Debt Recovery

Non-payment of applications for payment, invoices and retention is unfortunately very common in the construction industry.  We assist our clients by robustly pursuing their debts. 

We have been recovering debts on behalf of our clients for years.  As a result, we have streamlined systems in place to make the process as efficient and cost effective as possible.  Our systems are specifically designed for use in the construction industry.

Disputed applications for payment

If you have submitted an application for payment which has been disputed or ignored, we can help recover the amount outstanding. 

In the UK and Irish construction industries, parties to construction contracts have a statutory right to interim payment – for more detail, see our user guides to payment in England, Wales and Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland. 

If your application for payment has been ignored, or if the payer has failed to respond to it appropriately, then the amount set out in your application for payment could potentially be payable in full.  We use our expert knowledge of the law to advise clients when this is the case.  We then pursue the full amount in Adjudication.

If your application for payment is disputed, by the payer issuing a payment notice or pay less notice against it, then we can assist you in resolving this dispute.  We start this process by reviewing the merits of your claim.  We then proceed to devise a strategy to resolve the dispute via a combination of Negotiation, Mediation and/or Adjudication.

Unpaid invoices

If you have submitted an invoice for work certified, but your invoice has been ignored, we can help recover the amount outstanding.  We adopt a multi-tiered approach in recovering unpaid invoices:

• Evaluate claim and compensation
• Demand letter
• Telephone negotiation
• Statutory demand
• Legal action

Outstanding retention

Retention is a common feature in most construction contracts.  Quite often the “final release of retention” is due to be paid a year or more after the works are completed.  Due to the passage of time and people moving on to different projects, recovering outstanding retention is not always straightforward.

We have a standardised process for recovering outstanding retention, which is tried and tested.  We have a number of retainer clients who trust us to deal with all of their outstanding retention claims.