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Adjudicator's award given more clout

By: Series: Construction News ; (6802) 6 February 2003, 12(1)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: Discusses how the relationship between an adjudicator's decision and other clauses in the contract has been clarified by the judgment in "Ferson Contractors v Levolux" (CA Abs66318). The CA ruled that the obligation to pay a sum awarded by an adjudicator takes precedence, even where other terms within the contract supersede that payment. View judgment at www.courtservice.gov.uk.

Discusses how the relationship between an adjudicator's decision and other clauses in the contract has been clarified by the judgment in "Ferson Contractors v Levolux" (CA Abs66318). The CA ruled that the obligation to pay a sum awarded by an adjudicator takes precedence, even where other terms within the contract supersede that payment. View judgment at www.courtservice.gov.uk.