For a more detailed overview on these key developments look no further than the next chapter. 2015 …the headlines
January Australia: the WA Supreme Court refuses to enforce an adjudicator’s award, for the first time in the history of the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) Hong Kong: the Hong introduces procedures for the Administration of Arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Kong International Arbitration Centre July UAE: the UAE Commercial Companies Law introduces changes affecting the structures used by foreign investors to establish their businesses in the UAE France: a Government decree (Ordonnance) lays the legal foundations of a single public procurement regime
February UK: the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) are published, governing procurement by public bodies and replacing the Public Contracts Regulations 2006
March UK: the Government publishes “Digital Built
Britain” - a Strategic Plan for Level 3 Building Information Modelling (BIM) UK: in a rare move, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) refuses to enforce an adjudicator’s decision due to the possibility of bias
Australia: Standards Australia releases a new standard form of
contract (AS 1100 ‘General Conditions of Contract’) for public comment
August Canada: the Court of Appeal provides the first interpretation of thewording of a key insurance exclusion for defectiveworkmanship (LEG 2/96, developed by the London Engineering Group) Singapore: the Court of Appeal provides guidance in two decisions on adjudication
September UK: the TCC decides to enforce an adjudicator’s decision, despite the absence of a written contract Australia: the Supreme Court of NSWdecides that the submission of a payment claimdoes not amount to misleading or deceptive conduct, despite being many times in excess of what’s due
under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act
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