In the good old days one party or another could say "I'll see you in court" or "the writ's in the post". Things have changed. There are now a variety of methods of resolving construction disputes. Those include mediation, adjudication, expert determination, arbitration and litigation. So if you are thinking of resolving your dispute, which one might you choose and why?First, how do you get the right to use any of them? The right to adjudicate comes from a construction contract to which the Construction Act applies. Therefore that right is given by law. Similarly the right to go to the courts is a legal right unless you have agreed to do something else, that is, agreeing to resolve your differences by mediation, expert determination or arbitration.
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