Serial adjudication refers to the practice whereby two or more disputes, potentially involving related issues, are referred successively to adjudication by the same parties under the same contract. Serial adjudications are not uncommon in the construction industry, where disputes can comprise numerous component parts (for example, a final account dispute that can be carved up into discrete elements).
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