Services – Tyto LLC

SOPA adjudication —
recovering unpaid progress claims

Your main contractor ignored, rejected or undervalued your payment claim. Under Singapore’s Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (SOPA), you have a statutory right to lodge an adjudication application — and receive a binding determination, typically within seven weeks.

SOPA deadlines are strictly enforced. If you miss the window to lodge your adjudication application, you permanently forfeit the right to adjudicate that payment claim. Do not wait.

Our director is a SMC Senior Adjudicator and has handled SOPA matters from both sides — as counsel and as adjudicator. That dual perspective gives clients a material advantage.

WHAT WE DO FOR YOU

Advise whether SOPA applies to your contract and situation

Calculate your exact payment response and adjudication application deadlines

Prepare and review payment claims to maximise their strength

Draft adjudication applications and adjudication responses

Represent you before the adjudicator at the conference

Enforce the determination if the respondent refuses to pay

Advise on applications to set aside or stay enforcement

Construction claims and disputes —
arbitration, court and mediation

Not every construction dispute can be resolved through SOPA. Some are too complex, involve parties outside SOPA’s scope, or arise after the adjudication window has passed. For these situations, we handle disputes through arbitration, High Court litigation, and mediation.

Our director has over 30 years of experience in construction disputes and has appeared in the High Court and Court of Appeal, and in domestic and international arbitrations.

TYPES OF DISPUTES WE HANDLE

Unpaid progress claims and final account disputes

Variation and additional works claims

Extension of time and delay claims

Liquidated damages and penalties

Wrongful termination and repudiation claims

Defective workmanship and design defects

Performance bond calls — resisting and enforcing

Claims against engineers, architects and consultants

Cross-border construction disputes across APAC

Contract advisory —
before and during your project

Most construction disputes are rooted in poorly understood or poorly drafted contracts. We work with contractors, sub-contractors and owners to identify and manage legal risk from the moment a contract is being negotiated.

If something has already gone wrong on your project, we can review your contract and advise on your legal position and your options — before the dispute escalates.

WHAT WE DO

Contract review and risk identification before you sign

Identifying onerous clauses, ambiguous terms and missing protections

Advice on rights and obligations while projects are in progress

Advice on variation procedures, delay events and suspension rights

Ensuring notices are served correctly to preserve your legal position

Drafting sub-contracts and bespoke contract templates

Reviewing your standard conditions of contract

Commercial disputes

Beyond construction, we handle commercial disputes for clients who need experienced litigation counsel in Singapore.

AREAS WE COVER

Disputes under commercial contracts — sale of goods, shareholders agreements, joint ventures

Defamation claims including internet and social media defamation

Claims in tort for construction and design defects

Tenancy disputes

Claims by and between members of associations and partnerships