KEYWORDS: Able Construction (UK) Ltd v Forest Property Development Ltd [2009] EWHC 159 (TCC), Bouygues (UK) Ltd. v Dahl-Jensen (UK) Ltd. [2000] BLR522, Carillion Construction Ltd. v Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd. [2005] EWCA Civ 1358, Gray & Sons Builders (Bedford) Ltd. v Essential Box Co. Ltd [2006] EWHC 2520 (TCC), Latham Construction Ltd. v Brian and Ann Cross [2000] CILL 1568, Shepherd Construction Ltd. v Mecright Ltd. [2000] BLR489, Housing Grants (Construction and Regeneration) Act 1996, Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, adjudication, enforcement, settlement, compromise, Mr Justice Coulson.