Solvix International provides contractual entitlement review services for employers, contractors, subcontractors, developers, funders, insurers, and legal teams who need a clear and independent opinion on what the contract actually permits, requires, or restricts. We review the operative clauses, contract hierarchy, amendments, notices, administration history, and project records to determine whether the position in question is contractually supportable and how that position is likely to be tested by the other side.
This service is valuable before a formal claim is issued, when responding to a received claim, during live commercial negotiations, and in preparation for adjudication, arbitration, litigation, mediation, or expert review. The aim is not only to interpret the wording in isolation, but to connect the wording to the chronology, project administration, and documentary record so the conclusion is commercially useful and dispute-ready.
The review can cover a single event or clause, a group of related claims, or the full set of time and money provisions in the contract, depending on what the client needs to decide.
We do not act as legal counsel. Our role is to provide independent technical and commercial support, issue analysis, and evidential organisation to strengthen the client team’s understanding of the dispute.
Identify the governing contract documents, priority of provisions, amendments, special conditions, and incorporated technical or commercial documents.
Assess notice dates, required content, substantiation thresholds, reservations of rights, and any condition precedent or time-bar risk.
Review whether the clause supports time only, money only, both, or neither, and what evidential or procedural conditions apply.
Entitlement questions often turn on the wording of a small number of clauses and on whether the procedural requirements were followed. We review the contract and the record together so the position on each issue is clear.
Assessment of whether an event falls within the contract's grounds for time, money, or both.
Review of notice timing, content, and any conditions precedent that may affect entitlement.
Assessment of whether work was properly instructed and whether it constitutes a change under the contract.
Review of the contract rules for valuing change, certifying payment, and withholding or set-off.
Analysis of which party bears the risk of ground conditions, design development, third parties, and similar events.
Review of the grounds, procedure, and consequences of suspension or termination under the contract.
We identify the governing documents and order of precedence, set out the clauses that apply to each issue, test the facts against the contractual tests and procedural requirements, and record a reasoned view on entitlement with the points of risk on either side.
An entitlement view is only as reliable as the contract documents and the record of how the contract was administered. We note where documents are missing, inconsistent, or open to more than one reading.
No. Solvix provides a commercial and contractual review based on the contract and project records. Where a formal legal opinion is needed, our review can be used alongside the client's legal advisers.
Ideally when an event first occurs or a notice is due, so that notices and records can be managed correctly. It is also useful before submitting or responding to a claim.
Yes. We review whether each provision gives time, money, both, or neither, and can link the findings to EOT assessment or quantum analysis where required.
We understand how project records, contract administration, programme logic, and financial analysis come together in formal construction disputes.
Our outputs are designed to be practical for counsel and decision-makers: clear, traceable, evidence-led, and focused on the real issues in dispute.
We can review entitlement at any stage, from contract administration on a live project through claim preparation, claim defence, and formal dispute.
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