21 Parkside, Wimbledon – Knowles Construction

A wealthy private client employed Knowles Construction Ltd (KCL) under a JCT D&B form to build a new house in Wimbledon, with an original contract sum of circa £7.5m. The contract was plagued with a litany of client changes, resulting in the current final account rising to circa £11.5m.

Consequently, the contract period has overrun, and a dispute has arisen as to culpability for the delay, as well as the value of the account. Furthermore, despite the client having started to move into the property, the Employer’s Agent has attempted to instigate termination of KCL’s contract.

MWCS is engaged by KCL to take the matter to adjudication and is currently in the process of producing referral documents.