Adjudication Society News

7 September, 2011
Tribute to Brian Totterdill

It is with regret that we report the recent death of Brian Totterdill.

25 May, 2011
Adjudicator Guidance: Jurisdiction

The Adjudication Society and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators have been working together in order to produce a series of adjudication guidance notes.

9 November, 2010
CIArb Courses available

A full course finder for the many courses offered by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators may be found at http://www.ciarb.org/education-and-training/course-finder/.

27 October, 2010
Executive Committee Elections 2010

As there were no contests for any of the Hon Officer posts and only 5 nominations for general members of the Exective Committee (the Constitution provides for a maximum of 8 General members) the Returning Officers have certified that an election is not necessary. These results are subject to ratification at the AGM.

20 August, 2010
Adjudication Society Response to Construction Contracts consultation

Two documents are available: the Adjudication Society's response to the consultation on the amendments to the Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) regulations submitted on 18 June 2010.

10 August, 2010
2009 Conference Pack now available - earlier Conference Packs now downloadable for free

A scanned copy of all papers and other documents from the 2009 Annual Conference is now available for purchase from our online shop at a cost of £20.

Conference Packs from the 2004-2008 Annual Conferences are now available for free download by members from our papers page.

8 June, 2010
Ninth Annual Conference to be held on November 11th

The Adjudication Society proudly announces its Ninth Annual Conference, Your Money or your life!, to be held at the Radisson BLU Portman Hotel, London on Thursday 11th November 2010.  Full details may be found in this flyer and

25 March, 2010
Launch of the Consultation on Amendments to the Scheme for Construction Contracts

You may wish to be aware of the launch of the consultation concerning amendments to the Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998.

6 January, 2010
“Nomination – a dark art?” – Report from the London and South East Region Event on 2nd December 2009

One of the common moans I hear from party representatives is on the subject of nominating bodies. These gripes include “we don’t know who is on their panel”, “we don’t know how they select adjudicators”, “we never get the adjudicator we ask for”, and so on. The committee of the London and South East Region there

24 November, 2009
November newsletter published

The latest newsletter is now available from our newsletters page. It is only available to members of the Society.

9 November, 2009
Phillip Capper accepts post as Honorary President

I am very pleased to confirm the appointment of Professor Phillip Capper as the Adjudication Society’s Honorary President. He has just accepted the appointment, which will last a period of three years.

6 November, 2009
Membership survey – a summary

Following debate as to the direction of our Society at the 2008 AGM, a wide-ranging on line survey was issued to all members to obtain feedback. Thank you to all those members who took valuable time from busy schedules to complete the survey.

29 October, 2009
Mauritius Conference, November 25-26

International Conference on Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, November 25-26. Full details in this flyer.

15 July, 2009
The use of mediation in construction disputes

A Summary Report of the Final Results of a research project conducted by The Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King’s College London and The Technology and Construction Court, is now available for download.

9 June, 2009
RICS training and diploma

RICS Dispute Resolution Services are working in collaboration with BPP Professional Department tutors to deliver a high quality training course. Full details in this flyer.