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This article aims to analyze how some legal aspects and rules may influence on how owners and contractors approach claim management in construction projects, taking special consideration in regards to scope change and time limit to present claims. There has been a recent push for the development…

Depositions in international arbitration proceedings is a controversial problem. This paper explores the nature of depositions as a United States-based discovery mechanism and examines the role that depositions could take as part of international arbitrations.

In civil engineering works the assessment by the contractor at tender stage of the ground conditions that are likely to be encountered during the works constitutes a baseline assumption for the purposes of its bid price.  Where conditions turn out to be different from what was expected at…

Identifies issues for consideration and recommended strategies to best protect privileged documents in multi-state/multi-country disputes

This paper provides construction lawyers with a fresh review of the unique dispute prevention, de-escalation and “real time” dispute resolution tools that the construction industry has developed to “keep the peace” in jobsite relationships.  It further reminds construction lawyers about…

Dispute Resolution in construction disputes continues grow in sophistication throughout the international legal community. In this paper we discuss the primary concepts of dispute resolution.  There are several ADR approaches used in  resolving construction disputes (mediation,…

Disputes about the meaning of contractual clauses are a common issue on construction projects. This is the case when dealing with bespoke contracts but even standard forms of contract can give rise to such issues. All the more so in an international context when the parties own native languages…

Issues of “good faith” in the performance of construction and engineering contracts are common.  Moreover, “good faith” issues arise in most jurisdictions of the world, including common law and civil law jurisdictions.  This paper considers the approach taken by English common law to…

The fact-finding process in arbitration conducted in the arena of construction adjudication is of central importance. It is also a major contributor to cost. “Cost” continues to be seen as arbitration’s worst feature, followed by a number of factors including “lack of speed”. These findings…