Donald Charrett practises in construction law as an arbitrator, mediator, dispute board member and expert. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he worked as a consulting engineer for over 30 years. He has published widely on legal and engineering subjects including author/joint author/editor of five books on construction law.

Table of Figures and Tables; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Acknowledgements Donald Charrett; Foreword Bill Howard - FIDIC President; 1. Introduction Donald Charrett; 2. The FIDIC Golden Principles Donald Charrett; 3. Preparation of Particular Conditions Donald Charrett; 4. The FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Underground Works (the Emerald Book) Hon. Peter Vickery QC; 5. JICA's Perspectives on the Use of FIDIC Contracts Takashi Ito and Michino Yamaguchi; 6. Australia Donald Charrett; 7. China Yiwen Sun; 8. Fiji Nicholas Barnes, Melvin Chand, and Komal Singh; 9. Hong Kong Ben Bury and Julie-Anne Mallis; 10. India Sri Venkatesh, Kanika Chugh, Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava, Aditya Vardhan Sharma, and Aditya Ajay; 11. Indonesia Sarwono Hardjomuljadi, Ir Dona Alisyah Siregar, Henrico Hariandja, Peni Jati Setjowati, Enni M. Soetanto, and Reynaldo Albertiny; 12. Japan Naoki Iguchi and Kairo Sugimoto; 13. Korea Mino Han and Jennifer Yoo; 14. Malaysia Ben Bury and Julie-Anne Mallis; 15. Nepal Hare Ram Shrestha and Tanka Prasad Dulal; 16. Pakistan Khawaja Hamid Mushtaq; 17. Papua New Guinea Joe Barbaro, Andrew McCormack, Nick Throne, Ryan Warokra, and Kenneth Imako; 18. Philippines Salvador P Castro Jr; 19. Singapore Yvonne Foo; 20. Sri Lanka Malith Mendis, Harsha Cabral, and Chamaka Ambagahawita; 21. Vietnam Trung Nguyen Nam, Le The Hung, and Nguyen Thi Hoa; Glossary; Index