RESOLVING A DISPUTED PUBLIC WORKS FINAL ACCOUNT, with the assistance of a neutral third party, is as much a part of the construction process today as the physical setting out […]
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Covid-19: Ex Gratia Payments and Public Works Contracts
YOU MAY RECALL my comments in May last year when the OGP first published guidance in relation to Employers making ex gratia payments to Contractors for costs associated with the […]
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Covid-19: Public Works Contracts and ‘Ex Gratia’ Payments
PRIVATE CONTRACTORS on public works contracts do not get gifts or favours from the government. For this reason, the publishing by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) of a draft […]
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Covid-19: Key Issues for Contractors under Public Works Contracts
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT the full impact of COVID-19 will be on the economy or wider society in Ireland. However, what we do know is that its impacts will be wide-ranging […]
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How to succeed in complicated construction disputes
John FFF O’Brien, principal consultant at John Farage O’Brien, tells John Murphy how he generally succeeds for his claimant clients in more complicated construction disputes taken to mediation and conciliation […]
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Top Public Sector award two years running
Greystones businessman John O’Brien’s company has won the highest award from Public Sector magazine for the second year in a row. O’Brien’s company, John Farage O’Brien Ltd, which operates from offices […]
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A couple of innovations
We have introduced a couple of innovations, taking the opportunity to revamp our website at the same time as we received our award from Public Sector magazine
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Public Sector magazine award
John Farage O’Brien has taken the Legal Dispute Resolution award in the magazine’s annual Excellence in Business Awards, in recognition of the firm’s work in advising and representing those involved in construction disputes, many involving the public sector
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How I help people end disputes
To disagree with someone is a healthy and very human thing to do, says John O’Brien in this interview. It is our differences in opinion that make us individuals, and this fosters conversation and debate.
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The view from the arbitrator’s chair
John O’Brien has a fundamental belief that in life people can generally be separated into two distinct groups, those with integrity and those without. He has found that this division has given rise to many of the disputes he has been involved in over the years
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