Easy does it: low-cost dispute resolution

By Stephanie Canham2020-05-27T06:00:00

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Several new services now available for resolving straightforward disputes revive adjudication’s original aims: reducing costs and simplifying procedure

The 1996 Construction Act is nearly a quarter of a century old. A generation of participants in the UK construction industry are unable to remember a time without a statutory right to refer contract disputes to adjudication. But has adjudication delivered what the 1994 Latham report intended: a quicker and cheaper resolution procedure for construction disputes?

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