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Ruling may spell end of adjudication process

Series: Contract Journal ; 28 June 2000, 3(1)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: 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.

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.