Construction and Engineering

Following the judgment in CPB Contractors Pty Ltd v WSP New Zealand Ltd [2024] NZHC 640, there has been considerable chatter in the market about whether the Court’s approach to the quantification of loss was appropriate (i.e. the difference between the actual tender price and the tender price that would have been submitted on a design that met the Principal’s Requirements).

We are pleased to share that we have authored the Saudi Arabia edition of The Legal 500: Construction Country Comparative Guide 2024. Partner, Paul Prescott, along with Senior Legal Consultant, Dr Sairah Narmah-Alqasim, Senior Associate, Gabriel Olufemi and Sultan Al-Mutairi, have provided their insights and expertise on this KSA Construction Q&A.

• Mammoet Holding BV: We represented the contractor and certain US affiliates in a dispute with the developer and one of the Project Lenders related to the failed observation wheel project on Staten Island. Jurisdictions include Europe, the US and Asia. 
• Taylor Wimpey UK Limited: Acting in a multi-party litigation issued by more than 70 Claimants in respect of defects including fire related issues, within residential units and communal areas of a development.
• Veolia Middle East: Advising (as part of a Sponsor consortium comprised of ADQ and Vision Invest) on the acquisition of two waste treatment plants (hazardous and naturally occurring radioactive material waste).

Project costs were publicly estimated at $40 billion, making the project one of the largest energy investments in Canadian history. It brings together strategic investors Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and KOGAS, with support from First Nations, the local community, all levels of government, business, and labour. LNG Canada will export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets, and in the process, put Canada on the global map of LNG exporting countries and create a world-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in British Columbia and Canada.