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Building – Adjudication. The claimant applied for summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator's decision that the defendant pay it a sum. The Technology and Construction Court, in allowing the claim, held that the adjudicator had been validly appointed. Further, if the adjudicator had considered sums arising under different contracts, it was irrelevant, as the sums had been included in the adjudication notice. He had answered the question that had been referred to him and his decision, right or wrong, could not be impugned on an application for enforcement.
Building – Adjudication. The claimant applied for summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator's decision that the defendant pay it a sum. The Technology and Construction Court, in allowing the claim, held that the adjudicator had been validly appointed. Further, if the adjudicator had considered sums arising under different contracts, it was irrelevant, as the sums had been included in the adjudication notice. He had answered the question that had been referred to him and his decision, right or wrong, could not be impugned on an application for enforcement.
Chair of the Bar reports back
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs
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