A recent Privy Council case reminds parties of the centrality of the agreed contract terms when determining rights and obligations on construction and engineering projects, and the nature of the Engineer's role in FIDIC...more
3/6/2026
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Wondering whether events on the world stage trigger a force majeure clause? Whether you're considering a claim, worried about receiving one or busy drafting in light of current uncertainty, here's our 10-point, jargon-free...more
3/3/2026
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英国最高法院就一份英国建筑领域常用的标准合同中的分层终止条款作出了备受业界期待的判决。该判决支持采用最直接的解释方式对该条款进行解读，并认可了大多数当事人对合同措辞运作方式的理解。...more
1/21/2026
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The UK Supreme Court's widely anticipated decision on a tiered termination clause in a commonly used English standard form of construction contract should be welcomed by all sides of the industry and contract drafters...more
1/21/2026
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Welcome to our Construction and Engineering Global Review 2025.
We hope that you find time as the new year begins to review 2025's most important construction and engineering legal and industry highlights from key...more
1/9/2026
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With plans for energy transition infrastructure projects well underway, their successful delivery demands that parties swiftly get to grips with the important issues when negotiating, administering and managing claims and...more
Key steps when making and assessing extension of time and cost claims for project delays and disruptions caused by increasingly frequent extreme weather events. A growing number of "freak" weather events, such as record...more
Infrastructure projects increasingly involve constructing both physical infrastructure and digital infrastructure works. But the current standard form construction contracts have not been designed to address the risks...more
Signing up to a contract governed by Saudi Law is about to get easier, and your rights and obligations under that contract clearer.
That's because the regime applicable to Saudi Law-governed contracts is about to change...more
The UK Law Commission is proposing refinements to the English Arbitration Act 1996 which would affect how London-seated arbitrations work. Parties to, or considering, arbitration clauses specifying London-seated arbitration...more
As countries emerge from lockdown, talk turns to The Return of COVID-19. Here’s how to succeed in future force majeure claims and stop your projects from becoming what sounds like a second-rate horror movie....more
7/7/2020
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Email overload on whether the new coronavirus, COVID-19, triggers a force majeure clause?
Whether you're considering a claim, worried about receiving one or busy drafting following the outbreak, here's our 10-point,...more
3/17/2020
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The English Court of Appeal recently considered what should happen when a contractor, through its own fault, never delivers any completed work, despite having contracted to do so by a particular date. In Triple Point...more
A new English Court of Appeal decision shows how to allocate concurrent delay risk successfully. Our worldwide construction team helps your drafting reflect this growing tendency for courts and arbitrators globally to prefer...more
Most construction contracts require contractors to proceed with their works "regularly and diligently" (or an equivalent requirement such as "with due diligence" and "with due expedition and without delay"). Surprisingly, not...more