Debeck v T&E

02 February 2003

Dispatch

Issue 32

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Issue 32, February 2003 His Honour Judge Kirkham applied the Court of Appeal decision in RJT Consulting v DM Engineering in deciding whether an allegedly oral agreement fell within section 107 of the Housing Grants Construction & Regeneration Act. Click to download PDF

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A number of arbitral awards confirmed the enforceability of non-final DAB decisions. As Frederic Gillion discusses, recent decisions from the High Court and the Court of Appeal of Singapore seem are sending a confusing message to contractors and construction practitioners dealing with the FIDIC form of contract.

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Failure by a party to pay its share of an advance on arbitration costs may amount to a breach of the arbitration agreement, but it will not necessarily be repudiatory. Where the applicable arbitral rules provide mechanisms to allow the arbitration to proceed, non‑payment alone is unlikely to render the arbitration agreement inoperative.

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