Adjudication enforcement proceedings: how to succeed with a set-off defence

When an adjudicator decides that one party must pay money to another, can the paying party successfully resist enforcement proceedings by exercising a right of set-off? The answer is no - except in certain circumstances. In December 2008 Shepherd Construction Limited v University College London confirmed just how difficult it is to make use of the limited exception and successfully set off against an adjudicator's decision. 

Read Wragge & Co's experts analysis of the case.