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The UK Supreme Court has ruled on whether sovereign states can invoke immunity to resist enforcement of adverse ICSID arbitration awards in English courts. Spain and Zimbabwe challenged the registration...

The revised Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) came into force on 1 March 2017.

Those that follow news in the world of ISDS (investor state dispute resolution) will not have missed the recent announcement by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID")...

On 1 October 2016 the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre (the "Centre") released its new Arbitration Rules (the "2016 Rules"), which apply to all DIFC-LCIA arbitrations commenced on or after that date.

In the second of a series of 4 articles looking at key issues that arise when drafting and agreeing contracts, Simon Tolson questions why there is a need to amend standard contracts in the first place.

In the third in a series of 4 articles looking at key issues that arise when drafting and agreeing contracts, Simon Tolson looks at the advantages and disadvantages of using the standard contract forms.

A review of typical contracts and clauses.

The presentation by FIDIC at the Users conference in London in December 2016 of its pre-release version of the Yellow Book Second Edition 2017 provoked a number of reactions.

There have been two recent cases which have discussed cladding flammability issues.

The question of who is liable for damage caused by fire is one which crops up more often than you might think. The case of <I>John F Hunt Demolition Ltd v ASME Engineering Ltd</I> [EWHC] 1507 TCC provides a useful recap on questions of responsibility where there is damage is to property, and the contract makes provision for a Joint Names insurance policy.

It is now just over 10 years since the Woolf Reforms to the rules and procedures of the civil courts in England & Wales were introduced.

Our Annual Review goes to press in October 2016. This is just before FIDIC finally announces what changes it is making to the 1999 Suite of Contracts.

In the case of Turning Point Limited v Norfolk County Council [2012] EWHC 2121 (TCC), Mr Justice Akenhead had to consider issues of limitation as well as qualifications/caveats to tenders in public procurement.

In a multi-party, multi-contract dispute, the English Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal against an order made regarding jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal

The law on letters of credit has been upheld in two cases; banks cannot refuse to pay a demand meeting the requirements of a letter of credit unless it would involve fraud.

The use, and in particular the effectiveness, of mediation in construction disputes is usually based upon anecdotal evidence. In order to address this problem, an evidenced-based survey commenced on 1 June 2006. This funded project is being conducted by King’s College, London. The research is being conducted not only with the support of the Technology and Construction Court ("TCC"), but also with their assistance.

The use of adjudication as a rapid binding dispute resolution procedure for construction contracts has been slowly spreading around the world. Adjudication was first introduced in the UK in May 1998 as a result of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

As Ahmed Ibrahim discusses, multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses are a common feature of construction contracts.