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Referring party definition

What does Referring party mean? The party that starts an adjudication by serving a notice of adjudication—effectively, the claimant. In construction adjudication, the referring party frames the dispute to be decided, applies to or selects an adjudicator or adjudicator nominating body if none is agreed, and must serve the referral (referral notice) with supporting evidence within the prescribed timetable. The other side is the responding party. Across England & Wales and Scotland under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended) and the applicable Scheme for Construction Contracts, and in Northern Ireland under the Construction Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and its Scheme, “referring...

Ending adjudications early: entitlement, costs, subsequent referrals, injunctions and revocation (England and Wales)

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Practice notes

Prepared in association with 4 Pump Court. This Practice Note confirms that a Referring party may halt an adjudication already underway, provided the Adjudicator has not yet issued their decision. It examines the cost implications of doing so, and considers whether a party that has brought an adjudication to an end can later begin a second one concerning the same dispute. For guidance where an adjudicator resigns (for example, because they consider they lack jurisdiction), see Practice Note: Resignation by the adjudicator...

Entitlement to abandon an adjudication

In litigation, a claimant who has started a claim needs either the other party’s agreement or a court order to withdraw or abandon it. This is because withdrawal or Abandonment (commonly called discontinuance) will generally be accompanied by an order requiring the claimant to pay the defendant’s costs of the proceedings. In adjudication, however, the position differs because there is no general right to recover costs (see below and Practice Note: Entitlement to legal costs of an adjudication), nor any other statutory basis for costs where an adjudication is abandoned...

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