Our article published in the CIOB magazine – Global Construction Review.

Our article published in the CIOB magazine – Global Construction Review.

Wishing all our colleagues and clients a joyful Holiday season and a happy New Year from all at EQUITAS! Happy New Year 2020!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has recently revised its Model Turnkey Contract for Major Projects. This model contract has been around for over a decade, and the ICC states that with this form it aims to provide a balanced contract with a swift and effective dispute resolution; ‘The aim of ICC in producing…
On the 16th of April 2021, EQUITAS director Metehan C. Sonbahar joined fellow panelists and moderators participating in the CIArb European Branch annual conference on “State Immunity and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Protecting Against What and Whom?”. For further details please visit the CIArb website.
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause widespread global disruption. In terms of the construction industry, it affects both material and labour, productivity, delivery times, and by doing so challenges companies’ liquidity and business models. Contractors worldwide, look for different means for compensation from employers of additional costs and losses associated with the pandemic. The federation…
Force Majeure is a French phrase commonly used in commercial contracts to describe exceptional circumstances or events affecting the contract, parties obligations and that are completely outside the parties’ control. Such events may include, acts of God, war, strike, epidemic, riot etc. Black’s Law Dictionary describes force majeure as ‘ An event or effect that…
Summary of Judgment [2025] EWHC 2173 (TCC) Background The parties entered into a JCT Design and Build contract on 10 November 2022 for the construction of a leisure and retail centre in Bishop Auckland. After completion, disputes arose concerning payment applications, entitlement to extensions of time (EOT), and liquidated damages (LADs). The dispute was referred…