TCC Round Three: Vinci Construction UK Limited v Beumer Group UK

The sub-contract between Vinci Construction UK Limited (Vinci) and Beumer Group UK Limited (Beumer) for Beumer to install a baggage handling system at Gatwick Airport has spawned multiple disputes, with seven adjudications and three Technology and Construction Court decisions to date.

In the latest TCC application, Vinci sought to enforce an adjudicator's decision that Vinci was entitled to recover £9.7m liquidated damages from Beumer for delay. Beumer refused to pay on the grounds that there had been three separate breaches of natural justice in the seventh set of adjudication proceedings. Beumer argued that:

1. The Adjudicator had made findings that were inconsistent with findings made in a previous adjudication between the parties;