Retention deductions can wipe out your entire 5% margin. Learn standard JCT release timetables and how trust accounts protect your cash from contractor insolvency.
Signing a bespoke Schedule of Amendments without verification exposes your trade business to severe liabilities. Here is an analysis of four high-risk JCT DBSub traps—including 3-day notice time-bars and uncapped damages—and the commercial redlines required to protect your cash flow.
Learn how Section 112 grants subcontractors the legal right to suspend work for non-payment, the 7-day notice rules, and how to avoid breach of contract.
Discover high-risk Clause 4 payment amendments in JCT DBSub contracts, from extended payment dates to application time-bars that trap cash.
Discover how standard JCT Clause 4.18 retention tranches work, how to spot bespoke locking amendments, and how to demand the immediate release of your trapped cash.
Find out what happens when a main contractor fails to issue a valid JCT Pay Less Notice on time, why your payment application becomes the legally binding notified sum, and how to enforce payment under UK law.
Section 113 outlaws pay-when-paid clauses in UK construction. Learn how contractors disguise conditional terms and how to protect your cash flow.
When a project runs late, main contractors attempt to pass delay penalties straight down to trade subbies. Learn how JCT Clause 2.29 deduction rules, strict delay notice time-bars, and Pay Less Notice laws protect your cash flow from unfair set-offs.
Unwritten site orders lead to unpaid work. Learn how JCT Clause 3.14 CVI rules turn verbal variations into legally binding payments.
CDP fitness for purpose clauses void standard UK PI insurance. Learn how to redline design terms to reasonable skill and care.