ABSTRACT

Adjudication is a quick, convenient and relatively inexpensive way of resolving a dispute, whereby an impartial third party Adjudicator either named in the contract, selected by agreement between the parties or nominated by a third party, decides the issues in dispute between the parties. The Dispute Resolution Service Contract can be used with contracts other than NEC4, though dependent on the contract and the applicable law, some amendment may be necessary. The Dispute Resolver's decision is to remain confidential between the parties, and his decision the Dispute Resolver retains documents provided to him for the period of retention, which is stated in the Contract Data. The Dispute Resolver carries out the duties of a Dispute Avoidance Board member in accordance with the contract between the Parties and collaborates with other members of the Dispute Avoidance Board. There is provision for an advance payment to be made by the referring party to the Dispute Resolver if stated in the Contract Data.