions are taken from contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and consultants. A payment claim and a defence are both accepted. The papers are prepared with the project team, against the contract and the contemporaneous records.
We are consultants. We are not advocates and solicitors. Where the matter proceeds in the High Court, a legal practitioner is instructed and we remain on the matter. Where an estate requires an executor, that office is likewise carried out with a legal practitioner.
The number of concurrent instructions is limited, so that a reference can be given proper attention.
How an instruction proceeds
01
Read
The contract, the programme, the certificates and the correspondence are read with the project team before any notice is served.
02
Identify
The provision that governs the dispute is identified. That may be a payment claim under CIPAA, a contractual claim, or both.
03
Advise
The route is stated plainly. An unpaid sum may go to adjudication. A wider dispute, or an arbitration clause, may go to arbitration. Time, damages and termination stay on the contract.
04
Prepare
The claim or the response is prepared, the working-day periods are kept, and the instruction continues through the decision. Enforcement, where it is taken, is a separate step.
Published figures
These are the figures already published. The 100 working days is our span to review a matter and complete the adjudication. It is not the sum of the statutory periods, and it is not a case count. CIPAA 2012 has been in force since 15 April 2014.
- RM4,000
- Standard fee, from
- 100
- Working days to review and complete
- RM10,000
- Enforcement subsidy, up to
Other matters
Tribunals, tenancy, employment and wills are also undertaken. They are not the practice. A will, where we are appointed executor, is administered with legal practitioners. Tribunal work is advice and preparation for the Strata Management Tribunal, the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims, and the Tribunal for Consumer Claims.