What we see in this sector
- Applications for payment met with late, defective or absent payment or payless notices
- Retentions withheld well beyond practical completion or the defects period
- Variations instructed verbally then disputed when invoiced
- Contra charges raised only after payment is pressed
- Payment disputes running down a chain of main contractor and subcontractor
- Final account negotiations used to defer payment of undisputed sums
How we approach it
We identify the contractual payment mechanism actually in force, establish whether the sum has become due under it, and separate genuinely contested valuation from deferred payment of sums that are not properly in dispute. Where adjudication or another contractual route is the appropriate mechanism, that is identified rather than ignored.
Whether the account is a single invoice or a ledger of aged balances, the sequence is the same: assess the documents and the debtor, engage on a properly evidenced basis, and escalate only where it is proportionate and authorised.
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