The adjudication juggernaut rolls on: BDW Trading v Ardmore Construction

Adjudication was originally intended as a fast-track, rough and ready process to ensure cashflow through the contractual chain. It has metamorphosed into an elastic procedure which can and will deal with retrospective, multi-million-pound technical disputes, stretching back 30 years, and arising elsewhere than under the particular contract, where evidence might be lacking and witness evidence unavailable.