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# Loss and expense

The money you lose when the job is delayed or disrupted by events your contract puts at the other side's risk.

by [Jack Butler-Kettle](<https://www.quantsurv.com/about#jack-butler-kettle>) · About 1 min readShare

## Further detail

Read this alongside [SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol](<https://www.scl.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/SCL_Delay_Protocol_2nd_Edition_Final.pdf>).

A loss-and-expense claim seeks compensation under the relevant contractual provisions for the financial effect of qualifying events. More time to complete does not automatically produce a money entitlement. The event, conditions, causal link and supported amount need to be considered separately.

Keep cost records connected to specific events and periods. [Delay and disruption cost recovery](<https://www.quantsurv.com/claims?service=%2Fdelay-and-disruption%2Fservices%2Fdelay-disruption-recovery#client-types>) can help distinguish additional cost from the original priced work.

## Sources

1.  [Delay and Disruption Protocol, 2nd edition, February 2017](<https://www.scl.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/SCL_Delay_Protocol_2nd_Edition_Final.pdf>). Society of Construction Law.

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