dwf – Adjudication – when is a Collateral Warranty a construction contract?

Robert Goodlad and Holly O'Brien review the recent decision in Toppan Holdings Limited and Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Limited v Simply Construct (UK) LLP [2021] EWHC 2110 (TCC), in which Martin Bowdery QC (sitting as a deputy High Court Judge) considered whether to enforce the decisions of an adjudicator, one of which had been reached following adjudication of a dispute arising under a Collateral Warranty.