A J Brenton t/a Manton Electrical Components -v- Jack Palmer

Brenton applied for summary judgment to enforce an Adjudicator’s decision. Palmer argued that the Adjudicator did not have jurisdiction to make his decision as the true party to the contract was not Palmer himself but his company, Lords of Princetown Limited. The Judge decided that, as the Adjudicator made the finding that Mr Palmer was a party to the contract, and referring to The Project Consultancy Group v The Trustees of the Gray Trust and Macob v Morrison, this was a decision that the Adjudicator was empowered to make under the Act. If the Adjudicator had made an error in coming to that decision, it was an error of fact that was within his jurisdiction to determine. As such, the decision was enforced.