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# True value adjudication

An adjudication about what the work was actually worth, rather than what a notice said.

by [Jack Butler-Kettle](<https://www.quantsurv.com/about#jack-butler-kettle>) · About 1 min readShare

## Further detail

Read this alongside [S&T (UK) Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd \[2018\] EWCA Civ 2448](<https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2018/2448>).

A true-value adjudication concerns the proper valuation of the work or account. It is distinct from a notified-sum claim about the immediate payment obligation. Payment sequencing, jurisdiction and what has already been decided need careful examination before referring a valuation dispute.

Organise quantities, rates and adjustments by item. [Underpayment recovery](<https://www.quantsurv.com/claims?service=%2Funderpaid%2Fservices%2Funderpayment-recovery#client-types>) can help assemble the valuation evidence; formal adjudication strategy may require specialist advice.

## Sources

1.  [S&T (UK) Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd \[2018\] EWCA Civ 2448 (Court of Appeal, 7 November 2018)](<https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2018/2448>). The National Archives, Find Case Law.

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