It is a well-established principle that you cannot bring an adjudication against a party where “the same or substantially the same” dispute has already been adjudicated on. The reason for this lies in paragraph 9(2) of the Scheme for Construction Contracts 1998, under which the adjudicator lacks jurisdiction to decide on the same issue and […] The post Can a payment application never be adjudicated on twice? appeared first on Talking Construction ..read more

Whether or not liquidated damages (LDs) continue to run from the time of the breach of the relevant contract until such time as the contract is terminated, has been hotly debated in the construction industry.  A new Court of Appeal decision, Triple Point Technology v PTT [2019] EWCA Civ 230, has added clarity on this […] The post Liquidated damages and termination – clarity from the Court of Appeal appeared first on Talking Construction ..read more