IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Parkside Ballroom 2, Convention Centre, Level 2
Session information
Projects under pressure: is there any escape?
Thursday 12 October (0930 - 1230)
Parkside Ballroom 2, Convention Centre, Level 2
Committee(s)
International Construction Projects Committee
(Lead)
Description
This will be an interactive session concerning a project that is in distress due to the development of severely adverse conditions unanticipated by the parties (eg, unexpected price falls or rises and labour shortage epidemic). It will begin with a look at relief that may be available in such circumstances, viewed from both a civil and common law standpoint: suspension, termination, force majeure arguments, and concepts of fairness and equity, including the teoría de la imprevisión, good faith, unjust enrichment and economic equilibrium.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Oscar Aitken | Carey y Cia, Santiago, Chile |
| Erin Louise Miller Rankin | Freshfields, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Speakers
| Virginie Colaiuta | LMS Legal LLP, London, England; Publications Officer, International Construction Projects Committee |
| Paul Cowan | 4 New Square Ltd, London, England |
| Shelly Lynn Ewald | Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald, McLean, Virginia, USA |
| Hugh Arthur Meighen | Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Dong-Seok Johan Oh | Kim & Chang, Seoul, South Korea |
| Andreas J Roquette | CMS Germany, Berlin, Germany |
| Lip San Soh | Rajah & Tann Singapore, Singapore, Singapore |