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035			_a(Sirsi) u55403
041			_aeng
245			_aB Hargreaves Limited v Action 2000 Limited
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aConstruction Industry Law Letter _v1991 CILL 720-722(3)
520			_aChD 20 November 1991. In 1989 A were engaged in constructing a number of filling stations for P and entered into subcontracts with H. These referred to a head contract between A and P and contained the clause that `A agrees to pay all stage payments in accordance with the timing specified in the P agreement and a balancing payment (if any) on the same day as specified in the P agreement, retentions also being dealt with in the same manner as the P agreement`. The main contract contained a provision which permitted P to pay the works price to A against monthly certificates. On 4 September a joint administrative receiver was appointed to H who commenced proceedings to recover money due under interim certificates. A liquidator was appointed in March 1991. The claim was on three certificates. A claimed entitlement to set-off sums for overpayment in relation to two of the contracts. A argued that they were entitled to equity set-off sums due under other contracts, this failed on the groun
650			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING CONTRACT FORMS
650			_aCLAIMS
650			_aPETROL FILLING STATIONS
650			_aSET-OFF PAYMENTS
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c33843 _d33843