Protecting Your Entitlement. Maximising Your Recovery.
Specialist construction claims consultancy for employers, contractors, sub-contractors, and developers across Ireland and the UK
When contractual issues aren't identified, substantiated, and pursued properly, money gets left on the table — or disputes escalate beyond the point where they can be resolved quietly.
ACUA provides specialist construction claims and dispute resolution services to contractors, employers, and developers across Ireland and the UK. Based in Dublin, we combine deep commercial knowledge with practical dispute experience to protect your position at every stage of a project.
Whether you need proactive risk advice, support managing a payment dispute, or a specialist to guide you through adjudication or conciliation, we can help.
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The High Court has refused to enforce an adjudicator's "smash and grab" decision ordering payment solely because the employer did not serve a payment claim response notice, holding that the Construction Contracts Act 2013 does not provide for a default direction to pay in those circumstances.
In the recent High Court case [2025] IEHC 139, Tenderbids Ltd t/a Bastion v. Electrical Waste Management Ltd, the court addressed a crucial procedural issue under Ireland's Construction Contracts Act 2013: whether a notice of intention to refer a payment dispute to adjudication, delivered by email instead of the contractually agreed method of...