Why do contractors state occasionally that employers are not permitted to deduct penalties?

JCT_Experts 5 February 2013 15:50 2

This is due to the terms ‘liquidated damages’ and ‘penalty’ being mixed up, and treated as having the same definition. In reality, they are completely different.

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