Adjudication, the giving of reasons and natural justice

In Coventry & Warwickshire Development Partnership LLP v Avison Young (UK) Ltd [2026] EWHC 2319 (TCC) Eyre J held that the claimant was entitled to summary judgment in order to enforce the decision of an adjudicator. He rejected the defendant's submissions that the adjudicator had failed to give adequate reasons for his decision, had acted in excess of his jurisdiction or had breached the principles of natural justice in a material respect. Although the conclusion reached by the adjudicator was not one for which either party had contended, he had given the parties sufficient opportunity to comment on his proposed method of dealing with the case such that there had been no breach of the principles of natural justice.