Attorney General for the Falkland Islands v Gordon Forbes Construction (Falklands)

01 April 2003

Dispatch

Issue 34

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Acting Judge Saunders considered what was meant by “contemporary records” in clause 53.4 of the 1997 FIDIC fourth edition contract. Was this restricted merely to original documents or did the definition extend to witness statements produced after the event? Click to download PDF

01 March 2018

Some thoughts on how the 2017 FIDIC contract deals with time

This short paper looks at how the FIDIC form deals with time and includes an Appendix detailing the changes made to clause 8, the primary clause which deals with time or “Commencement, Delays and Suspension” from the original 1999 contact.

Articles and Papers

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11 January 2019

Changes to the Claims provisions in the 2017 FIDIC Red Book

Thomas Young and Robbie McCrea consider some of the changes made to clauses 20 and 21 and what this means for the bringing of claims and the resolution of disputes under the new forms.

International Quarterly Issue 25

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05 April 2017

Changes to the Claims provision in the proposed second edition of the Yellow Book

This article addresses the changes, in relation to the Claims provisions, between the first edition of Conditions of Contracts for Plant and Design Build (“the 1999 Yellow Book”) and the Proposed 2017 Yellow Book.

International Quarterly Issue 21

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