Irish High Court Refuses Leave To Enforce An Adjudicator's Decision

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP recently acted for Tenderbids Limited ("Tenderbids") in their application to the High Court to enforce the decision of an Adjudicator made under the Construction Contracts Act 2013 (the "CCA 2013").¹ On 13 March 2025, the High Court promulgated its judgment wherein it refused the application on the basis of non-compliance with the parties' contractual obligation to deliver a notice of intention to refer a Payment Dispute an Adjudication (the "Notice of Intention") by the correct means. This judgement represents, to our knowledge, the first instance that the High Court has refused to enforce an Adjudicator's decision since the commencement of the statutory adjudication regime on 25 July 2016.