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Why Liquidated Damages Matter in Contracts: Explained [#ThrowbackThursday] | Ep. 365


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This episode is a re-run. It was originally published in June 2023.


Liquidated damages: a contract term you can’t afford to overlook. Find out how they work and why they’re critical for project success – listen up!


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Timestamps:

(3:28) - Liquidated damages is to reimburse the client for the cost of the delay to the construction project itself

(4:38) - The key thing in consequential damages is your client, more often than not, is so big that his profit or his loss of profit could be the size of your company

(5:20) - What can go wrong is they can hit you with liquidated damages and then they can also take you to court as well

(5:35) - We want the liquidated damages clause to say that liquidated damages are the sole remedy for delay

(6:19) - The biggest thing is capping how big the liquidated damages can be


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