I. Difficulties Faced by Contractors to Prove Quantum: General Overview
One may wonder why calculating and proving quantum is often so difficult in international…
■ Amounts payable by the contractor to the employer for the use of the employer’s…
■ Royalties, rents and other payments payable by the contractor to the employer for…
■ Payment by the employer to the contractor for plant and materials not delivered…
■ New rates or prices in case of changes to measured quantities (as compared to contract…
■ Payments resulting from omission of works in the event of a variation; …
■ Provisional sums; …
■ Adjustments for changes in cost; …
■ Payments by the contractor to the employer in case of termination by the employer…
■ Payments by the employer to the contractor in case of termination by the contractor…
■ Payments by the employer to the contractor in case of termination for convenience.
In addition, the type of quantification issues arising in construction contracts…
Despite this, calculating and proving quantum remains an arduous and sometimes thankless…
■ The sheer volume of evidence involved is a challenge; Sayfa 257…
■ Whilst some individual claims may not be complicated, construction arbitration…
■ The very nature of some claims makes them difficult to quantify and/or prove.…
Let us take the first two factors in turn. The third factor deserves a section of…