Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 31 March 1999.
1. The plaintiff was a nominated subcontractor to the second defendant on a construction project. The first defendant was the employer. The dispute between the plaintiff and the second defendant concerns the sum of $381,364.55 (which includes a sum of $175,000 retention money) certified by the architect as due by the first defendant in respect of the plaintiff's work on the project. The first defendant takes no part in these proceedings, it having paid the sum concerned into court or into trust,