The trouble with set-off
Klein, R.
The trouble with set-off - 1999 - Building 264(8106) 1 October 1999, 56-57(1) .
Examines the practice of set-off by construction firms which is the cause of the majority of the construction industry's payment disputes. Looks at the decisions in "Rosehaugh Stanhope v Redpath Dorman Long Ltd", and "Gilbert-Ash v Modern Engineering Ltd". States that adjudication is the most effective solution to set-off abuse.
SET-OFF
MANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION-ADJUDICATION
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
HOUSING GRANTS, CONSTRUCTION AND REGENERATION ACT 1996
LATHAM REFORMS
PAYMENT
The trouble with set-off - 1999 - Building 264(8106) 1 October 1999, 56-57(1) .
Examines the practice of set-off by construction firms which is the cause of the majority of the construction industry's payment disputes. Looks at the decisions in "Rosehaugh Stanhope v Redpath Dorman Long Ltd", and "Gilbert-Ash v Modern Engineering Ltd". States that adjudication is the most effective solution to set-off abuse.
SET-OFF
MANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION-ADJUDICATION
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
HOUSING GRANTS, CONSTRUCTION AND REGENERATION ACT 1996
LATHAM REFORMS
PAYMENT