The Business Law Reports
[2013] Bus LR 1199
Queen’s Bench Division
Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd
v
Higgins Construction plc
[2013] EWHC 1322 (TCC)
2013 April 19;
May 23
Akenhead J
Adjudication— Adjudicator’s decision— Finality— Reference of dispute under construction contract— Whether precluding litigation of same dispute— Whether adjudicator’s decision giving rise to separate cause of action with new limitation period— Whether term to be implied to that effect—
Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/649), Sch, para 23(2)
Contract— Construction— Implied term— Adjudicator in construction contract dispute awarding damages in defendant’s favour— Claimant making payment in accordance with award— Claimant applying to court for declaration of non-liability and repayment of sum paid— Whether implied term in contract providing claimant with freestanding cause of action— Whether time running from date of payment made in accordance with adjudicator’s award—
Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/649), Sch, para 23(2)