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Resignation definition What does Resignation mean? The act by which an employee ends employment by communicating (orally or in writing) notice of resignation to the employer, or by resigning with immediate effect. It is a descriptive term rather than a defined statutory concept, but employment legislation and case law across the UK and Ireland regulate notice and consequences. Also used for office-holders, subject to the governing instrument. A resignation must be clear and unequivocal. It usually takes effect on expiry of the contractual or statutory notice period (the effective date of termination in the UK). An employee may seek to withdraw a resignation before it takes effect,...
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Adjudicator resignation in construction adjudication: when it is permitted or required, key grounds (jurisdiction, conflict, timescale), and the resignation procedure under the Scheme for Construction Contracts (HGCRA 1996)
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This Practice Note sets out the circumstances in which an Adjudicator may step down, whether by choice or because they must, and summarises the applicable Resignation procedure. For guidance on which party bears the adjudicator’s Fees after a resignation, see Practice Note: An adjudicator’s fees and expenses. On the ability of a Referring party to terminate an adjudication, see Practice Note: Abandoning the adjudication.
Voluntary resignation
Whether an adjudicator can resign of their own accord is dictated by the rules that govern the adjudication; in practice, if an adjudicator is unwilling to continue, there is little the parties can do (or may wish to do) to compel them to carry on. Typical grounds include illness or unforeseen personal matters, but most rules that allow voluntary resignation do not expressly oblige the adjudicator to provide reasons.
Under the Scheme for Construction Contracts, an adjudicator may resign ‘at any time’ by giving written notice to the parties (Part I, para 9(1)). The scope of the right to resign ‘at any time’ was examined in Baldwin v Pickstock, where the court concluded that an adjudicator’s power to resign is constrained...
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