What is a Cession of payment?
Financially strapped contractors often have to resort to funding contracts and the purchase of necessary materials by raising money or buying materials on the security of a cession of the right to receive payments from the Employer. A cession is a transfer of rights from one person/entity to another. The person/entity transferring the rights is known as the cedent (normally the lender) and the recipient (normally the borrower) as the cessionary. Many forms of transfers of rights may exist. The following is...