Court of Appeal confirms that the Construction Act will not step in following expiry of the dates in a payment schedule.

In our latest article, Tom Pemberton and Andrew Croft discuss the Court of Appeal decision in Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd [2016] EWCA. This confirmed that after the dates in the agreed payment schedule expired, the Contractor was not entitled to submit further applications for payment.

Tom and Andrew consider how this decision will impact payment schedules going forward, and how it reflects the courts recent general approach to the Construction Act.