... sub-contracted the carpentry work to Williams, the plaintiff. The sub-contract was accepted on a price of £20,000 of which the carpenter would receive interim payments owing to work completed. After work was completed on the roof and nine flats, the plaintiff received an interim payment of £16,200. However the latter found that he was in financial difficulties since the contracted price was too low and that he failed to supervise his workmen properly. Since the defendants were aware about the difficulties faced by the sub-contractors, the called up a meeting and they agreed to pay the plaintiff an extra £10,300. Williams continued with work on eight flats and received a payment of £1500. The defendant stopped work and claimed £10,847 to the defendants. The contractors had to find another carpenter to complete the work remained and had a penalty fare of one week to the building owners. ...

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