Northern Regional Health Authority v Derek Crouch Construction Co Ltd

Subject Matter

BUILDING — Contract — Arbitration — Subcontract for installation of boiler house — Subcontractors' right to use main contractors' name in arbitration — Delays under main and subcontracts — Main contractors' High Court claim against employers — Arbitration references over boiler house by main and sub-contractors — Whether arbitrations to be stayed — Whether official referee having powers of arbitrator — Arbitration Act 1950, s 11

[1984] QB 644; [1984] 2 WLR 676

PRACTICE — Official referee — Jurisdiction — Building contract — Arbitrator's powers to revise architect's certificates — Main contractors' claim before official referee — Whether official referee having powers of arbitrator — Arbitration Act 1950, s 11

[1984] QB 644; [1984] 2 WLR 676