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English Law Concepts in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

James Bremen
April 2009
A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law at a meeting in London on 7th April 2009.

James Bremen's paper seeks to provide a guide to the application of established English law concepts in the Gult Cooperation Council countries (GCC) jurisdictions and to highlight important similarities and differences. He considers the law that might apply to a construction contract in the GCC countries, the types of legal regime and the differences between common law and civil law systems.

Beware the Dark Arts! Delay Analysis and the Problems with Reliance on Technology

David Barry

January 2009

A paper presented to the SCL International Conference held in London, 6th-7th October 2008.

David Barry expalins that in this paper he seeks to provide some general clarity as to what each of the commonly used delay analysis techniques are, what they do, what they do not do, and when they may be appropriately applied.  He also discusses the relationship between scheduling and technology.