Case Review: HARDING (T/A MJ HARDING CONTRACTORS) v. PAICE [2015] EWCA Civ 1231
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3PB’s Katie Lee looks at a recent judgment in the Court of Appeal dealing with adjudication. The case concerned an appeal by Harding, a building contractor, against a judgment of the TCC refusing to grant either an injunction or a declaration to prevent an adjudication from going forward. The central issue was whether an earlier adjudication on related matters shut out a new adjudication.
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