Oh come on, London Borough of Camden, this foul is a red card jobby. Your "over a barrel" terms of trading contain silly rules when it comes to adjudication. And yet, folk such as architect Sprunt Limited take the deal on these daft terms. Camden's service provider rules say that if there is a reference to adjudication, the council shall be the adjudicator nominating body! It's just as though in the Cup Final between Camden Academicals and Manchester City, Camden gets to choose its own ref. It gets worse. Camden's stuff also says that if the adjudicator orders Camden to pay up, then such payment "shall be suspended" until the 12th day of never, or by some other delay tactic. All this no doubt strikes you as a public body desperately trying to engender the spirit of mutual trust and co-operation. And in due course, there was a dispute between the architect and building consultant, Sprunt, and Camden.
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