Past events
SCL/SCL Astra Ireland Conference
Ireland
Speakers: Peter Rees QC, James Corbett QC, Dermot Durack, Henry Hathaway, Dr. Joseph Mante, Martin Cooney, Mary-Liz Mahony, Deirdre Ni Fhloinn, John Gordon S.C, James O’Donoghue, Gavan Carty, Jonathan Cope, Anthony Lavers, Andrew Willis & Pat Lucey
Venue: Powerscourt Hotel, Powerscourt Co. Wicklow A98 DR12 Ireland
The Comparison and Review of the NEC3 & NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract
Southern
Chair: Jessica Tresham
Speakers: Rachel Gwilliam and Adam Sanford
Venue: Blake Morgan Solicitors, New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 3LG
MT Hojgaard v E.On : distinguishing ‘design’ and ‘works’ liability
Scotland
Speakers: Paul Buckingham, Keating Chambers
Venue: Law Society of Scotland, offices at Atria One, 144 Morrison St, Edinburgh EH3 8EX
The SCL Annual London Lunch
London
Speakers: Cathy Newman, Journalist and presenter of Channel 4 News
Venue: Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel, Park Lane, London W1K 7TN
"Adjudication Update" - A review of important 2018 Judgments
Reading
Speakers: Catherine Piercy, Hardwicke Chambers
Venue: Maidenhead Golf Club, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead SL6 2PZ
Lighthouse Club Midlands Presents Renaissance
Birmingham
Venue: to be announced
Prevention Principle – now Cured?
Birmingham
Chair: Michael O’Shea
Speakers: Lindy Patterson QC, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Mills & Reeve, 78-84 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2AB
Adjudication of construction professional negligence claims
Kent
Chair: Jane Ryland
Speakers: Ebony Alleyne, Hardwicke Chambers
Venue: Cripps LLP, 22 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8AS
Prevention or Cure? Delay Claims and the Rise of Concurrency Clauses
London
Chair: Paul Darling OBE QC
Speakers: Lord Justice Coulson
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
SCL Advocacy Course - Dublin
Ireland
Venue: Arthur Cox, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland
The impact of delay for employer's and contractors…."Don't look back in anger!"
Wales
Chair: Sean Gibbs and Rachel Gwilliam
Speakers: Ian Gunton, CNS Consult
Venue: Blake Morgan, One Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS
The Business and Property Courts in Wales
Wales
Venue: to be announced
Adjudication: what does 2019 hold?
Northern Ireland
Chair: Charles Brown, Adjudicator & Arbitrator
Speakers: The Hon Mr Justice Horner - NI Commercial Judge, James O'Donoghue, Michael Humphreys QC & Anna Rowan, Bar Library, Belfast
Venue: Law Society of Northern Ireland, 96 Victoria Street, Belfast, BT1 3GN
When insolvency trumps rough justice: injunctions and stays of execution of adjudication proceedings
Manchester
Speakers: David Sears QC and Crispin Winser, Crown Office Chambers
Venue: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
A reflection of construction dispute resolution over the past 30 years
Eastern
Chair: Jonathan Cope, SCL Chair
Speakers: Paul Darling OBE QC, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Birketts LLP, Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street, Ipswich IP1 1QJ
The Jackson reforms and their sequel
Surrey/Sussex
Chair: David Savage, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Speakers: Sir Rupert Jackson
Venue: The Glass Room, G Live, London Road, Guildford GU1 2AA
Statutory Adjudication and Dispute Boards: do they deliver
London
Speakers: Lindy Patterson QC, 39 Essex Chambers and Simon Fegen, Leach Group
Venue: Macfarlanes LLP, 20 Cursitor St, London EC4A 1LT
SCL Astra Manchester Christmas Quiz
Manchester
Venue: DLA Piper UK LLP, 1 St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 3DE
Adjudication, Notices and Payment Provisions: A Dense Thicket or an Orderly Grove?
Wales
Speakers: David Johnson, Atkin Chambers
Venue: Hugh James, Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS
Challenging a payment notice in the absence of a pay less notice
Birmingham
Chair: Jonathan Cope, SCL Chair
Speakers: Justin Mort QC, Keating Chambers
Venue: Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP, 134 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2ES
The Cambridge - Oxford Corridor Challenge
Oxford
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6JF
Adjudication Update 2018
Southern
Speakers: Catherine Piercy, Hardwicke Chambers
Venue: Blake Morgan Solicitors, New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 3LG
When insolvency trumps rough justice: injunctions and stays of execution of adjudication proceedings
London
Chair: Mrs Justice Carr
Speakers: David Sears QC and Crispin Winser
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
SCL Lunch in Dublin
Ireland
Speakers: Dennis Taylor, BBC Snooker Pundit
Venue: Guinness Storehouse, The Arrol Suite, St James's Gate, Dublin 8
Payment in the Construction Industry – Where are we now?
Scotland
Speakers: Professor Rudi Klein
Venue: RICS, 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AD