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Posted November 2, 2021 | Published in General

Net Zero: Football’s Golden Goal [1]

Decarbonisation and environmental sustainability are now key targets in the construction industry. Aurelia Russo highlights some of the new environmental initiatives in the design and construction of UK football stadiums.

Enforcing Adjudicators’ Decisions – Dealing with Mistakes Down the Road [3]

Ruth Leake looks at the recent case of Downs Road Development v Laxmanbhai Construction, a rare example of the TCC not enforcing an adjudicator’s decision.

DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre subsumed into DIAC [5]

Grace Lee-Tuck looks at the abolishment of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre and the transfer of its cases to the restructured and reformed DIAC.

JCT Insurance Option C and Works to Existing Structures [6]

Mark Pantry takes a look at JCT Insurance Option C and how insurance arrangements for works to and within existing structures are sometimes more complicated that first expected.

Do you really remember that? Witness evidence in international arbitration [8]

Published in November last year, the ICC Commission Report The Accuracy of Fact: Witness Memory in International Arbitration is fascinating and provides real food for thought for arbitral practitioners who are about to engage in the process of taking witness statements. At its heart is the increasing scientific evidence, originally derived from criminal trials, that human memory is relatively fragile and can be “unwittingly corrupted”. In this Blog, Claire King reviews the report’s key findings and recommendations.

Parental Control … Continued. Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell and Another [10]

Fenwick Elliott Senior Associate, Natalie Beeraje discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell. This is the latest in a line of important authorities considering parent company liability for claims brought against overseas subsidiaries.

Halliburton Company (Appellant) v Chubb Bermuda Insurance [11]

The focus of Natalie Beeraje’s latest blog is the highly anticipated UK Supreme Court judgment in the case of Halliburton Company (Appellant) v Chubb Bermuda Insurance.