From the Editors – Construction Law International – April 2025

Dear readers,

We are delighted to introduce the April issue of Construction Law International (CLInt), after the highly successful 9th Biennial Conference on Construction Projects from Conception to Completion in Milan last month.

We have country updates from Chile and India. We also have feature articles on:

1. the European Union’s recent Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D);

2. unforeseen circumstances and contractual relationships, which was first presented at the International Bar Association Annual Conference in Paris in 2022 and is now being published in CLInt in two parts;

3. interim relief powers of arbitrators and dispute adjudication boards, which looks at the potential of such relief being complimentary and the risk of a clash;

4. recent English judgments that have reaffirmed the need for certainty in contractual interpretation; and

5. the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s (UNCITRAL’s) new adjudication clause and its impact on dispute board proceedings.

Finally, we were delighted to review a collection of essays on the law of net zero and nature positive, which have been edited and compiled in a book. We are also delighted to include a review of the new edition of Julian Bailey's book on construction law, which has already become the main reference text on the topic.

We thank our contributors for sharing their experience and insights. As always, we encourage all International Construction Projects Committee members to contribute to CLInt by submitting articles to Thayananthan Baskaran at thaya@baskaranlaw.com.

Thayananthan Baskaran
Committee Editor, IBA International Construction Projects Committee
Baskaran, Kuala Lumpur
thaya@baskaranlaw.com

Eric Franco
Deputy Committee Editor, IBA International Construction Projects Committee
Legal Delta, Lima
eric.franco@legaldelta.com