Adjudication and the identity of contracting parties


In Dacy Building Services Ltd v IDM Properties LLP [2016] EWHC 3007 (TCC) Jefford J held that the claimant was not entitled to summary judgment in order to enforce the decision of an adjudicator because the defendant had established a realistic prospect of succeeding in its defence that no contract had been entered into between the parties. The issue before the court was as to the identity of the claimant’s contracting party and on this issue there was conflicting evidence before the court such that Jefford J concluded that it could not be resolved in summary proceedings. She therefore dismissed the application for summary judgment.