In the third article of the essential law series to look at the topic of defects, Chris Hadnutt explains whether an employer may be obliged to ask the original contractor to return to site to rectify its defectsa snagging item
Defects are, unfortunately, a fact of life in construction projects, and contracting parties need to know how they ought to be dealt with. There is a broad assumption in the industry that a contractor has a right to come back and rectify problems arising post-completion, but the true position is not quite so straightforward.
Does a contractor have a right to rectify defects in its own work?
There is no