TCC Case Law 2026
Adjudication Enforcement
8 judgments of the Technology and Construction Court in this category. Each case page carries the summary, the legal article and the knowledge check.
- 01United Utilities Water Limited v Northstone (NI) Limited (trading as Farrans Construction)[2026] EWHC 1057 (TCC)United Utilities enforced an adjudication award of about 3.27 million pounds arising from a late payment reduction notice on an NEC3 project. The contractor resisted with a Part 8 claim alleging the adjudicator erred in law on the payment provisions. HHJ Kelly held the interpretation issues turned on the factual background and were not suitable for Part 8, and granted summary judgment enforcing the award.
- 02Crest Nicholson Regeneration Limited & Ors v Ardmore Construction Limited (in Administration) &[2026] EWHC 1069 (TCC)Following building liability orders made under the Building Safety Act 2022, the associated companies of an insolvent contractor asked for a stay of execution and extra time to pay. Mr Justice Constable refused, holding they must pay the adjudicated sum within 14 days, and awarded interest and costs to Crest.
- 03Premier Modular Limited v Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust[2026] EWHC 1404 (TCC)An adjudicator awarded a modular building contractor about 1.66 million pounds, but reached the central finding on a basis neither party had argued. Adrian Williamson KC held this was a breach of natural justice and dismissed the enforcement application.
- 04Clerkenwell Lifestyle (UK) Limited v HG Construction Limited[2026] EWHC 1406 (TCC)An employer resisted enforcement of an extension-of-time adjudication decision, arguing both breach of natural justice and a binding settlement reached by email. Mrs Justice Jefford rejected both and granted summary judgment enforcing the decision, ordering HG to pay 955,943.43 pounds.
- 05High Tech Construction Limited v WLP Trading and Marketing Limited[2026] EWHC 152 (TCC)A contractor sought to enforce an adjudication decision on a residential development, but the paying party said the contract under which the adjudicator was appointed never existed. Mr Justice Constable held that the existence of the contract was a jurisdictional question the adjudicator could not bind the parties on, and refused enforcement.
- 06Darchem Engineering Limited v Bouygues Travaux Publics & Anor[2026] EWHC 220 (TCC)One member of an unincorporated joint venture subcontractor tried to enforce a 23.9 million pound adjudication decision it had pursued alone. Mr Justice Constable held that a single joint venture constituent was not a Party to the subcontract and could not commence adjudication in its own right, so the enforcement application failed.
- 07Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited v Shepperton Studios Limited[2026] EWHC 612 (TCC)The dispute was whether an employer's pay less notice was valid where the contractor's own payment application had stated the wrong balance. Mr Simon Lofthouse KC held the pay less notice was not defective and upheld the adjudicator's decision, enforcing about 3.2 million pounds in the contractor's favour.
- 08Paragon Group Limited v FK Facades Limited[2026] EWHC 78 (TCC)Paragon, as assignee of the employer's rights under an amended JCT Minor Works contract, obtained an adjudication award against FK Facades. FK argued that an assignee is not a Party and cannot adjudicate. HHJ Stephen Davies held, with no direct authority on the point, that a statutory assignee takes the right to adjudicate with the assigned benefit. Summary judgment enforcing the award of 80,500 pounds plus the adjudicator's fees.
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