Adjudication reports

I'm not sure if we've shared this before but those parties contemplating adjudication as a means of formal dispute resolution might like to quickly have a look at this service provided by the Glasgow Caledonian University.

http://www.gcu.ac.uk/ebe/businessservices/adjudicationreports/

The Adjudication Reporting Centre reports on the progress of adjudication in the UK. These reports examine trends in the number of adjudication nominations and on various aspects of the adjudication process.  For use by the construction and property industries, these reports contain data supplied by the Adjudicator Nominating Bodies (ANBs) and by adjudicators directly.

Whilst there is no particular reference to NEC, inevitably some of the adjudication references will be on NEC Contracts so it's good to have some sort of idea of the number of referrals, the trend of successful parties, primary subjects of the disputes, time limit compliance, and so on. Quite interesting!

Local Democracy ... Act

We are often asked on the NEC helpline, 'will there be changes to W2/Y(UK)2 as a result of the new Act?'

The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 contains a substantial number of provisions in the broad areas of local democracy and involvement, local authority governance and audit, boundary and electoral change, local and regional economic development and construction contracts. It received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009. Part 8 of the Act amends the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 to improve payment practices and dispute resolution in the construction industry. The new Act is enacted but not in force, which commentators consider is now likely to happen mid-2011 or in October that year.

The NEC Panel have been monitoring progress and have produced most of the necessary changes to NEC3 contracts which will be issued when this finally comes into force as they will not be needed until then.

Rob