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Building contract – Adjudication. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed an appeal against refusal of an application to set aside summary judgment in respect of the respondent's claim to enforce an adjudicator's award. On the facts, the adjudicator had had jurisdiction to hear the dispute, as he had been addressing different issues to those that had been raised at a previous adjudication.
Building contract – Adjudication. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed an appeal against refusal of an application to set aside summary judgment in respect of the respondent's claim to enforce an adjudicator's award. On the facts, the adjudicator had had jurisdiction to hear the dispute, as he had been addressing different issues to those that had been raised at a previous adjudication.
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