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It would appear we can now rely on Lord Drummond-Young for punchy legal concepts. It was he who said, “in a well regulated legal universe, black holes should not exist”.
It is with great sorrow that we have to inform members that Carol Chapman, wife of Peter Chapman, our founder, died suddenly on 8th February. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Peter and his family.
Unfortunately, the Society can no longer continue on the basis of free membership and provide the diverse range of activities that our members both want and expect. It is currently costing around £15,000 a year to run the society, excluding the annual conference.

 Interview Corner

On the spot – John Riches

 

The Editor Posed the following questions to members b:
“What do you think was the most significant development in Adjudication during 2003?” [please not England winning the World Cup, anonymous Scotsman ]

“What is the most significant change you would like to see in 2004 ?”

We are pleased to send you the last Newsletter of 2003. We again have some int [and quarterly thereafter] and we should have a comprehensive case summary then, but cases are also on the website as well as articles etc. Grateful thanks to our many contributors during the years.
At last month’s Annual Meeting the management of the Adjudication Society was passed to an elected committee.
I am honoured to be taking over the Chairmanship of the Society and somewhat daunted by the act I have to follow. Peter Chapman created and largely funded the Society in its formative years and we now have over 950 members. We all wish Peter well in his Presidency of the Dispute Board Foundation.

Almost all of the cases concerning adjudication that you read about in these pages concern challenges to the adjudicator’s jurisdiction, which are raised as a defence to an application to the Court to enforce the adjudicator’s decision.

Ian Drummond of Burness & Co, Edinburgh comments in more detail on a recent Court of Session Decision on Adjudicators Reasons

CONSTRUCTION ADJUDICATION

THE GIVING OF REASONS BY ADJUDICATORS

We are pleased to send you the August 2003 Newsletter with full details of the Second Annual Conference and details of the proposed constitution etc. We again have some interesting thoughts on the adjudication process and also some very interesting case produced by Nick Gould. Have you looked at our website which is crammed with very useful articles and commentaries.

The Editor interviews the construction team of DLA in their superb new Edinburgh office, on a number of issues. Many thanks to Fenella Mason and her team in the Scottish practice of DLA's Construction and Engineering Group for their assistance.

The Editor interviews the construction team of DLA in their superb new Edinburgh office, on a number of issues. Many thanks to Fenella Mason and her team in the Scottish practice of DLA's Construction and Engineering Group for their assistance.

The Midlands region held a successful re-launch meeting on 25 June at the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The meeting was attended by about 50 people.

Statutory Adjudication – A Practical Guide by Derek Simmonds C Eng, BSc, FICE, FCIArb, FCMI, FConsE, published by Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 1-4051-1085-6, 266 pages including Appendices.

Apologies to all our readers for the long delay in issuing further Newsletters.

All rumours of the Editor going walkabout in Australia are unfounded – simply a long involvement in a dispute had meant my attention was fully occupied elsewhere for a number of months.

This month sees another bumper issue mainly due to the comprehensive Case Law Corner by Nick Gould. Many thanks to all of our contributors, and this includes an interesting debate on a proposition from John Sims. Readers are invited to comment on any aspect of the Newsletter.
Following the last Newsletter members were invited to submit propositions for consideration. JohnSims started the ball rolling : “Subject: A proposition for the newsletter

Following the last Newsletter members were invited to submit propositions for consideration. JohnSims started the ball rolling :

“Subject: A proposition for the newsletter