Course description
Adjudication Competencies Programme
The Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) has developed a programme to enhance the skills and knowledge of those practising as adjudicators. These core competencies are recognised by RICS as pre-requisites for adjudicators
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This programme is open to you if you are an adjudication practitioner or studying the field of adjudication. These competencies will ensure that as a practicing adjudicator, you are continuously improving your knowledge, skills and practical abilities. It also counts towards your CPD.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Learning Outcomes
Identifying and dealing with conflicts of interest
You will be able to:
- Clearly identify what is an involvement and/or a conflict
- Understand the difference between independence and impartiality
- Deal with a conflict pre-appointment and post appointment
- Understand the concept of bias and/or apparent bias
- Understand the current legal landscape on conflicts
- Understand when it is appropriate to resign.
Dealing with jurisdictional challenges
You will develop an understanding of:
- What a dispute is and when does it arise
- When a claim is more than one dispute
- Whether the adjudicator has jurisdiction to deal with additional evidence and materials and experts reports produced for the first time in the Referral
- Whether the adjudicator has jurisdiction to deal with causes of defence which appear for the first time in the Response
- Whether the adjudicator has jurisdiction to value items in the Response which are disputed but which have not been referred
- Whether a settlement agreement is a construction contract
- Whether there is jurisdiction over a counterclaim
- Whether there is jurisdiction to direct a payment to the Responding Party
- Whether there is jurisdiction to decide whether the contract exists at all.
Training Course Content
The core competencies
The Appointment:
- Identifying and dealing with conflicts of interest
- Dealing with jurisdictional challenges
The Process:
- Efficient management of parties and their representatives
- Maintaining/controlling timetables
The Law (Scots law) / (English law):
- Principles and practice of contract interpretation
- Professional Negligence
Evidence and Fact Finding:
- Finding fact and managing/weighing evidence
- Providing clear and adequate reasons
Enforceable Decision and Costs:
- Drafting enforceable decisions
- Dealing with issues around fees and costs
Course delivery details
These core competencies have been developed into a programme designed to train as well as test: each competency will present current practice and current thinking. Its purpose is to raise what are already high standards and to hone existing skills to raise the levels of practice and competence.
The Panel Competency Programme takes shape in interactive workshops and online tests covering each competency. Each competency will be taught over a half-day, and two competencies will be delivered per day.
The programme of workshops will focus on practical issues, which adjudicators face daily. They will be “practitioner” level and concerned with real-life problems.
Adjudicators will be encouraged to discuss issues with other participants and, where appropriate, challenge other adjudicators’ approaches to how they would deal with practical problems.
Why choose The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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Expenses
- Each competency - £395 + VAT
- All competencies - £1800 + VAT
Save £175when you book all competencies together.
Each course date is worth 6 CPD hours. Please note the competencies do not need to be completed in order.
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