The theme of this edition of the Newsletter is “Decisions.” We have contributions from a panel of very distinguished and experienced adjudicators and arbitrators – a remark which the Editor is unfortunately quite sure will not affect her reception the next time she is making&nbs
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Displaying 1 - 14 of 14My first task is to apologise for the lateness of this Newsletter which is directly attributable to my involvement in one of the Wembley trials. The delay in the issue of this Edition is just one of the many consequences of that lively project.
This edition of the Newsletter is, I think, particularly interesting. The theme might be said to be “complaints.”
I must open this edition of the Newsletter with an apology to JR Hartley – although I tried very hard to include his article on complaints against adjudicators in the last edition, I managed to fail.
The themes of this August Newsletter are contracts in writing and the DTI Review which as you will all know was published on 20 June 2007.
Welcome to this bumper edition of the Newsletter. Matt Molloy, who will be well known to many readers, has produced a fascinating article giving a series of invaluable tips to all those involved in adjudications.
Firstly, I must apologise to the members for the lateness of this edition of the Newsletter. This is the consequence of a simultaneous and profound work crisis experienced by all members of the team, but especially me.
This Newsletter comes to you just before the August break – perhaps some of you are just leaving on holiday to, say, the Sahara Desert – it would at least be cooler than London.
In this occasional column, we look at legal issues which are frequently raised by parties to adjudication (and indeed arbitration) and which are not necessarily fully understood. This time the subject is impossibility.
Many thanks to those of you who have been sending in your questions about various issues arising in adjudication to our panel of experts. The email address (which is also on the website) is qanda@ adjudication.org.
In this edition of the Newsletter, we want to introduce a new idea which we hope will be of interest to all those involved in adjudication.
I am very pleased to have been asked by the Society to edit the Newsletter for the next few editions.
It is often said that a particular contractual obligation has been waived so that a party can succeed in the teeth of what, apparently, he agreed to do.