- A progress claim or final account that has been ignored or cut without a proper response.
- Set-off and back-charges that do not match the contract.
- Late or missing certificates, used as a reason not to pay.
- Retention that is being held after it should have been released.
- Liquidated damages threatened or deducted while an extension of time has not been dealt with.
- A termination, or the threat of one, while money is still outstanding.
We review the contract and the programme with the project team, and then advise whether the appropriate step is a payment claim under CIPAA, a contractual claim such as an extension of time, or both.
These notes describe the legislation and the scope of our usual instructions. They are not advice on a particular contract. A consultation may be arranged here.