Jul 05, 2024 UK Supreme Court rules that downstream emissions of fossil fuel projects must be assessed before granting planning permission By Cat Greenwood-Smith Adele Marriott Laila Pourdad On 20 June 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of Weald Action...
Mar 20, 2024 Riyals on the Line: Liquidated Damages under the Saudi Civil Transactions Law By Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Samy Ayoub The Saudi Civil Transactions Law (the Saudi Civil Code) entered into force on 16 December 2023 and applies retrospectively with a few...
Jun 23, 2023 KSA Civil Code: When and How Does it Apply? By Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Samy Ayoub Muhammad Alshamkhi Ramzi Haddad +2 more... Show less On 19 June 2023, Saudi Arabia published the long-awaited Civil Transactions Law (the KSA Civil Code) after it was signed into law by...
Jun 12, 2023 Emergency arbitration and construction disputes: key takeaways from recent roundtable discussion in Rome By Erin Miller Rankin Matei Purice Valerio Letizia On 30 May 2023, Freshfields organised, jointly with HKA, a construction roundtable event focusing on new trends and challenges in global...
May 31, 2023 Amendments to Saudi Arabia’s new Data Protection Law ease restrictions on internal investigations and employee monitoring By Kim Rosenberg Zara Merali Engie Mohsen Noor Al Baya +1 more... Show less New amendments under Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is introducing new amendments to its as yet...
May 15, 2023 The 2023 SCCA Arbitration Rules: What You Need to Know By Erin Miller Rankin Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Youssef Nassar Samy Ayoub Ramzi Haddad +3 more... Show less Introduction The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) has released its new Arbitration Rules which came into effect on 1 May...
Apr 25, 2023 An industry first: IChemE publishes standard form EPCM contract By Vanessa Medina Hannah Smith Symrun Gakhal A market standard reference point is finally available for the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contracting...
Apr 11, 2023 FIDIC 2022 amendments and reprints: What you need to know By Jon Gilbert Stefan Pislevik Natalia Rodriguez Moskalkova Late last year, FIDIC published some amendments to its 2017 suite of standard form construction contracts (the Construction Contract (Red...
Feb 14, 2023 Circular thinking in construction: using Blockchain to verify the origin of second-hand goods By Brock Dahl Sarah-Jane Fick Ann Matthias The reuse and repurposing of second-hand technology, goods and complex materials will play an important role in achieving a more...
Nov 29, 2022 Market volatility - renegotiating lump sums in construction contracts By Sarah-Jane Fick Tom Hutchison Lump sum contracting, particularly on multi-year, complex projects, is inherently risky for contractors. The potential for profitability...
Nov 24, 2022 Recovering lost profits: Is Saudi law changing? By Amani Khalifa Amr Omran Lojayne Shaheen Muhammad Alshamkhi Ramzi Haddad Noha Elgendy +3 more... Show less Saudi Arabia is introducing major reforms to its legal system as part of Vision 2030. This includes modernising areas of commercial law...
Oct 25, 2022 Dealing with supply cost volatility on major projects: The use of price escalation clauses in construction contracts By Vanessa Medina Stefan Pislevik After two decades of relative stability of input cost for labour and materials, a perfect storm of events (including COVID-19, global...