Jeju Attorney | Assisting the Client in a Construction Payment Claim Lawsuit, Granted in Full

The construction payment attorney understood the case through a thorough consultation with the client.

The client was experiencing difficulty because he had not received payment from the counterparty for construction work carried out over the past several months.

The client is the representative of a small and medium-sized construction company operating in Jeju.

After the payment due date passed, when the client pressed for payment of the construction amount, the counterparty repeatedly said only, "A budget problem has arisen, so please wait just a little longer."

The client waited a long time for payment, but the counterparty either cut off contact or continued to delay payment.

The client ultimately resolved to pursue a 🔗construction payment lawsuit and requested assistance from a Daeryun Law Firm attorney.

A construction payment claim lawsuit is, as the term suggests, a lawsuit filed with the court by a party who performed construction work in order to recover the construction payment.

It arises when the ordering party fails to pay the amount specified in the contract on time or breaches the terms of the contract, even though the work has been completed in accordance with the contract.

Common causes of a construction payment claim lawsuit include nonperformance of the contract, delayed payment, contract modification, and quality issues.

To file a construction payment claim lawsuit, it is necessary to prove the following: that a contract for work was concluded, that the parties agreed that compensation would be paid for the work, and that the construction specified in the contract was completed.

To establish this proof, documents such as a construction contract, a contract for work, specifications, a statement of materials purchased, building design drawings, an estimate, and a building delivery certificate may be used.

The Jeju attorney proved that the client and the defendant had concluded the construction contract at issue and that the client had completed the work.

The attorney submitted as evidence the contract concluded between the client and the defendant, along with a statement of construction payment records.

That statement of payment records set out, in detail, the contract date, the construction contract amount, the date of completion of the work, and the unpaid construction amount.

The Jeju attorney argued that the client had already demanded payment from the defendant on several occasions.

The client did not consider litigation from the outset.

Because the defendant company had been a long-standing business partner, the client even took into account the fact that it was experiencing financial difficulties and waited for a long time.

Nevertheless, the defendant avoided the client by, among other things, refusing to take the client's calls, which eventually deepened the suspicion that it was deliberately withholding payment.

The attorney emphasized that the client had filed this construction payment claim lawsuit as a last resort in order to recover the construction payment.