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 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…
EQUITAS director Metehan C. Sonbahar has been recognised again as a Future Leader in International Arbitration 2022 by Who’s Who Legal and Global Arbitration Review. For further details please visit WWL Future Leaders 2022 website.
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…
EQUITAS is hosting an ICC YAF webinar on “Expert Evidence in International Arbitration” between 16.00 -18.00 (GMT +3) on the 9th of December 2020. The panelists Adrian Bell, Damla Erensoy from CMS International Law Firm and Equitas director Metehan Caglar Sonbahar will discuss the difference between an expert advisor and an expert witness, a party…
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…
The Convention of Mediation Enters into Force On 12 September 2020 the Singapore Convention entered into force, at a digital celebration organised by the Singapore Ministry of Law and UNCITRAL. Last year on the 7th of August the Convention, also known as the United Nations (UN) Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, was…
The Convention of Mediation On 07 August 2019 the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation was signed by the members of 46 countries at an official signing ceremony in Singapore including, Turkey, Qatar, the United states, China [1]. A full list of signatories is at the end of this post. The…
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…