Synopses & Reviews
Sir Peter Coulson's book on Construction Adjudication was the first to deal comprehensively with the law and practice of adjudication in construction and engineering disputes and is now firmly established as the leading authority in the field.
Painstakingly revised, the new edition considers in detail over 50 new adjudications, including the first ever to be featured in the mainstream law reports (Westfields Construction Lt v Lewis [2013] 1 WLR 3377). It also includes full consideration of the impact of the coming into force of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.
Known for being 'learned and lucid' this work is the definitive text for both legal practitioners and construction professional looking for a clear analysis of the law and practice of adjudication.
About the Author
Peter Coulson QC,
A Justice of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, Bencher of Gray's InnMr Justice Coulson was a member of Keating Chambers, one of the two specialist construction sets, from 1984, and took Silk in 2001. He is a Bencher of Gray's Inn. He was appointed as a Senior Circuit Judge in the TCC in 2004 and became a High Court Judge in 2007. He is also the author of The Technology and Construction Court (Sweet and Maxwell), as well as of the chapter on architects, engineers and quantity surveyors in Professional Negligence and Liability (LLP). He is currently Presiding Judge of the North Eastern Circuit.
Table of Contents
PART I: STATUTORY ADJUDICATION 1. The Latham Report and its aftermath
2. Part II of the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
3. The Statutory Scheme
4. The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
PART II: OTHER FORMS OF ADJUDICATION
5. Contractual Adjudication
6. Ad hoc adjudication
PART III: THE ADJUDICATOR'S JURISDICTION
7. General Principles
8. Errors of fact and law
9. Abatement and set off
10. Costs and fees
PART IV: FAIRNESS AND NATURAL JUSTICE
11. General Principles
12. Fairness
PART V: ENFORCEMENT
13. The status and effect of an adjudicator s decision
14. Principles of Enforcement
15. Adjudication business in the TCC
16. Stay of execution
PART V: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ADJUDICATION
17. Commencing an adjudication
18. The adjudication itself
19. The adjudicator s decision
20. The decision
Appendices
A. Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
B Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 648
C. Statutory Instrument 1998 No 649
D. Draft Directions in Adjudication Enforcement Proceedings
E. Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009