Ruling may spell end of adjudication process
Ruling may spell end of adjudication process
- 2000
- Contract Journal 28 June 2000, 3(1) .
In a case brought by subcontractors seeking recovery of monies they claimed they were due, the court upheld a contract clause, dictating that the party referring a dispute to adjudication would have to pay both sides' costs irrespective of its eventual findings. The subcontract incorporated the model CIC adjudication procedures but with amended terms as to costs.
CONTRACT CLAIMS
CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES
ADJUDICATION PROCEDURE
COSTS
In a case brought by subcontractors seeking recovery of monies they claimed they were due, the court upheld a contract clause, dictating that the party referring a dispute to adjudication would have to pay both sides' costs irrespective of its eventual findings. The subcontract incorporated the model CIC adjudication procedures but with amended terms as to costs.
CONTRACT CLAIMS
CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES
ADJUDICATION PROCEDURE
COSTS