McCONNELL DOWELL CONSTRUCTORS (AUST) PTY LTD v NATIONAL GRID GAS PLC

[2007] BLR 92

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT

Before Mr Justice Jackson

Adjudication - Jurisdiction - Adjudication provision in main agreement - Supplemental agreement - Whether adjudicator had jurisdiction to determine matters alleged to have been compromised by settlement agreement. Adjudication - Stay of execution - Provision of bond. Arbitration - Relevance of jurisdiction clause. Arbitration - Stay - Section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996.