NEC3 ECC: Can the Contractor approach the adjudicator to determine a termination dispute

The Employer has terminated a contract, which is is due to a safety matter.

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Grant - The termination provisions serve to bring an end to the Contractor’s obligations to provide the works. They do not reduce or remove accrued rights and obligations and neither do they remove the right, of either party to use the adjudication procedure under the contract. See for example Liberty Mercian –v- Cuddy Civil Engineering where there is a good discussion by Ramsey J of what termination means in the context of Providing the Works under the NEC