Case study
Retention Recovery for a Brickwork Subcontractor
Five-figure retention recovery secured for brickwork subcontractor.
- Client
- Specialist brickwork subcontractor
- Issue
- Retention remained withheld after completion of the subcontract works.
SUBCONTRACTOR SUPPORT
Recover Unpaid Construction Sums
Contractor not paying? Retention withheld? Pay less notice disputed?
Know what is properly due, what you can challenge and which recovery route the contract and records support.
Construction Payment Review
No Fee Payment Position Review
Know Your Position Before You Act
Find out what is properly due, what can be challenged and which recovery route the contract and records support.
The initial review is free of charge.
Payment Recovery Assessment
Clear Position, Risks and Next Steps
- What is properly due and sums potentially recoverable
- Payment notice or pay less notice position, if either notice is relevant
- Valuation, variation, retention or final account issues
- Evidence gaps and further substantiation required
- Immediate actions required
- Recommended recovery route
- Likely recovery timescale
- Whether further action is justified
Outcome
What the Payment Review Clarifies
Your Payment Position
Know What Is Due and What to Challenge
- What is properly due
- Whether reduced valuations, deductions or payment notices can be challenged
- Which variation, retention or final account sums have a supported recovery basis
- What evidence is missing or requires further substantiation
- Your potential exposure to liquidated damages, set-off or contra-charges
- Whether the next route is negotiation, adjudication or specialist legal advice
- What action to take next
Selected matters
Payment Recovery Matters
Examples of retention, payment notice and disputed valuation matters supported across ICRS appointments.
Case study
Payment Notice Recovery for an M&E Subcontractor
Payment notice strategy delivers six-figure recovery for M&E subcontractor.
- Client
- M&E subcontractor
- Issue
- Payment was withheld following a disputed interim application.
Case study
Quantum Expert Report for an M&E Subcontractor
Quantum expert report supports high six-figure adjudication recovery for M&E subcontractor.
- Client
- M&E subcontractor
- Issue
- The dispute concerned valuation, variations, deductions and payment entitlement.
ICRS Consult
Credentials and Experience
ICRS Consult brings more than 30 years of construction experience across commercial management, contracts, claims, disputes, adjudication and expert appointments.
30+
years' construction
industry experience
MRICS
Chartered Quantity
Surveyor
MCIArb
Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators
JCT, NEC, FIDIC
and bespoke
contracts
- LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration
- Expert appointments in arbitration, litigation and adjudication
- Expert witness in professional negligence proceedings
- Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence
- UK and Middle East project experience across JCT, NEC and FIDIC contracts
Common Problems
Payment Issues We Review
For subcontractors and contractors dealing with reduced or withheld payment, disputed valuation, retention, variations or final account sums.
Payment Reduced, Withheld or Delayed
Identify the Contractual and Evidential Issues
- Reduced payments
- Applications certified below value
- Withheld retention
- Unpaid variations
- Delayed final accounts
- Deductions or set-offs
- Pay less or payment notice disputes
- Payment applications ignored or delayed
Payment Recovery
Your Route to Recovery
The recovery route depends on the contract, payment notices, valuation evidence and sums in dispute.
- 01
Establish the Payment Position
Know What Is Properly Due
We review the contract, applications, notices, valuation, variations, retention and final account position.
- 02
Establish the Recovery Evidence
Identify What Supports Recovery
We identify what supports recovery and what further evidence or substantiation is required.
- 03
Pursue Recovery
Put the Supported Position Forward
We prepare the commercial position, correspondence and negotiation strategy. Where the position supports adjudication, we identify that route.
- 04If required
Specialist Legal Support
Escalate When Legal Input Is Required
Where legal advice, proceedings or enforcement are required, specialist legal support is provided separately.
Specialist Legal Support
Legal Support When Required
ICRS provides commercial, contractual and quantum support for payment recovery.
Where specialist legal advice, proceedings or enforcement are required, legal services are provided separately under the solicitor engagement.
Solicitor Referral Support
Legal Services Provided Separately
Solicitor support may include:
- Formal payment demands
- Legal correspondence
- Construction law advice
- Settlement correspondence
- Advice on recovery proceedings
- Court proceedings where appropriate
- Enforcement advice where required
Client Feedback
What Our Clients Say
Very experienced in claims preparation and defence and has provided valuable advice on complex contractual matters. I would recommend the professional and strategic approach to the resolution of construction claims and disputes.
His technical understanding, level of investigation, and analysis together with the ability to come up with the substance of the case undoubtedly make him the best choice of consultant in the field.
Highly experienced in the preparation of construction claims. He produced a very clear and comprehensive EOT claim for us.
A highly experienced claims practitioner who has an in-depth understanding of complex construction claims.
I reviewed an EOT claim prepared by Matt and his team. It was to a high standard which made it easy to follow and evaluate.
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