Payment by third party

Treasure & Son Ltd v Martin Dawes [2008] EWHC 2181 (TCC) 15 September

Martin Dawes, the owner of Dinmore Manor in Herefordshire, engaged Treasure & Son Ltd to carry out extensive works of refurbishment and restitution at the property. The parties fell out and their disputes were referred to an adjudicator, who decided that Mr Dawes should pay Treasure £1,018,828.12 plus VAT, interest and his own fees and expenses. Mr Dawes did not pay and Treasure issued enforcement proceedings in the TCC in which the decision was upheld and Mr Dawes was ordered to pay a total of £1,222,818.05, together with certain other sums by way of interest. By early November 2007, the parties were agreed that the judgment debt stood at £1,239,310.12.