27 July 2012
Squibb Group Ltd v Vertase FLI Ltd [2012] EWHC 1958 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 151 (Jul)
In general, an unsuccessful party to an adjudication could not seek to avoid the result of that adjudication by relying on the right to set off any other claim. Where there were subsequent cross-claims, the right course was for the losing party to comply with the adjudicator’s decision and not withhold payment on the ground of his anticipated recovery in a further claim. Authority indicated that there were possible exceptions to the general approach.
