Adjudication and Expert Determination

Adjudication & Expert Determination

Three Birds Dispute Resolution advises and represents parties in connection with all forms of adjudication, including before contractual dispute boards (such as those under FIDIC construction contracts) and before statutory adjudicators for various industries and professional associations.

Adjudications are typically run on tight timetables, and adjudicators are often subject matter experts but from a non-legal background. Case strategy and presentation in adjudication therefore differs from that in arbitration or in court.

Neutral evaluation is a speedy and flexible mode of dispute resolution that has been gaining popularity in recent years. A neutral evaluation may be binding or non-binding, limited to a specific aspect of a dispute or a referral of the whole case, and can fit into any stage of an existing dispute cycle.

Three Birds Dispute Resolution also act as adjudicators and neutral evaluators within our areas of expertise.