Virtual Module 3 Decision Writing in Construction Adjudication 2021

This module provides candidates with the knowledge of the main procedural elements of Construction Adjudication to enable them to understand and participate in such proceedings. This module provides candidates with the knowledge required to understand and consider evidence, to weigh it up and analyse submissions, arrive at a conclusion and write a final, reasoned and enforceable Construction Adjudication Decision in compliance with the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. This course focuses on the processes followed by a Construction Adjudicator in defining the issues that have to be decided by a Decision, dealing with the submissions made by the parties, analysing the appropriate law, evaluating the evidence, applying the law to that evidence, arriving at a conclusion and then writing a final, reasoned and enforceable Decision.

What are the learning outcomes?

On successful completion of this course, candidates will be able to demonstrate sound conceptual, technical and/or practical knowledge of:

• Recognising and evaluating evidence;
• The issues that arise from the parties’ submissions;
• Being able to create structure and deal with all the issues that arise;
• Deciding matters in dispute logically and in accordance with the law;
• The skills required to write Decisions correctly;
• The discursive and operative parts of the Adjudication Decision;
• Being able to deal with the parties’ costs and interest of a Decision

What are the entry requirements?

In order to register for the course, candidates must:

• Have successfully completed and passed the CIArb Module 1 Law, Practice and Procedure
• Have successfully completed and passed the CIArb Module 2 Law of Obligations or
• Been granted an exemption from the CIArb Module 2 Law of Obligations

English Language Competence - CIArb training and assessment is carried out in English it is therefore essential that candidates are proficient in both written and spoken English.  Where English is not a candidate’s first language it is recommended that they have achieved a standard that is, as a minimum, equivalent to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) level 7 or a score of 94-101 in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) system. CIArb issues this advice as a guideline and, while it will not require any evidence of this standard prior to enrolment on a course, candidates who do not have this standard of English may be disadvantaged.