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Use of party’s trading name in Notice of Adjudication did not preclude enforcement (MG Scaffolding v Palmloch)

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Published on: 12 July 2019
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Construction analysis: The Technology and Construction Court enforced an adjudication decision, notwithstanding that the Notice of Adjudication had referred to the responding party by a trading name used by multiple companies at the same address, and that the claimant had (incorrectly) maintained during the adjudication that the defendant was not the contracting party.

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