Adjudication

Adjudication is a specialist form of dispute resolution largely confined to construction and engineering disputes. It is a quick, straightforward and relatively informal way of resolving disputes that is binding on the parties until the decision is challenged in Court or in an Arbitration.

Adjudication is provided for in construction contracts, either expressly or by implying the provisions of the Scheme for Construction Contracts. It often proceeds on a very tight timetable (decisions are usually required within 28 days of the initial referral).

This is an increasingly popular method of dispute resolution, but the tight timeframe requires parties to be organised and to have lawyers who understand the precise requirements of the procedure and can work to that timeframe.

Adjudicators 

Paul Reed is an accredited adjudicator and his previous experience, both as Counsel and as an engineer, make him well suited to technical disputes.

Qualified Adjudicator 

Paul Reed

Advocates in Adjudication

Hardwicke’s Construction & Engineering Barristers are experienced in and understand the pressures of adjudication.

We offer a high-quality service in all forms of adjudication, whether under the Scheme or under the usual standard form contracts.

We are able to put together teams of barristers at all levels at short notice to deal with adjudication matters and our barristers are also experienced in the enforcement of awards and challenges to adjudicators’ jurisdiction.

Hardwicke’s commitment to and experience in broader ADR also means that we can offer practitioners who are familiar with and comfortable in  some of the newer developing forms of ADR such as AdjMed, which combines adjudication and mediation in an attempt to reach a binding settlement.

For further information please contact the Practice Management Team.