Construction

Can an adjudicator subsequently act as a party's expert?

Director, Matt Molloy: "The question screams bias to me. Certainly, if the question was the other way around, I doubt anyone would think anything other than apparent bias. But is the answer so black and white?" Read more

Does the genuine pre-estimate of loss test work?

Associate, Gillian Woodward: "According to the Penalty Clauses (Scotland) Bill... it seems that the courts would be given the power to modify a penalty provision with the benefit of hindsight." Read more

The ICE contract: still a contract of choice?

Edward Davies, senior consultant, Hill Dickinson LLP (currently seconded to the Panama Canal Expansion Project): "…what we may see is FIDIC replacing ICE as one of the popular choices for UK contracts." Read more