FIDIC Certified Adjudicator
FIDIC Certified Trainer
Qualifications
BA/MA in Jurisprudence
MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration
Publications, Lecturing
FIDIC 4th A Practical Guide (Sweet & Maxwell 1991)
Author Construction Law International Founder;
Editorial Board Regularly presents seminars with Cornerstone seminars
Membership of Professional Bodies
Solicitor of England and Wales
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FC|Arb)
Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
Member, Society of Construction Lawyers (SCL)
Affiliate Member of FIDIC
Admissions
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Richard joined Corbett & Co in 2015 as a consultant.
Richard read Classics and Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge and was called to the Bar in 1976. After some 8 years in commercial/legal positions in shipping and with BP, he then started his career in the process engineering construction sector by working as in house counsel for MW Kellogg Limited and Davy McKee (London) Limited. He then joined Lurgi (UK) Limited in 1991 initially as its commercial manager and going on to become its head of legal and with responsibility also for procurement. Since 2002 he has worked on his own within Adams Legal Limited in the process engineering industry and on a worldwide basis.
He has over 30 years’ experience as a non contentious lawyer, including in-house legal and commercial experience. He has dealt with projects ranging from power generation, gas cleaning, incineration, water treatment, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, metals, sub-sea cables and wind farms to nuclear decommissioning and new build, based on a considerable variety of standard form and bespoke contracts. His expertise also extends to dealing with the collateral agreements and securities typically expected of contractors and key suppliers both within and outside PFI financed projects. He is a German speaker.
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FIDIC ‘launched’ the FIDIC 2022 reprints at the FIDIC International Construction Users’ Conference 2022, in London. The reception to the changes was mixed – some embraced the clarity; others questioned the significance and cost. This article draws your attention to 10 of the key areas of change in respect of the FIDIC Red Book 2017 including the definition of Claim, matters to be agreed or determined, the definition of Dispute and Exceptional Events.
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The FIDIC 2017 forms first appeared at the December FIDIC Users’ Conference four years ago. No one has suggested that the FIDIC 2017 forms of contract did not rectify some of the problems in the FIDIC 1999 forms, and in Edward Corbett’s articles,[1] ‘Cherry Picking FIDIC 2017,’ and ‘FIDIC 2017 – First Impressions of the 3-Kilo Suite’, he considered some of these changes. This new suite of contracts had, at best, a lukewarm reception when they were first reviewed, with some commentators complaining about the length of these new contracts and that the contracts had not taken account of criticisms that had been made by reviewers. This article looks at the twelve worst ‘gifts’ that FIDIC gave to us for Christmas 2017.
