In our latest reports of the cases of most interest to construction Andrew Croft, Benjamin Spannuth and Daniela Miklova of Beale & Company Solicitors LLP examine a judgment demonstrating how the residential occupier exception under s106 of the Construction Act 1996 can be raised in adjudication proceedings as a jurisdictional challenge; and one providing another reminder that the courts will seek to enforce adjudication decisions wherever possible and that parties are not entitled to commence a true value adjudication until a previous award has been complied with.
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