Nicholas Gould, in a paper given to the Sweet & Maxwell Construction Law 2008 conference, reviews the impact of notice provisions. In doing so, he discusses clause 20.1 of the FIDIC Form and considers whether or not this amounts to a time bar or condition precedent which has the effect of disallowing any claim a contractor may have that may otherwise be legally recognisable.
Victoria Russell provided a case law update paper and talk to the members of the South East branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators discussing the most recent decisions relating to adjudication enforcement and arbitration.