Author name: Steve Dean

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 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.

Understand how Section 113 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 regulates conditional payment terms in UK subcontracts. Learn the narrow statutory insolvency exception and how to protect interim payments before signing.

Understand how liquidated damages and delay losses operate under JCT subcontracts. Learn the legal rules on passing down head contract penalties, Section 111 Pay Less Notice requirements, and how to challenge unsupported contra-charges.

Understand JCT DBSub/C Clause 3.7 rules for directions given other than in writing. Learn how to record verbal instructions properly to prevent subcontract revenue loss.

Learn step-by-step how to draft and serve a legally valid JCT Clause 2.26 notice of delay. Discover the mandatory details to include, how to beat amended 3-day or 5-day time-bars, and get my trade subcontractor delay notice template.

Interim payment dates and application cutoffs depend on your signed JCT subcontract particulars. Discover how timing affects Section 110B notices and statutory remedies.

JCT Clause 6.5.1 provides specialist joint-names cover for non-negligent adjoining property damage. Discover how standard PL differs, legal origins, and how terms apply in subcontract particulars.

Discover why relying on general AI to review JCT subcontracts is an expensive mistake for UK subcontractors, and why a specialist tool protects your cash flow.

What is JCT Clause 2.19 CDP liability? In standard JCT subcontracts, Clause 2.19 limits your design liability for Contractor’s Designed