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Dispute boards

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Japan
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  • July 27 2009

Many parties to major construction and engineering contracts look for a means of obtaining interim binding decisions on disputes, so that work can progress pending final resolution by arbitration or litigation

Court considers enforceability of DAB decisions made under FIDIC Red Book

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • October 29 2010

In the recent case of PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) TBK v CRW Joint Operation 2010 SGHC 202, the Singapore Court considered and set aside a decision of an Arbitral Tribunal ordering PGN to pay CRW US$17m in respect of an award made by a DAB

Guidelines for Issuing Building Construction Licenses

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Indonesia
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  • October 29 2010

Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No.32 of 2010 on Guidelines for Issuing Building Construction Licenses (the "Guidelines") came into force earlier this year

ICE to withdraw from ICE conditions of contract

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 29 2010

ACE, CECA and ICE have issued a joint statement on the ICE Council's decision to withdraw from the ICE Conditions of Contract

Letters of intent recent cases

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 30 2010

Letters of intent often form the foundation for construction works, but they also often form the basis for disputes

Soundbites

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, Vietnam
  • -
  • January 31 2011

On 1 January 2011 the Law on Commercial Arbitration ("LCA") came into force in Vietnam

Recovering losses incurred in settlement of a third party claim

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 30 2011

Under the usual principles of causation, in order to be successful in its claim before a court or tribunal, the claimant has to demonstrate that there has been a breach of contract and that that breach caused the claimant loss andor damage, and has to prove the quantification of that loss

Recovering wasted management costs

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 29 2012

Significant management costs can be incurred when one party is required to reorganize internal resources or divert staff from their usual activities in order to investigate, manage and mitigate the effects of the other party's breach of contract

FIDIC Gold Book guide

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • October 31 2011

FIDIC has published a guide to its 2008 Conditions of Contract for Design, Build and Operate Projects (known as the "Gold Book") containing explanatory commentary written by the drafting committee

AJU v AJT 2011 SGCA 41

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • October 31 2011

The Singapore Court of Appeal has reaffirmed that the public policy ground for challenging an arbitral award will be interpreted very narrowly by the Singapore courts, overturning a previous High Court decision