FIDIC contracts are the most commonly used standard form of international construction contracts in the world today. Standard FIDIC contracts are frequently used in both large and small construction projects, and they are suitable for parties of different nationalities, speaking different languages and coming from different jurisdictions. The Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils, more commonly known […]
Aceris Secures USD 19 Million ICC Arbitration Award for North American Client, Wards Off USD 131 Million in Counterclaims
Aceris Law has secured another highly favourable international arbitration award, obtaining an arbitration award in excess of USD 19 million on behalf of a North American client, while warding off counterclaims in excess of USD 131 million. The final award in the ICC arbitration was rendered in October 2017. It concerned an engineering, design, procurement […]
The Guide to Construction Arbitration – Global Arbitration Review
The Guide to Construction Arbitration is a GAR book edited by Professor Stavros Brekoulakis and David Brynmor Thomas, published in September 2017. According to the editors, The Guide to Construction Arbitration aims to offer practical information to (i) practitioners who are inexperienced in international construction contracts and dispute resolution (e.g. in-house lawyers and construction professionals), […]
How Should An Engineer’s/Dispute Adjudication Board’s Decision Be Enforced?
A crucial legal issue in relation to international construction contracts over the past decade has concerned the manner in which decisions of the Engineer made under Clause 67 of the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Works of Civil Engineering Construction, fourth edition, 1987, and, since the Engineer was replaced by the Dispute Adjudication Board (“DAB”) in the 1999 edition of the FIDIC Conditions […]