Issue 42, 2025

This issue focuses on recent developments affecting international arbitration and projects. We begin with an examination of current hostilities in the Gulf region and the implications for construction law and ongoing projects, including how force majeure and related mechanisms operate under FIDIC-based contracts. We then consider Uniform Building Contractors Ltd v The Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, a Privy Council decision addressing alleged variations under a FIDIC Yellow Book Contract and the importance of contractual notice compliance. The issue concludes with analysis of reforms under the UAE’s New Civil Code, recent English court authority on targeted disclosure, and key legal and market developments shaping the global offshore wind sector.

The links to these articles are below

Construction amid war and hostilities: the principal issues under FIDIC [1]

FIDIC Notice of Contractor Claim under Sub-Clause 20.1 required where Variation procedure not followed [2]

The New UAE Civil Code [3]

Arbitral confidentiality vs. specific disclosure applications before the English Courts where there is a suspected ‘sham’ arbitration [4]

Winds of Change: legal and market developments shaping the global offshore wind sector [5]

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