BDW TRADING LTD v ARDMORE CONSTRUCTION LTD

[2024] EWHC 3235 (TCC), Technology and Construction Court, Joanna Smith J, 16 December 2024

Adjudication – Crystallisation of dispute – Whether adjudicator had jurisdiction to determine a claim arising under the Defective Premises Act 1972 – Natural justice

The claimant, BDW Trading Ltd, sought to enforce the decision of an adjudicator in which the adjudicator decided that the defendant, Ardmore Construction Ltd, must pay to the claimant the sum of £14.5 million together with his fees and expenses of £85,000.