| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to a financial dispute between Whiston Rural District Council and the Banner Brothers, builders and contractors, Roby.
The Banner Brothers were contracted to construct: 10 brick houses at the Stoney Lane Farm Estate, Rainhill; 14 'Airey' houses at Stoney Lane, Rainhill, Willow Avenue, Whiston and The Avenue, Eccleston; 18 'Airey' houses at Carr Lane, Hale and Trent Road, Rainhill; and 6 'Airey' houses at Willow Avenue, Whiston. The dispute relates to timber costs and the bundle includes arbitration papers.
Bundle includes: Award in the Matter of Arbitration between Whiston R.D.C. and the Banner Brothers, with details of decision by Leslie William MacBryde Alexander, Arbitrator (November 1955) and correspondence with Mr. Alexander (1955); Points of Claim and Points of Defence documents and draft copies (August - September 1955); correspondence with Donnison, Edwards & Cornish, solicitors, representing the Banner Brothers (1950 - 1955); summary of case and anticipated outcomes; handwritten notes on the Banner Brothers' claim with financial data (September 1955); notes and information on the water and sewer connections to the properties constructed by the Banner Bros.; summary of contract with the Banner Bros.; typescript notes on the Banner Brothers' claim for increased costs of timber; handwritten and typescript notes, tables and spreadsheets regarding the dispute; copy of the Final Accounts with the Banner Brothers, with extensive handwritten amendments and notes; 'Statutory Rules and Orders 1946, no. 149, Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers), Raw Materials (Timber)' (government circular, 1946); correspondence with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (1955); draft RIBA Appointment of an Arbitrator form (June 1955); correspondence with the Banner Brothers (1949 - 1955); correspondence with the Ministry of Health, Manchester, regarding the dispute (1950). |