You suspect that Lasrena has submit

You suspect that Lasrena has submitted a claim to the client/developer contending that it is responsible for the whole of the three months delay to project completion.

If that’s right, you would say that they should not be claiming against you for any of the £200,000 potential ‘client damages’ in its counterclaim. Nonetheless, you suspect that they will try to keep the threat of the same on the negotiating table and you do have some concern that your ‘one weeks responsibility for delay to your work may have contributed a few days delay to the project generally.

You realise that Lasrena will never agree to your aspiration of £87,000. To get the deal you need, and you do need it for cash flow purposes, you will probably have to accept a lower figure but you intend testing the water as much as you reasonably can – ‘every penny counts’.