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Notice to show cause lacked relevant particulars, breaching principles of natural justice and preventing a meaningful response; accordingly the adjudication was vitiated and must be set aside. Adjudication without providing a hearing violated the statutory hearing right and further undermines validity, as did repetition of the same order and subsequent communications issued after the adjudicator became functus officio, which were held to be without jurisdiction. The matter is remitted for fresh consideration after the notice-issuing authority supplies full particulars and the affected party files a reply; electronic ledger debits arising from the invalid order are to be reversed and recredited.
Notice to show cause lacked relevant particulars, breaching principles of natural justice and preventing a meaningful response; accordingly the adjudication was vitiated and must be set aside. Adjudication without providing a hearing violated the statutory hearing right and further undermines validity, as did repetition of the same order and subsequent communications issued after the adjudicator became functus officio, which were held to be without jurisdiction. The matter is remitted for fresh consideration after the notice-issuing authority supplies full particulars and the affected party files a reply; electronic ledger debits arising from the invalid order are to be reversed and recredited.
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