Adjudication Feature

What is an Adjudication?
"Adjudication"
A statutory dispute resolution method.  The Construction Act (Part
II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996)
allows any party to a building contract, subcontract or
appointment to refer a dispute to an adjudicator, who must then be
appointed within seven days and must reach his decision within a
further 28 days.  The adjudicator's decision is binding unless and
until the dispute is resolved by a judge or arbitrator.
That definition was taken from LawBuild, a firm which specialises
in Construvtion Law.

They issue newsletters which are quiter interesting, including a
glossary of terms used in construction law:
http://www.lawbuild.co.uk/NewsDec2001.htm
The altest newsletter contains an interesting article about the
use fixed fees instead of hourly rates.
http://www.lawbuild.co.uk/NewsMar2006.htm
                            
Another interesting newsletter about Adjudications is from
MacFarlanes:
http://www.macfarlanes.com/pdf/CP_Aug06.pdf
and this makes it clear that adjudications are not without their
problems (like Arbitrations).