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# Relevant Matter

An event listed in the applicable JCT terms that may support your loss-and-expense entitlement, subject to conditions and amendments.

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>).

Relevant Matter is JCT terminology associated with loss-and-expense entitlement. The selected form and amendments determine the matters covered and the conditions for recovery. A Relevant Event and a Relevant Matter can overlap, but they serve different contractual purposes.

Check the money provision as well as the time provision. [Delay and disruption cost recovery](<https://www.quantsurv.com/claims?service=%2Fdelay-and-disruption%2Fservices%2Fdelay-disruption-recovery#client-types>) can help relate additional cost to the event and applicable terms.

## 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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