{"id":535488,"date":"2026-01-09T12:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=535488"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:07:42","slug":"shepperton-studios-and-laing-orourke-in-dispute-over-5-6m-invoice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contractors\/laing-orourke\/shepperton-studios-and-laing-orourke-in-dispute-over-5-6m-invoice-09-01-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepperton Studios and Laing O\u2019Rourke in dispute over \u00a35.6m invoice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The owners of the world\u2019s second-largest movie set, Shepperton Studios Limited (SSL), and contractor Laing O\u2019Rourke have filed lawsuits against each other over a disputed invoice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSL is the owner of Surrey-based, 139,354 square metre Shepperton Studios, which boasts Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix as major tenants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 12 December, SSL logged a claim with the High Court over the validity of payment and pay-less notices that SSL had issued to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/financial\/laing-orourke-doubles-profit-and-says-contracting-model-is-broken-04-08-2025\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the court ruled in SSL\u2019s favour, it would effectively wipe out a \u00a35.6m claim by the contractor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three weeks before SSL filed its claim, Laing O\u2019Rourke took the disputed payment to adjudication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The adjudicator\u2019s decision has not been made public, but Laing O\u2019Rourke told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that he ruled in its favour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 2 January, the contractor filed a new lawsuit against SSL to enforce the adjudicator\u2019s decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laing O\u2019Rourke did not confirm the amount that SSL was ordered to pay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The case arises from a \u00a3331m design and build contract that the tier one firm entered into with SSL in November 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project involved an expansion of the studios, including the addition of sound stages, workshops, production offices, and other buildings and infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 15 December 2023, SSL and Laing O\u2019Rourke entered into a deed of variation to increase the contract sum to \u00a3367m and revised the completion date to January 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project reached practical completion in April 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 24 July 2025, Laing O\u2019Rourke submitted an application for payment of \u00a35.6m plus VAT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six days later, Gardiner &amp; Theobald (G&amp;T), SSL\u2019s employer\u2019s agent, issued a payment notice for the net sum of \u00a32.4m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was followed by a pay-less notice on 19 August in which G&amp;T disputed the \u00a32.4m invoice and claimed SSL owed Laing O\u2019Rourke nothing after it had deducted costs for damages, utilities and catering, totalling \u00a32.4m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contractor argued that SSL\u2019s payment and pay-less notices are invalid because they do not set out the basis on which the sums have been calculated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSL asked the High Court to overturn the adjudication \u2013 which was ongoing when it submitted its legal claim \u2013 if it ruled against it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laing O\u2019Rourke said the adjudicator has now ruled in its favour and lodged court action on 2 January to enforce payment. It is not known on which day the judgment \u2013 which is not made public \u2013 was made or the amount SSL was ordered to pay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Laing O\u2019Rourke spokesperson said: \u201cThere was a contract dispute where an adjudication decision was made in Laing O\u2019Rourke\u2019s favour. That adjudication decision should be enforced.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSL did not respond to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CN<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owners of the world\u2019s second-largest movie set, Shepperton Studios Limited (SSL), and contractor Laing O\u2019Rourke have filed lawsuits against each other over a disputed invoice. SSL is the owner of Surrey-based, 139,354 square metre Shepperton Studios, which boasts Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix as major tenants. 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