A missed payment application cut-off on a JCT contract gives the main contractor an open door to hold your cash for another month. Here is how standard valuation dates operate and how to protect your payment rights.
Learn how to evaluate a main contractor Pay Less Notice under Section 111 and JCT subcontract terms. Check service deadlines, the basis of calculation, and procedural next steps before disputing a deduction.
Understand how Clause 2.17 delay notices operate under JCT DBSub/C 2016. Review bespoke condition precedent time-bars, preserve extension of time entitlements, and protect loss and expense claims.
Reviewing a JCT Design and Build Subcontract 2016? Learn how to identify high-risk bespoke amendments covering notice time-bars, design liability, extended payment terms, and cross-contract set-off.
Learn how to record verbal site directions under JCT DBSub/C and SBCSub/C subcontracts. Check notice procedures, preserve contemporaneous evidence, and prevent unevidenced valuation disputes.
Compare JCT retention bonds (Form SCBnd/R) with cash retention under UK subcontracts. Learn how retention bonds operate, evaluate commercial risk, and structure tender proposals.
Understand how bespoke JCT set-off clauses and common law equitable set-off operate across UK subcontracts. Learn how Section 111 Pay Less Notice rules apply to contra-charges and review draft set-off terms before signing.
Understand JCT DBSub/C design liabilities under Clauses 2.13 and 2.14. Learn the commercial difference between reasonable skill and care and fitness-for-purpose obligations, and check your Professional Indemnity insurance cover before signing.
Understand retention release under JCT DBSub/C 2016 Clauses 4.12 and 4.13. See how some bespoke amendments may delay your final retention and what to check before signing.
Understand the legal and commercial consequences when a main contractor fails to serve an effective Pay Less Notice on time. Learn how notified sums operate under Section 111, review statutory suspension rules under Section 112, and protect your cash flow.