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The reluctance of the courts to imply terms into agreements negotiated between two commercial parties at arm’s length is well known and is based on the long-established doctrine of freedom of contract.

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre ("SIAC") released the sixth edition of its arbitration rules (the "2016 Arbitration Rules") on 1 July 2016, with the stated aim of providing an updated set of procedures that are "timely, efficient, cost-effective, and user-friendly".

A recent report1 by Global Construction Perspectives and Oxford Economics forecasts that by 2030 the volume of construction output will grow by 85% to US$15.5 trillion worldwide, with China, the US and India leading the way and accounting for 57% of all global growth.

A Singapore International Commercial Court case examines whether third-party funding costs can be recovered from the losing party in arbitration, raising critical questions about the boundaries between litigation costs and financing arrangements. When a US$14.7 million arbitration award was nearly entirely consumed by US$14.6 million in funding costs, the successful claimants challenged the tribunal's refusal to order cost recovery. The court's decision illuminates the evolving global framework governing th

The United Arab Emirates seems to be very close to putting in the last piece of the puzzle for the region's most genuine arbitration-friendly jurisdiction.

One of the potential difficulties with international projects is that the contracts entered into are governed by laws which may be unfamiliar to one or other of the contracting parties.

The key to resolving disputes is all too often working out what a particular provision or provisions actually means. Parties may have wildly different views on what something means even after spending hours negotiating the fine print and signing on the dotted line.

Building works, like the arrow of Eleatic paradox, have a propensity to get closer and closer to completion but never quite to arrive.

The Government’s Autumn Statement re-affirmed the Cabinet Office’s commitment to the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM), the purpose of which is to provide a common, co-ordinated source of structured information to support construction projects.

Clause 20.1 of the FIDIC form provides a procedure for dealing with the notification of and substantiation of extension of time and additional payment claims, and sets out the mechanics of the decision-making process of the engineer in respect of those claims.

It was probably some three years ago that people first began seriously to talk about possible changes to the Housing Grants Construction & Regeneration Act 1996 (“HGCRA”).

In the present economic climate there are an increasing number of companies going into liquidation and with increasing cash-flow problems in the industry it is likely that the number of adjudications, arbitrations and Court claims will increase.

African governments have grown wise to the fact that arbitration can be a source of economic activity, with conference centres, hotels and local lawyers set to benefit.

The UAE continues to develop its legal framework with the recent enactment of Federal Decree Law No. 25 of 2025 (the "New Civil Code"), which replaces and significantly reforms major...

Only the issue of the Taking-Over Certificate will be examined in this article.

On 11 March 2015 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board.

The Government is currently running two parallel consultations aimed at encouraging best practice in fair and prompt payment within the construction sector. These are as follows:

It has always frustrated me that the planning, conservation approval and the listed building consent process is not unlike it once was for a Romanian applying for a visa to go to the USA before the days of Glasnost.