JCT termination notices: getting it right
15 November 2022
CMS Law-Now has published an article relating to JCT Termination Notices.
Overview
Three TCC cases in the past 12 months have considered the JCT termination provisions for Contractor default (or similar). In each case the Employer failed to adhere to the strict procedural requirements of the contract leading to questions as to whether the Employer had itself repudiated the contract or whether its ineffective contractual notice could take effect as an acceptance of a repudiation at common law. In this Law-Now, we consider each part of the JCT termination procedure for Contractor default with reference to the pitfalls highlighted in these recent cases.
Read the full article here.