There is no one answer to many of the questions which I am asked in my professional life. The question which Len has asked me – should adjudicators give reasons for their decisions – is no exception.
The provision of reasons by an adjudicator has a number of disadvantages:
Chris Richards kindly responded to my request to pose some real live questions to adjudicators. Do you have any comments ? – should the adjudicator have done something different ?
We are looking for further contributions of this nature.
Chris Dancaster FRICS DipICArb FCIArb tackles the complex area of Adjudicators Decision Writing :
LB What is the most important thing in your view about the Decision?
In this our final newsletter of 2001. We again have some excellent contributions from colleagues round the UK and we run our first effort at addressing practical issues. We have excellent articles from Chris Dancaster and John Rushton on Adjudicators Decisions.