Douglas James (4 New Square)
This edition offers eight articles covering the usually wide range of issues.
Four articles touch on the very practical concerns of calculating days, VAT and adjudicators fees. Seán Bradley considers the old case of Zoan v Rouamba and how it can help clarify timings under the HGCRA. John Littler encourages adjudicators to steer clear of determining VAT disputes. Julian Critchlow of Costigan King analyses the court’s generous approach to adjudicators’ fees. Nick Kaplan of 4 Pump Court explains when (very rarely) one might challenge fees.
Recent British cases have provoked several articles from James O’Donghue (Luett & O’Donoghue) and Arran Dowling-Hussey (4-5 Gray’s inn Square) on the Irish decision in In All Tenderbids, from Jim Armstrong of JS Held on Placefirst v CAR, and from Sylvia Walemba of HS2 and Matthew Cookson and Kate Kenneally of Hill Dickinson on RTI v MUR Shipping.
Gareth Williams of JWE Williams offers his reflections on the advantages of tiered adjudications, in the (eternal) hope that there might be a better and more efficient way of adjudicating “sprawling and complex” disputes.
Fenwick Elliott’s distillation of Case Notes keeps readers up to date with the latest caselaw.
Meanwhile, there are updates from the events in London, the South-West, Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
We are grateful for all contributions. Please contact Bernadette Barker if you wish to contribute to the next edition.
Finally, in case you were concerned that the quality of editorship has risen in this edition, rest assured: the Newsletter now has two new co-editors: Ben Mellors of Hawkswell Kilvington and Chantelle Vermeulen, FCIArb. Thanks to them for joining the team (and getting stuck in so quickly).
Have a great summer!
Douglas James (4 New Square)
Disclaimer
None of the articles in this Newsletter should be relied on as offering legal advice on any specific matter.
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