Tell Me Why

摘要

I bet all you commercial folk reading this story of a failed adjudication will think the lawyers are living on another planet. What happened was that the adjudicator's award didn't make it clear that he had dealt with a key point in the counterclaim. Well, in that case, said the court, it's all void. The lawyers shouted, whistled and stamped in agreement. And the commercial lads shouted: "Why didn't you ask him?"rnThe job was at Fiddlers Ferry Power Station near Warrington. AE&E Lentjes UK was the main contractor for three flue gas desulphurisation plants. The mechanical erection works were subcontracted to Thermal Energy Construction. Thermal complained that Lentjes had not properly valued and certified work that related to four specific lots of money. The notice of adjudication restricted the adjudicator to deciding only those claims, and said he had to give reasons for his decisions.