Reconsidering the use of expertise in disputes related to international construction contracts
Our paper aims to describe the evolution of the role of technical experts in avoidance and management of disputes related to international construction contracts, focusing on the energy sector. From...Read more
Edoardo Marcenaro
Former Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs , Enel Grids srl, Italy
Michela Umbro
Legal Counsel, DeliSasson, Italy
Lane End and the Search for Equitable Solutions in Construction Disputes
In browsing through Charles Dickins’ “Bleak House” I discovered that my former chambers at Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn is mentioned in the novel’s description of the decaying legal profession of...Read more
Anthony Philpott
Barrister, Barrister (Direct Public Access and Authorised Litigator) UK - AP Legal Direct , UK
In-house counsels: the invisible heroes who save companies money. In-house counsels work well when you don't see them
In-house counsels are often perceived as a support function, when in fact their work saves companies millions of euros every year. If the contribution of in-house legal departments is not...Read more
Alfonso Levote
General Counsel & Investor Relations, Rosetti Marino S.p.A., Italy
Allocation of costs in multiparty arbitrations: a critical approach of English law and the ICC Rules of Arbitration
There is some skepticism about the timing and measurement criteria of costs in multiparty arbitrations. The trend in the ICC arbitration practice is that the award of parties’ costs are...Read more
Dimitrios Athanasakis
Vice President - Corporate Counsel, Hill International N.V., Netherlands
Cash is King in the UK Construction Industry
The coronation of the King has long since passed and all celebrations are complete but in these straightened times cash is still the undisputed king in the UK construction industry....Read more
Anthony Philpott
Barrister, Barrister (Direct Public Access and Authorised Litigator) UK - AP Legal Direct , UK
Arbitration: Salient Features of Multiparty Disputes
Multiparty disputes stand at a watershed. There is a widespread scholarly scepticism regarding the set up and conduct of arbitration. The worlds of multiparty disputes and business look towards each...Read more
Dimitrios Athanasakis
Vice President - Corporate Counsel, Hill International N.V., Netherlands
The Roads to Freedom of Contract
John Paul Sartre’s philosophical novels that make up the trilogy of “the Roads to Freedom”, first screened by the BBC in the 1970’s, were given a complete re-run recently, all...Read more
Anthony Philpott
Barrister, 10 King's Bench Walk, Temple, UK
Both sides now - The return of Arbitration in construction disputes in the United Kingdom?
This summer saw the re-release of Joni Mitchell’s 1970’s back catalogue of albums and outtakes of recordings, that included her most famous ballad “Both Sides Now”. Punk rock heralded the...Read more
Anthony Philpott
Barrister, 10 King's Bench Walk, Temple, UK
He Who Pays The Piper – The Independence of Experts in UK Construction Disputes and Civil Procedure Rule 35
After a criminal fraud trial over carbon credits collapsed and was abandoned in 2019, because an expert witness had no expertise and no qualifications, the Law Society Gazette announced on...Read more
Anthony Philpott
Barrister, Barrister (Direct Public Access and Authorised Litigator) UK - AP Legal Direct , UK
Staying the Court Enforcement of a UK Construction Adjudication on the Grounds of Fraud, Where There are Company Voluntary Arrangements or Where There is Insolvency
The introduction of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the form of Adjudication to resolve construction disputes in the United Kingdom was meant to allow for unpaid building contractors and sub-contractors to...Read more
Anthony Philpott
Barrister, Barrister (Direct Public Access and Authorised Litigator) UK - AP Legal Direct , UK