Adjudication

Adjudication became mandatory in all construction contracts when the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act (‘the Construction Act’) came into force in May 1998. The definition of construction contracts is a wide one and encompasses all contracts, whether building, engineering or professional appointments, which relate to the creation of permanent structures on or in land in Great Britain or Northern Ireland. The exceptions are few: residential occupiers, supply-only contracts, mining drilling, power generation, water treatment and the process engineering industry.

The sheer breadth of adjudication has meant it has grown beyond disputes about simple payment, to encompass issues such as professional negligence, technical or quality disputes and detailed examination of issues of time, loss and expense all of which fall to be decided within the limited 28-day timescale laid down by the Construction Act.

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