Where a contractor, such as a builder or sub-contractor, suffers from an event of insolvency or is actually insolvent, most standard building contracts currently grant a principal, such as an owner or head-contractor, “ipso facto” rights, such as the rights to suspend building works, call upon and enforce any security given by the contractor, and terminate the building contract.
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There is an “implied undertaking” – which often times eludes even the most seasoned of lawyers – that material produced under compulsion cannot be used for an ulterior or collateral purpose and only for the purpose for which it was produced.
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