Slip rule allowed adjudicator to add interest and reverse liability for his fees (Axis M&E v Multiplex Construction)

Table of contents

• What are the practical implications of this case?
• What was the background?
• What did the court decide?
• Case details

Article summary

Construction analysis: A claimant successfully enforced an adjudication decision which had been corrected under the slip rule. The adjudicator had used the rule to amend some of his calculations, which resulted in a positive balance being due to the claimant (rather than a negative amount, as in the original decision). The Technology and Construction Court also held that the adjudicator was entitled to make consequential changes, such as adding an award of interest and reversing liability for payment of his fees and expenses.