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Building trades
The Construction Act, payment notices, retention, adjudication and site disputes.
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- What is a pay less notice, and what happens if the client didn't send one?In full.
- What is adjudication, and can I use it to get paid for construction work?Yes.
- When must retention be released, and what if it's held back?When your contract says.
- The main contractor hasn't paid me. Can I go to the client instead?Usually not.
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