C Spencer Limited v M W High Tech Projects UK Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 331 – The relationship between hybrid contracts and valid payment notices

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26 Mar 2020

The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 created hybrid contracts, and with that, complications as to the relationship between these contracts and the Act. Our Construction Team summarises the significant case of C Spencer Limited v M W High Tech Projects UK Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 331, where Lord Coulson clarifies whether a valid payment notice ought to separately identify the sum due in respect of construction operations.