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Construction Payment Disputes

Is your construction business suffering Payment Issues?

Are you experiencing construction payment issues? 

Are you experiencing issues getting a payment certificate?

Not receiving payment certificates at regular intervals?

Or getting paid once the payment certificate has been issued?

The amount outstanding is less than £100,000?

The vast majority of construction work is classed as a ‘Construction Operation’ and therefore some set ‘rules and procedures’ apply.

Do you have a contract? Where a contract does exist, this does need to be checked that it contains the required ‘rules and procedures’ for payment and dispute resolution (adjudication).

If you want further details on the ‘rules and procedures’ there are covered on our Construction Act page, which provides more detail of the payment and adjudication legislation that exists.

Even if you don’t have a written contract, all is not lost, these ‘rules and procedures’ can still apply to your contract and work, even when not specifically included in writing.

Even where the disputed value is less than £100,000, there is a low value dispute adjudication procedure available.

How can we help?

We are Wilsons of Cambridge – Low Value Disputes who have the experience and knowledge of working in various sectors of the construction industry helping to be resolution with disputes under the value of £100,000.

Based upon the documentation you provide us, we can review and advise you of the possible options available.

In some instances, where there is a dispute, referring this dispute to an independant person , known as an adjudicator is an option. They take the submissions from each Party and make a Decision on the dispute.  This process usually takes 28 days from the dispute being issued or referred to them. (In a minor number, this duration can be extended upto 42 days).

There are procudures where the dispute is lower than £100,000, which include a cap or fixed price fee for the adjudicator. The Construction Industry Council has produced a low value disputes Model Adjudication Procedure (often known as the CIC LVD MAP). A full copy of this Procedure is available here.

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