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

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

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…
In 2017 the long-awaited second edition of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers’ (FIDIC) 1999 Rainbow suite was officially launched at the FIDIC International Users’ Conference in London. FIDIC has recently announced that the International Contract Users’ Conference in London this year is going to see the launching of reprint of the 2017 suite and…
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, …
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…
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BackgroundThe parties entered into a JCT Design and Build contract on 10 November 2022 for theconstruction of a leisure and retail centre in Bishop Auckland. After completion, disputesarose concerning payment applications, entitlement to extensions of time (EOT), andliquidated damages (LADs). The dispute was referred to adjudicator Kevin Shilcock. Adjudicator’s Decision (17 January 2025)– The Defendant’s…