Construction Case Law Update: Part 1 of 2021

February 10, 2021, By Slater Heelis

The Enforcement of Adjudicators’ Awards under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996: Part 1 of 2021
Kenneth T. Salmon

This article forms Part 1 of 2021 of the series of articles continuing the reporting and review of cases on the enforcement of adjudicators’ awards begun in the Journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Missed the other case updates in this series? Here are quick links to each of them: Part 2 of 2021 / Part 3 of 2021 / Part 4 of 2021 / Part 5 of 2021

Construction Adjudication Part 1 of 2021

 

This document is available to be read on full screen or alternatively can be downloaded or printed using the icons at the bottom of the publication. To go directly to each of the cases click the case names linked below.

 

D McLaughlin & Sons Ltd v East Ayrshire Council [2020] CSOH 109 Lord Clark   Counterclaim – final determination of issue on enforcement

Hochtief Solutions A G and others v Maspero Elevatori S.p.A [2020] CSOH 102 Lord Clark   Jurisdiction – excess of and failure to exhaust – reservation of position

Aqua Leisure International Ltd v Benchmark Leisure Ltd [2020] EWHC 3511 (TCC) HHJ Bird   Jurisdiction to award interest – waiver – severance

Barhale Ltd v SP Transmissions plc [2021] CSOH Lord Tyre   Jurisdiction – failure to exhaust – no distinction between deliberate and inadvertent failure

Global Switch Estates Ltd v Sudlows Ltd [2020] EWHC 3314 (TCC) O’Farrell J   Natural Justice – wrongful exclusion of defences