Past events
Third party funding and construction disputes
Ireland
Chair: Mr Justice Barry Leon, retired, Commercial Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Speakers: David Sears Q.C, Sean Carr, McCann Fitzgerald & James Lawless B.L
Venue: McCannFitzgerald, Riverside One, 37 - 42 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2
Carillion - What happened, and what can we learn from it? A personal perspective on construction projects
South West
Chair: Nicola Huxtable
Speakers: Jeremy Mutter, formerly General Counsel: Construction, Carillion
Venue: Bristol Hotel, George White Room, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF
Sweating the small stuff: Is an enhanced standard of care owed by Architects to inexperienced clients?/ The quantification of claims – what has the TCC recently accepted and what has it not?
North East
Chair: Simon Lewis of Womble Bond Dickinson
Speakers: Katerina Hoey of Probyn Miers and Tom Oakden of OC Expert Services
Venue: Ramside Hall Hotel, Beaumont Room, Durham, County Durham DH1 1TD
Adjudication of Construction - Professional Negligence Claims
Leeds
Speakers: Ebony Alleyne, Hardwicke Chambers
Venue: Leeds Beckett University, Lecture Theatre D, The Rose Bowl Building, Portland Way off Portland Crescent, Leeds LS1 3HB
Fire safety and fire regulations in the post Grenfell world
Venue: The Brodrick Hall, Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 8BH
Risk and Infrastructure from a practical and legal perspective
Reading
Speakers: Dr Mike Webster, MPW R&R Ltd and Crispin Winser, Crown Office Chambers
Venue: Maidenhead Golf Club, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead SL6 2PZ
Defective building works – Who pays? An overview of case law relating to the recovery of costs associated with repairing defective buildings
Southern
Speakers: Jessica Stephens QC, Claire Packman and Jonathan Lewis, 4 Pump Court
Venue: Blake Morgan Solicitors, New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 3LG
Mediation and Construction Litigation & Arbitration – Best friends or just casual acquaintances?
Birmingham
Chair: Michael O’Shea
Speakers: Andrew Miller QC, 2 Temple Gardens
Venue: Gateley LLP, One Eleven Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2HJ
Going Underground: contracts for underground works
London
Chair: Celia Carlisle, Tideway London
Speakers: Charles Nairac, White & Case and Michael Curtis QC, Crown Office Chambers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
The SCL Lunch in Scotland
Scotland
Speakers: Eilidh Doyle, Scotland’s most medalled athlete having represented Scotland and Great Britain at, amongst others, London 2012 and Rio 2016
Venue: The Supper Club, 29 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AJ
Man or Machine
London
Chair: Maria Fisentzou, Diales
Speakers: Richard Begbey, Profile Construction Consultants
Venue: Diales, 110 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6EU
ESCL 2019 Conference
Overseas
Venue: TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture (Building 8), Hall A, Julianalaan 134/Zuidplantsoen 2a, Delft
Making and Defending Claims for Time and Money
Ireland
Chair: Hamish Lal
Speakers: Dermot Flanagan S.C, Denise Kennedy, John Lyden, Terry McLoughlin & John Trainor SC,
Venue: The g Hotel & Spa Wellpark, Old Dublin Road, Galway City H91 V0HR
Design Liability & Professional Negligence –Contractors and Consultants Perspectives
Wales
Chair: Sean Gibbs/Rachel Gwilliam
Speakers: Ben Patten QC & Sian Mirchandani QC, 4 New Square
Venue: Blake Morgan, One Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS
Practical Completion and Liquidated Damages: interesting developments in the Court of Appeal
Surrey/Sussex
Chair: Mark Clinton, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
Speakers: Claire Packman, 4 Pump Court
Venue: Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, Belmont House, Station Way, Crawley RH10 1JA
Whose Case is it Anyway? Some thoughts on the presentation and assessment of evidence”
Sheff-Derby-Notts
Speakers: The Honourable Mrs Justice Jefford DBE
Venue: Hallmark Hotel, Midland Road, Derby DE1 2SG
The SCL Lunch in Bristol
South West
Speakers: Paul ‘Mungo’ Mungeam (Bear Grylls’ Cameraman)
Venue: Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TA
Professional Advice and Administration in Construction Projects: Scope of Duty and Scope of Responsibility
Eastern
Speakers: Patrick Clarke and Marc Lixenberg, Atkin Chambers
Venue: Mills & Reeve LLP, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PH
Thames Tideway Construction Site Visit
London
Venue: London Bridge City Pier
Gosvenor London Ltd v Aygun Aluminium Ltd : staying judgments enforcing adjudicators’ decisions where there is a real risk of dissipation
Manchester
Chair: Fraser Askham and Lucy Osborne
Speakers: Dr Tim Sampson and David Sawtell, Lamb Chambers
Venue: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
Due Process And Issues Which Prey On The Minds Of Arbitrators and Clients Alike
London
Chair: The Rt. Hon. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Speakers: Richard Wilmot-Smith QC, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Public works contract users: ADR strategies and tactics
Ireland
Chair: Arran Dowling-Hussey
Speakers: James O'Donoghue & Clare White, O'Connell Mahon Architects, Will Merriman, Sisk Ireland
Venue: RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Adjudication of construction professional negligence claims
South West
Chair: Jonathan Spencer
Speakers: Sarah McCann, Hardwicke Chambers
Venue: Bristol Hotel, George White Room, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF
The Society of Construction Law London Conference
London
Chair: Hamish Lal, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Venue: IET, 2 Savoy Pl, London WC2R 0BL
Liquidated Damages after Triple Point v PTT
Manchester
Chair: Fraser Askham and Lucy Osborne
Speakers: Neil Hext QC, 4 New Square
Venue: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS