CLAIMS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Claims and dispute resolution sits at the heart of what Quantum Resolution does. We recover entitlement, turn around distressed and loss making commercial positions, and, where matters cannot be settled by negotiation, build and present the case through formal dispute resolution. Cases includes:
Commercial recovery of a distressed underground station refurbishment programme. Internally reported as a significant loss, the position was reversed through a forensic review of the Contract and Works Information and the development and substantiation of over 50 compensation events, securing a multi million pound settlement, restoring profitability and obtaining a twelve month extension of time.
JCT payment dispute on a commercial fit out. We successfully defended a contractor against an attempt to withhold agreed final account and retention monies following practical completion. Robust contract and dispute analysis established that the alleged defects fell outside the scope of works or arose after completion, overturning an invalid Pay Less Notice under the JCT form.
Claims defence on a major airport development programme. Independent and unprejudiced evaluation of high value contractor claims arising from unforeseen ground conditions and design change. Forensic quantum and entitlement analysis, accepted by the client’s external technical and legal advisers, protected the client from in excess of £10 million of unwarranted cost and supported a substantial interim settlement.
Our claims and dispute services include:
- Commercial recovery of distressed, delayed and loss making projects
- Identification, development, pricing and substantiation of compensation events and variations
- Delay, disruption, and loss and expense claims, supported by prospective and retrospective time impact analysis
- Independent and unprejudiced evaluation of both contractor and client claims
- Quantum and entitlement analysis under NEC and JCT contracts
- Preparation of contractual notices, correspondence and claim submissions
- Adjudication, including the drafting of referrals, responses and supporting submissions to the statutory timetable
- Negotiation and settlement, with an emphasis on early resolution and dispute avoidance