From the Editors – Construction Law International – August 2025

Dear readers,

We are delighted to introduce the August issue of Construction Law International (CLInt), which should reach you before the IBA Annual Conference in Toronto between 2 and 7 November 2025.

This is the penultimate issue before I move from being the Committee Editor of the International Construction Projects (ICP) Committee to being Chair of the Editorial Board. My journey with CLInt has been long from the time Edward Corbett recruited me as a correspondent for Malaysia more than 15 years ago. I have been delighted to see the continuing international nature of this magazine with articles and updates from every continent.

We have a country update from India for this August issue. We also have feature articles on retention sums, as well as design and performance specifications. The much-awaited part two of the article on unforeseen consequences and contract rebalancing is included in this issue after part one appeared in the last issue in April. Finally, I had the pleasure of reviewing the Conduct of International Arbitration Proceedings by Yves Derains, the review for which can be found in this issue.

We thank our contributors for sharing their experience and insights. As always we encourage all ICP 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