Makers UK Ltd v Camden London Borough Council [2008] BLR 470 TCC Already reported in CILL, Camden sought to challenge the adjudicator's decision on the ground that he had been improperly appointed by RIBA.

Construction, Property & Real Estate news round-up.

See "Balfour Beatty Construction Northern v Modus Corovest" under Keating Chambers Reported Cases on enforcement of adjudication and attempts to set-off a cross-claim.

A dispute over professional fees which the claimant surveyors referred to adjudication, the respondent client submitted that there was no adjudication agreement and that the adjudicator had no jurisdiction.

Melville Dundas Ltd v George Wimpey UK Ltd [2007] 1 WLR 1136 HL - The first decision by the House of Lords on the payment provisions of the HGCR Act. By a majority of 3-2, the appeal of the appellant employer succeeded, the contractor had previously been successful; n the Court of Session. The contractor had gone into receivership, entitling the employer to terminate the (JCT 1998) contract, but the contractor claimed interim payments due in the absence of a withholding notice.

A round up of recent case law updates.

A round-up of recent Construction industry updates.

A round-up of recent Construction industry updates.

Camden sought to challenge the adjudicator’s jurisdiction on the ground that he had been improperly appointed by RIBA. Makers had contacted RIBA to request the appointment of the adjudicator actually appointed.

Round-up of recent cases.

Halliwells, the client, as respondent in an adjudication, invited the RICS-nominated adjudicator to withdraw for lack of jurisdiction and denied liability for his fees and expenses.

The authors provide their 8th Annual review of the existing body of HGCR Act Case Law. It contains an alphabetical list of nearly 320 cases (if one includes appeals and a few relevant non-Act cases).