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AMD Environmental Ltd v Cumberland Construction Co Ltd [2016] EWHC 285 (TCC)

AMD, an M&E works subcontractor, was engaged by Cumberland for works at Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, London. AMD sought payment of a final account. Cumberland disagreed with the amount claimed and so AMD commenced an adjudication. Cumberland argued that the dispute had not crystallised by the date on which the Claimant issued its adjudication notice, a point which the adjudicator rejected pointing to (among other...