ADJUDICATION
More than one dispute?
Witney Town Council v Beam Construction (Cheltenham)
Ltd [2011] BLR 709 TCC
The Council, as employer, sought to resist enforcement of the
adjudicator's decision on the ground that Beam, the contractor,
had referred four disputes to adjudication, the first relating to
the draft final account, the second to the final account, the third
being interest on retention and the fourth for payment on
retention, so that the adjudicator lacked jurisdiction on the
last. The court held that these were all aspects of the same
dispute, namely what was due and owing to the contractor and that
the adjudicator had therefore had jurisdiction.
Fastrack Contractors v Morrison
(Simon Hargreaves QC) was applied.
