Both Lumbers v Cook and Cubelic have been applied by the Magistrates Court in Clark Timber v Interbuild. Where the insolvent head contractor was insufficiently licensed, an unpaid supplier was entitled neither to a worker’s lien nor a quantum meruit as against the owner.
Robert Fenwick Elliott, instructed by Tom Grace, represented the successful defendant.
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