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Karen Gough speaks at the FIDIC Middle East Contract Users Conference, Dubai

Karen Gough spoke at the FIDIC Middle East Contract Users Conference, which was held in Dubai from 20th February until 21st February 2018.

Karen spoke alongside Dr Ahmed Waly (Waly Arbitration and Contract Administration) on "DABs Role Under FIDIC Conditions - Current Practices and The New Rules".

The session was described as:

"Along with the ongoing review and update of the FIDIC Yellow Book, Red Book and Silver Book, FIDIC are reviewing and updating their Dispute Adjudication Rules with a view to reflect current best practice for Dispute Boards. The main changes and improvements introduced will be explained and discussed during this session. These will include, among others, the reformulation of the current 20 clauses of the FIDIC contracts, with a new Clause 21 dedicated to dispute avoidance and resolution".

To view Karen and Ahmed's slides from the event, please click here.