Curiouser and curiouser: how the role of the adjudicator is becoming more complex

By Tony Bingham2019-08-08T05:00:00

Adjudicators are asked to resolve increasingly complex issues, so the RICS’ new rolling training programme is most welcome

In a recent case, Northern Ireland Housing Executive vs Dixons Contractors Ltd, the adjudicator complied precisely when answering the question put to him and gave exactly the correct answer – but that question turned out to be bigger than it seemed. Are you flummoxed by that? I will explain shortly. But first let me say: we need adjudicator training to cope with this kind of thing. And so a round of applause for the RICS Dispute Resolution Service, which has a new “competencies programme” for its panel of adjudicators; a hands-on programme of train and test. And I would say that what went wrong in that Northern Ireland Housing Executive adjudication is an ideal topic for the new RICS training curriculum, to prevent such mistakes.

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