Writ says Roxan overpaid sub-contractor Finlay Breton for work on 55 new flats on south coast
Building contractor Roxan Construction is headed for a High Court showdown with sub-contractor Finlay Breton in a row over a site at Bournemouth.
Finlay Breton agreed to design and install concrete floors, balconies, and staircases to the 55 new flats at The Reef in Boscombe Spa Road, for a price of £290,980, according to a High Court writ.
Work started in May 2005, and Southampton-based Roxan made various interim payments, paying a total of £420,052.60, and work was finished in February 2006, the writ says.
But Roxan says the final value of Finlay Breton’s work was £305,646.95, and argues that it had been paid more than £114,405.65 too much.
Finlay Breton, of Wells, Somerset, has refused to repay the overpayment, and with VAT, the total in dispute is £134,426.63, the court will hear.
Now Roxan is claiming damages and repayment of the sum overpaid, as well as interest.
The writ was issued by Paris Smith and Randall of Southampton.
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