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

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

Construction Disputes, Türkiye and London: What the ICC’s 2025 Statistics Tell Us The International Chamber of Commerce has published its 2025 Dispute Resolution Statistics. Beneath the headline numbers lies a clear message for the construction sector — and a particularly relevant one for parties operating between Türkiye and a London arbitral seat. Construction remains the…
Earlier this year the ICC Dispute Resolution Services published the preliminary dispute resolution figures for 2021. It is reported that in 2021 the ICC International Court of Arbitration registered 853 new cases in total, as compared to 946 new cases in 2020 which was the highest number since 2016. Despite the drop in case numbers, …
Giriş İnşaat hukuku ve uyuşmazlık yönetimi alanında, işlerin hızlandırılması (acceleration) neticesinde ortaya çıkan maliyetlerin tahsili, işverenler ve yükleniciler arasında süregelen en karmaşık ihtilaf konularından biridir. FIDIC, JCT ve NEC gibi uluslararası standart sözleşme formları, işveren tarafından talimatlandırılan hızlandırma çalışmaları için açık hükümler içerse de, yüklenicinin işveren kaynaklı gecikmeleri telafi etmek amacıyla tek taraflı olarak hızlandırma…
The ICC has published its 2018 dispute resolution statistics. Out of 842 new arbitration cases registered in 2018 224 involved disputes from the construction and engineering industry. This is a new record for the industry. Turkey remains the most represented nationality within Central and Eastern Europe with 62 parties. Another interesting development is that in…
On 5 December 2017 FIDIC (Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils) released its new suite of contracts at the FIDIC International Contract Users Conference in London. The new versions of the FIDIC Red Book, Yellow Book and Silver Book (2017 FIDIC Suite of Contracts) were issued, constituting updates of the former 1999 editions. In the guidance section…
EQUITAS director Metehan C. Sonbahar has been appointed to act as a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitratior’s (CIArb) European Branch Committee. CIArb is an international centre for the practice and profession of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with 16,000 members from 149 countries and is supported by an international network of 41 branches. CIArb…