Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd [2008] UKHL 12; WLR (D) 77

“Where under the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, 1998 ed, Private with Quantities the architect granted the contractor an extension of time after the employer had served a withholding notice and paid under an interim certificate on the assumption that it had the right to rely on a non-completion certificate previously served, the grant of the extension of time did not deprive the employer of that right since it did not cancel the non-completion notice restrospectively.”

WLR Daily, 10th March 2008

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