167 Challenges on grounds of natural justiceDespite many early misgivings by the courts, it is now clear that the rules of natural justice apply to adjudication proceedings as they do to other judicial or quasi-judicial processes. In Macob Civil Engineering Ltd v Morrison Construction Ltd1, Dyson J warned that the speed of adjudications made it inevitable that natural justice might sometimes be compromised and indicated that this should not necessarily lead to an invalidation of the decision itself. The law in relation to breaches of natural justice in adjudication cases has been summarised as follows2:167.1 It must first
Despite many early misgivings by the courts, it is now clear that the rules of natural justice apply to adjudication proceedings as they do to other judicial or quasi-judicial processes. In Macob Civil Engineering Ltd v Morrison Construction Ltd1, Dyson J warned that the speed of adjudications made it inevitable that natural justice might sometimes be compromised and indicated that this should not necessarily lead to an invalidation of the decision itself. The law in relation to breaches of natural justice in adjudication cases has been summarised as follows2:
It must first
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