Case for sharpening up claims correspondence

Powell-Smith, V.

Case for sharpening up claims correspondence - 1988 - Contract Journal 346(5697/8) 15/22 december 1988, 7(1) .

Discusses the recent case ECC Quarries ltd v Merriman Ltd (unreported) brought under ICE Conditions of Contract 5th ed clause 66 . The parties disputed the amount payable for removal of over-burden from a quarry due to hard material being found which could not have been foreseen by an experienced contractor and whether this figure could be changed once agreed.