Adjudication Matters: November 2023

Welcome to the November 2023 edition of Adjudication Matters, where we discuss the key developments in adjudication and adjudication enforcement.

This month we discuss 3 recent cases which relate to the following topics:

1. Where one party is impecunious:
   1. Will the court issue a stay of execution of an adjudication decision based on the Defendant's inability to pay?;
      
      and where the same party is the Claimant in a cross claim;
   2. Will the court stay a claim from such a Claimant? and
   3. Will the court order security of costs from the impoverished Claimant
2. What will be regarded as "construction operations" under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (the Act).