工程款英系法律保护模式及其对我国建筑业的借鉴

Construction Payment Protection under English Law and its Reference to China's Mainland

工程款拖欠是影响我国建筑业健康发展的一大重要问题。在国家行政资源的干预下,显性拖欠逐步让位于隐性拖欠。从制度上完善防止工程款拖欠的长效机制,是更好地保护建筑业承包商合法权益的重要保障。分析工程款英系法律保护模式,从历史发展和立法手段的角度解释当前英系法律体系下建筑业付款保障法案的缘由和功效,并指出禁止条件支付条款和裁决机制的设立值得我国建筑业借鉴。

Payment Arrears is one of obstacles to the healthy development of China's Mainland construction industry. In recent years, with intervention from administrative power, agreed arrears decrease while unagreed arrears increase. Institutional arrangements, such as the long-term mechanism preventing arrears, should be constructed to protect contractors. The paper analyses the methods for construction payment protection under English Law, both traditional and current, explains the need for the recent breakthrough of construction/building payment security Acts, and suggests that China's Mainland may refer to some English jurisdictions＂ legislative experience, especially the adjudication mechanism and outlaw of conditional payment clause.