Full disclosure – what do we really need to know?
Rebecca Ardagh reviews the question of full disclosure in arbitration, as well as the pending reforms and decisions which signal a big year ahead for the disclosure obligation.
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Wagatha Christie: Drama, intrigue, and boat trips – but where was the evidence?
Rebecca Ardagh looks at the latest developments in disclosure and witness evidence. And, yes, we do, of course, look at the impact of the Wagatha Christie and Johnny Depp hearings.
Adjudication Update
Fenwick Elliott’s Adele Parsons and Rebecca Ardagh, along with barrister Melissa Shipley of 39 Essex Chambers, consider a number of recent developments in adjudication practice.
Contract payment mechanisms: be prepared or pay the price
Fenwick Elliott Senior Associates, Rebecca Ardagh and Adele Parsons, consider the latest legal developments in contractual payment mechanisms in construction contracts. The discussion will cover useful reminders regarding contract logistics and deadlines, how to avoid being caught out of pocket both in respect of interim payments and final accounts and/or final statements, and
“Net Zero by 2050. Blah, blah, blah.”
Rebecca Ardagh considers policies around Net Zero.
NEC Target Cost Contracts: What you need to know!
Partner Claire King and Senior Associate Rebecca Ardagh run through the key features of Option C NEC Contracts (Target contracts with activity schedules). In doing so, they identify the crucial differences between target costs contracts and other forms of contracts which parties all too often forget when advancing or defending claims under them.
Conditions Precedent: Will they bite?
Claire King and Rebecca Ardagh examine what determines whether a clause is in fact a condition precedent, where they are found in the various standard form contracts and key factors parties seeking to rely on them, or argue around them, need to have in mind.
Conditions Precedent: Will they bite?
This month’s Insight considers: Conditions Precedent: Will they bite?
Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration (Prague Rules)
Rebecca Ardagh reviews whether the Prague Rules result in a more time and cost-effective form of international arbitration.
ICC Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings
Rebecca Ardagh discusses the trends and issues that have emerged with the use of the ICC Emergency Arbitrator proceedings since their introduction in 2012.
Valuable lessons in valuation (and expensive lessons in conduct)
Rebecca Ardagh sets out some of the lessons that we can all learn from the long-running litigation.