The main focus of this talk relates to the use of dispute escalation clauses in construction and engineering contracts that are becoming more wide spread in the UAE. This provides an opportunity to consider dispute resolution processes that are operating in the Middle East, and how those processes are being combined in, for example, Engineer Procure and Construct (EPC) contracts, and the differences that you find within the region.
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.