“Disputology”: International Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry by Professor Edwin H W Chan
Lecture to MSc students and others
Date : Thursday, 10 May 2012
Time : 2.30 pm- 4.30 pm
Venue : Seminar Room 1, Faculty of Built Environment
The trend in managing construction
disputes is to incorporate the most appropriate dispute resolution
mechanism into the construction contract, thus avoiding disputes or
quickly resolving them when they do arise. Many new, alternative dispute
resolution (ADR) mechanisms have been developed and most construction
contracts have either one of the dispute resolution mechanisms, or a
combination of them in the form of a multi-tiered dispute resolution
(DR) mechanism, incorporated into their contracts, particularly for
their large international construction projects. Such development has
been acknowledged as the “disputology” in all construction activities.
For disputes in international construction projects, there are more
than just rights and interests of the parties to be considered.
Professor Chan extends the consideration of “interests- rights” to
consider other factors including politics, law and cultural
compatibility in international construction projects. In arriving at the
dispute Resolution pattern, he will examine the
characteristics, limitations and legal implications of different dispute
resolution mechanisms through a systematic analysis.
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