As a barrister specialising in construction and engineering disputes I am in no doubt about the beneficial effect of lengthy arbitration or litigation upon the finances of lawyers. All too often a small (or not so small) fortune in legal fees is spent in obtaining an award or judgment that nobody is really satisfied with.

Almost every construction contract in the UAE contains an arbitration agreement. This is a result of a lack of faith in the court system.

Monthly round-up of recent Construction industry updates.

Construction, Property and Real Estate cases/news in brief.

Construction, Property & Real Estate news round-up.

See "Balfour Beatty Construction Northern v Modus Corovest" under Keating Chambers Reported Cases on enforcement of adjudication and attempts to set-off a cross-claim.

The theme of this paper is the judgement of HH Judge Toulmin in the Technology and Construction Court in CIB Properties Ltd v Birse Construction [2005] BLR 173. Before turning to the facts of CIB v Birse, it would be instructive to recall the words of Lord Ackner in the House of Lords during the debate on what is now the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (HGCR Act).

In Paul Wynne Jones v Sue Kaney, Mr Jones alleged that Ms Kaney provided negligent opinion evidence when she acted as Mr Jones’ psychiatry expert in a previous personal injury claim arising out of a road traffic accident.

The decision has given rise to a certain amount of negative comment, with many commentators expressing surprise, or even suggesting that the case was wrongly decided.

As usual, there have been a number of judgments in relation to applications to enforce adjudicators’ decisions in the last year, dealing with some interesting points.

A round-up of recent case law updates from Keating Chambers

It is always the case that an aggrieved tenderer will naturally want to find out as much as possible about what happened during a procurement process in order to fully understand why his bid failed.

After more than 25 years as a barrister specialising in construction and engineering disputes I am aware that some disputes have to end up in court for one reason or another. The vast majority, however, are capable of resolution without a trial and without the need to incur the massive costs of litigation or arbitration.

Recent Case Law Updates - January 2012.

A round-up of recent Construction industry updates.

Round up of recent cases (April 2006).

The JCT’s introduction of the 2005 suite of standard form construction contracts is certainly more than just a "facelifting" exercise. Not only have the 2005 forms been redrafted using less legalistic language and sorted into a more user-friendly format, important developments have also been incorporated, triggered by changes in both the industry and the law.

In this recent decision of Ramsey J, the TCC considered whether sending a photocopy of a claim form by post or DX amounts to valid service. In addition, there is a useful comparison in the judgment of the court's approach to relief from sanctions under the old CPR 3.9 and the new version, which applies to all applications made post 1st April 2013

Weather warning: adjudication hot-house meets depression Precipitation expected (on recent adjudication enforcement decisions featuring “Cantillon v Urvasco”, “Quartzelec v Honeywell” (Fionnuala McCredie), “CJP Builders v William Verry”,” Air Design v Deerglen” (Gaynor Chambers), “Euro Construction Scaffolding v SLLB” (Jessica Stephens), “Vitpol Building Services v Samen”, “Walter Lilly v DMW”, “Dorchester Hotel v Vivid Interiors” (Paul Buckingham), “Kier Regional v City and General” (Adam Const

Round up of recent deveopments.