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Peter Allen
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Can a VAT invoice trigger the final date for payment?

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Paying parties often look at ways to delay or avoid having to make payment for work that has been carried out. A method increasingly seen is by saying that the final date for payment runs from the submission of a VAT invoice. However, in the case of Lidl...

Owners and developers have 30 years to bring a claim for defective premises

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Some properties, mainly blocks of flats, have been built that are not fit for habitation. Defective cladding is a prime example of an issue that causes this and has been in the spotlight since the Grenfell Tower disaster. Many blocks of flats have had the...

Calculating time periods for termination notices in JCT contracts

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I recently wrote about the “do’s and “don’t’s” when it comes to terminating a construction contract . Terminating a contract can have huge consequences. Furthermore, calculating time periods for termination notices in...

Construction project failure - getting termination right "do's and "don't's"

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Construction projects are complex. Getting everything together is a huge task: the land, the funding, the planning and other permissions, the designs, the materials and the trades. All these elements will have to run seamlessly into each other if the...