Practice Note III Dispute Board Decisions: Preparation and Composition
FIDIC has prepared this Practice Note to provide best practice guidance to adjudicators in carrying out their decision writing function envisioned under the FIDIC forms of contract.
The Practice Note has been produced under the general direction of the FIDIC Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Forum Standing Group consisting of John Papworth, Suzanne Rattray, Patrizia Palmitessa-Savric, Kok Fong Chow, Lindy Patterson, Taner Dedezade and Yann Schneller, co-ordinated by FIDIC Chief Legal and Contracts officer, Daduna Kokhreidze.
Practice Note II Appointments on dispute boards
As part of the Forum, FIDIC set up a working group to prepare a Practice Note on dispute avoidance. The working group consists of Daduna Kokhreidze, General Counsel at FIDIC, and FIDIC President’s List members:
- Yann Schneller, avocat and partner at Cartier Meyniel Schneller; and
- Taner Dedezade, barrister and partner at Howard Kennedy LLP
- Nicholas Gould, Partner, Fenwick Elliott LLP
Practice Note I Dispute Avoidance - focusing on dispute boards
As part of the Forum, FIDIC set up a working group to prepare a Practice Note on dispute avoidance. The working group consists of Daduna Kokhreidze, General Counsel at FIDIC, and FIDIC President’s List members:
- Yann Schneller, avocat and partner at Cartier Meyniel Schneller; and
- Taner Dedezade, barrister and partner at Howard Kennedy LLP
The working group prepared a questionnaire, which was sent out to all members of the FIDIC President’s List, to obtain members’ views on how dispute avoidance works in practice.

