Rebecca Shorter

International Arbitration

• Representing a contractor in relation to claims against the employer arising out of the termination of a concession agreement for the design, construction and operation of a waste water facility in Eastern Europe. Bespoke contract, Croatian governing law, UNCITRAL rules.
• Acting for a Middle Eastern government employer in ICC arbitration proceedings relating to the construction of a new international airport passenger terminal building. FIDIC 1999 Red Book contract, Middle Eastern governing law and seat.
• Acting for a global cabling supplier and contractor in an ICC arbitration against an electricity transmission operator concerning a sub-sea electrical interconnector between two European countries. Dispute c.£100M, FIDIC 1987 Yellow Book contract, Northern Irish law.
• Advising a Joint Venture employer in ICC arbitration proceedings arising out of a CAR Policy for the construction of an acid production facility in the Middle East. English governing law.
• Acting for a Middle Eastern government employer in ICC arbitration proceedings relating to the construction of infrastructure and facilities supporting a new international airport. FIDIC 1999 Yellow Book, Middle Eastern governing law and seat.
• Acting for a specialist tunnelling sub-contractor in LCIA arbitration with a main contractor relating to the construction of a new city drainage system in the Middle East. Bespoke contract, London Seat, Middle Eastern governing law and seat.
• Acting for a southern African government employer in ICC arbitration proceedings relating to the construction of a new passenger terminal building in the country’s international airport. FIDIC 1999 Red Book contract, Southern African seat and governing law.

Selected Cases

News

• Rebecca Shorter to deliver the keynote speech at the SCL Dublin Conference on 27 November
• Rebecca Shorter to speak at events in Poland and Georgia this week

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Events

• Rebecca Shorter to deliver the keynote speech at the SCL Dublin Conference on 27 November
• Rebecca Shorter to speak at the SCL France Conference on 14 November

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Qualifications

Bars and Courts

• Barrister, Gray’s Inn, 2024
• Solicitor Advocate, England and Wales, 2023
• Paris Bar, 2021
• Solicitor, England and Wales, 2009

Education

• LPC, Bloomsbury College of Law, 2007
• LLB Law with French Law, University of Reading, 2004
• Diploma in French Legal Studies, Université X de Paris Nanterre, 2003

Memberships

Society of Construction Law (UK)

Publications

• “A Contractor’s Duty to Warn of Defects in Design: Common and Civil Law Approaches Compared”; joint paper with Professor Anthony Lavers, International Construction Law Review [2024] I.C.L.R. 195
• “Using dispute boards in international projects,” Building, 4 January 2021
• “Standard forms of contract: FIDIC vs NEC” Construction Law, 4 May 2020
• “Dispute boards’ use likely to grow” Construction Law, 1 November 2019
• “Getting your digital documents in order: The challenges for dispute resolution”, Construction News, 16 July 2019
• “Trends in international arbitration”, Construction Law, 2 August 2018
• “Computers take over the Courtroom”, Building, 11 July 2018
• “Dispute boards – modern approaches to dispute resolution in international projects,” Global Arbitration Review, 16 July 2013
• “Insolvency: When Is It Official?,” Building, 26 August 2011
• “Case Clarifies Contract Liabilities,” Construction News, 14 April 2011
• “Pure Economic Loss Re-Examined,” Property Law Journal 267, 2011
• “Amendments Assessed,” Property Law Journal 245, 2010