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Preview 2013 (UK law)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2013

2013 will herald some significant changes to the UK legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to executive remuneration and narrative

Clear wording is needed to constitute a submission to the jurisdiction of an adjudicator to resolve a dispute

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 8 2012

In Clarke v JMD 2012 EWHC 2627 (TCC) the court found that the parties had not entered into an ad hoc adjudication, contrary to the adjudicator’s finding

General counsel update - 27 September 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Indonesia, Myanmar, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • September 27 2012

This is the 31st in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Challenges in the enforcement of Dispute Board decisions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • September 13 2012

The use of Dispute Boards is becoming increasingly common on international projects, especially where the FIDIC form of Contract is used

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

General counsel update: 28 February 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Hong Kong, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • February 28 2012

This is the twenty-eighth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Court allows party to reject adjudicator

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 14 2011

The Technology and Construction Court recently considered whether a party could reject a nominated adjudicator by abandoning the reference under the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 Part 2

Insurer escapes third-party claim

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 23 2010

In McIlroy & Rannoch v Quinn 2010 EWHC 2448 (TCC) the Technology and Construction Court held that a clause in an insurance policy which required arbitration to be launched within nine months was effective to bar a third-party's claim

Insurer escapes third party claim

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 3 2010

In McIlroy & Rannoch v Quinn on 12 October the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) held that a clause in an insurance policy which required arbitration to be launched within nine months was effective to bar a third party's claim

Validity of provision requiring one party to bear the costs of adjudication

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 21 2010

In Yuanda (UK) Co Ltd v WW Gear Construction Ltd 2010 EWHC 720, the adjudication clause in a trade contract provided that if the contractor referred a dispute to adjudication, it would be liable for its own legal and professional costs and those of the employer, regardless of the eventual decision