In her article, Victoria writes about the likelihood of growing legal challenges and how best to prepare, amid the ongoing global shocks of the pandemic, war, escalating costs and skills shortages, among other challenges.
Corbett & Co. Counsel, Taner Dedezade was a speaker in a forum on dispute avoidance and adjudication forum as well as running a FIDIC Claims Workshop at at The Official FIDIC International Contract Users’ Conference.
Edward is described as a distinguished construction disputes lawyer with extensive experience of international arbitration proceedings. He is especially well known for his expertise in matters involving Europe and Africa, and is also adept at handling disputes arising out of construction projects in the Middle East and Asia.
Corbett & Co. Counsel, Taner Dedezade, spoke at the ICC FIDIC Conference on International Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution in Dubrovnik
Corbett & Co. Counsel, Taner Dedezade, will be speaking at DRBF's annual Central and Eastern Europe Conference and Workshop in Cluj, Romania 26-28 October.
Taner Dedezade will deliver a FIDIC Claims Workshop on 1 December 2022 (09:00 – 16:30 UK time) in London on behalf of FIDIC following their International Contract Users’ Conference, sharing his knowledge and insights of the claim management and dispute resolution provisions under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract, 2017 Edition.
Corbett & Co. has once again been ranked highly in the Legal 500 UK, in Tier 2 for its contentious construction expertise. The Legal 500 is one of the leading legal directories ranking law firms based on research and client feedback.
Corbett & Co. Director Joanne Clarke is presenting an MBL
Corbett & Co. has once again been ranked highly in
Up until the spring of 2020, a FIDIC 1999 Sub-Clause 13.7 [Adjustments for Changes in Legislation][1] claim was just one of many issues to be resolved, for example, in a delay and disruption claim or a Cost claim. However, the focus it receives in the context of Covid-19 is drastically different. Many in the industry are using the changes in legislation provision to seek financial compensation in a situation that would otherwise potentially only attract an extension of time.[2] Awarding Cost for Covid-19 events regardless of the circumstances may seem to some (Contractors mostly, though there are Employers and Engineers who agree) like the appropriate thing to do, but whether it is correct according to the Contract is a different question.
In March 2019, in the English Court of Appeal, Sir
The last year or two has seen changes in arbitration rules and procedures, caused in no small part by the COVID-19 pandemic. There are new LCIA, DIFC-LCIA and ICC arbitration rules. The Seoul Protocol on Video Conferencing in International Arbitration is being regularly used and the Africa Arbitration Academy Protocol on Virtual Hearings has been issued. There have also been revisions to the IBA Rules on Taking Evidence in International Arbitration. This short update looks at the key take-aways from these changes.
This article considers the label ‘subject to contract’ in English law and two recent English court decisions which consider the effect of this label in different factual circumstances. Parties who are negotiating a contract may use the label ‘subject to contract’ to ensure that they do not enter into a binding agreement before they are ready to do so. This can be particularly important in English law when a binding agreement can be reached (with a few exceptions) without any particular formalities. However, the label is not unassailable and whether it has the required effect will always depend on the circumstances.
A contract may require a party giving notice of a claim to specify the contractual or legal basis of that claim in the notice (or the supporting particulars). What if that party states a contractual or legal basis for the claim but later (perhaps with the benefit of additional information or because of advice from its lawyers) changes its mind or wants to include further contractual or legal bases? This was considered by the Hong Kong Court of Appeal in Maeda Corporation and China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited v Bauer Hong Kong Limited [2020] HKCA 830. It found that a subcontractor could not change the contractual basis for its claim once the time period for providing such notice had expired. What, if any, impact will this decision have on the FIDIC forms of contract?
Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago v Jusamco Pavers Ltd[1]
The figures published for the ICC for 2018 show that
El efecto del coronavirus en la construcción es amplio y desconocido, en particular, en cómo evaluar el tiempo y el dinero perdido. Por fortuna, los contratos FIDIC proveen varias opciones a las Partes para manejar riesgos y proteger derechos. Este artículo analiza cómo se trataría la pandemia del Covid-19 bajo el Contrato de Construcción de Obras FIDIC 2010 armonizado por el Banco Mundial en español.
Covid-19 has had huge consequences around the world and unfortunately
FIDIC is concerned about its image. It says that heavily amending the FIDIC forms of contract impacts upon the FIDIC brand and that this is damaging FIDIC’s reputation. It seeks to address this with the introduction of five Golden Principles. But the Golden Principles are merely aspirational; they are not binding and have no contractual effect. Does this render them a pointless gesture ‘trying to hold back the tide’?
The recent English case Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited v Euler Hermes Europe SA (NV) [2019] EWHC 2250 (Comm) highlights that where an on demand bond is assigned and a demand then made under that bond, the beneficiary will need to be sure not only that the demand is compliant with the terms of the bond but also that the assignment was effective in the first place.
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