Abstract
In common, disputes are caused by participants' mutual differences. For instance, a dispute occurs in a construction project despite of the responsibility of works is defined on the contract between contractors. Then most of them are resolved through compromise and consultation mutually. However, sometimes if project contractors have large different opinions or perspectives, dispute will be to lead to judicial decision and to give serious damage to them, in terms of mutual trust and property. The major cause is the imbalance of responsibility distribution taken from unilateral contract between contractors. In particular, nominated subcontractor (NSC) system is well known as a unilateral contract method as well as cause of disputes.
This paper has aim to clarify the reality of disputes between contractors in overseas construction projects based on Singapore's 12 judicial precedents for NSC published from 1989 to 2008. First, 12 judicial precedents are classified as 3 categories such as responsibility of delay and defect, set off budget and payment issues. Second, the consideration of relation among contractors, work and responsibility is performed in order to understand the core of judicial precedents.
