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Enforcing An Adjudicator's Decision

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Adjudication is a statutory dispute resolution procedure for the construction industry, introduced by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as...

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Brandon Silver
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Adjudication is a statutory dispute resolution procedure for the construction industry, introduced by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (“the Act”).

Question: Failure to comply with adjudication

Suppose that a referring party is successful in adjudication proceedings and the adjudicator has given a declaration that the responding party shall pay the referring party within seven days of his/her decision a sum of money, what can/should the referring party do if the responding party fails to comply with the decision and does not make payment to the referring party of the sum of money?

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