Wishing all our colleagues and clients a joyful Holiday season and a happy New Year from all at EQUITAS!
Happy New Year 2020!
Wishing all our colleagues and clients a joyful Holiday season and a happy New Year from all at EQUITAS!
Happy New Year 2020!
Force Majeure is a French phrase commonly used in commercial contracts to describe exceptional circumstances or events affecting the contract, parties obligationsĀ 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…
The Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) has published the Seoul Protocol on Video Conferencing in International Arbitration. The Protocol was first introduced at the Seoul ADR Festival in 2018,has been under discussion among arbitration practitioners since then. HoweverĀ it was finally was published in March, 2020 in response to demand to continue critical services including…
Expert Evidence vs Industry Experience in Construction Disputes What Courts Expect from Quantum, Delay, and Disruption Claims Introduction In complex construction disputes, outcomes are often determined not by the volume of material presented, but by the quality and structure of expert evidence. A recurring issue in litigation and arbitration is whether opinions based primarily on…
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) published its 2022 Construction Contracts and Law Report. This report can be read as an update to the NBS 2018 National Construction Contracts and Law Report which was carried out by the NBS between 2012 and 2018. The report is based on the RIBA’s Construction Contracts and Law…
On 5 December 2017 FIDIC (FĆ©dĆ©ration Internationale des IngĆ©nieurs-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…
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,Ā …