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11 December 2015
Issue: 7680 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Building contract

Harding trading as MJ Harding Contractors v Paice and another [2015] EWCA Civ 1231, [2015] All ER (D) 11 (Dec)

The Court of Appeal dismissed the claimant building contractor’s appeal against the dismissal of its claim for injunctive and declaratory relief to restrain the defendant employers from proceeding with an adjudication to determine the sum properly due to the claimant, following termination of the contract. The judge had not erred in his construction of para 9(2) of Pt 1 of the Scheme for Construction Contracts. The defendants were entitled to proceed to adjudication in order to determine the correct value of the claims and counterclaims.

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