Making a jurisdictional challenge in an adjudication


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Practice notes

Making a jurisdictional challenge in an adjudication


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Practice notes
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This Practice Note looks at raising objections to the jurisdiction of an Adjudicator, including whether a party needs to make a challenge, how an effective Reservation of Rights should be made, the scope and consequences of approbation and reprobation (asserting that an adjudicator's decision is valid for certain purposes while also challenging the validity of the decision), and practical considerations for dealing with challenges.

The Availability of Recourse from the court is also discussed, ie an application for a declaration to determine an adjudicator’s jurisdiction or for an injunction restraining the commencement or continuation of an adjudication.

For information on the various grounds upon which a jurisdictional challenge might be made, see Practice Note: Grounds for a jurisdictional challenge in an adjudication.

Does a challenge have to be made?

A decision made by an adjudicator without jurisdiction is a nullity. Strictly speaking, parties do not need to challenge the decision on the grounds that the adjudicator lacked jurisdiction—they can ignore the decision and simply allow the other side to attempt to enforce it (if so advised). At the

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What does Adjudicator mean?

The individual appointed to oversee an adjudication dispute between two parties.

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