In the typical FIDIC scenario, the dispute resolution provisions sound delightfully straightforward. However, what happens if one of the parties doesn’t comply?

REUTERS | Eric Thayer
March 6, 2012
FIDIC: problems with enforcing DAB decisions

REUTERS | Issei Kato
Recently, I had reason to think about whether the Limitation Act 1980 applies to adjudication. Is it possible that there is no time limit for bringing an adjudication? If it doesn’t, and there is no limit, that would enable a party to refer a dispute to adjudication years or even decades after the accrual of a cause of action.