Dispute resolution Winward Fearon

26 September 2002 Adjudication workshop

The Chartered Institute regularly holds events in London (now at our own centre at 12 Bloomsbury Square). Recently, there was an event addressing dispute resolution in general, organised by Winward Fearon lasting from 2pm to 6pm on 26 September and a full day on 26 October comprising an adjudication workshop in the morning and a mock enforcement of adjudication in the afternoon.

The Winward Fearon meeting was intensive, including a comprehensive examination of mediation, adjudication, arbitration and litigation, and at £45 gave good value.

The adjudication workshop on 26 October comprised an update on recently decided cases and group discussion on 11 adjudication problems (which had been sent to delegates beforehand and required a simple yes or no answer). Of the 26 delegates, there was a clear majority in all but one of the 11 cases. The outstanding problem involved the Referring Party introducing test reports with its Referral, which had not been produced earlier and whether the adjudicator should admit the report. The question concerns the most recent Nuttall -v- Carter case, which is mentioned in the Legal Comment herein. At £155 for the full day, including lunch, I thought it was reasonably good value and certainly much cheaper than commercial courses of the same duration.

Peter Horne