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The Year in review: key cases/Is there method in the madness: a presentation of Delay Claims from a Delay Expert's Perspective

North East
Chair: Simon Lewis, WBD (UK) LLP
Speakers: Mark Chennells, Atkin Chambers and Gary McGifford, GT Fairway
Venue: Ramside Hall Hotel, Beaumont Room, Durham, County Durham DH1 1TD

“Mulled Wine and Mince Pie Night” - Collaborative Contracting – Aspiration, Myth or Reality?

Manchester
Speakers: Paul Darling QC
Venue: Manchester Hall, 36 Bridge Street, Manchester M3 3BT

“Smash & Grab” & Cross-Adjudications

Sheff-Derby-Notts
Chair: Ken Sadler
Speakers: Alexander Nissen QC
Venue: DoubleTree Hilton (Gateway) Hotel, Nuthall Road, Nottingham NG8 6AZ

Construction Arbitration: more transparency and less confidentiality?

Ireland
Chair: Arran Dowling-Hussey
Speakers: John Tackaberry QC & Stephen Proctor
Venue: McCannFitzgerald, Riverside One, 37 - 42 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2

(1) Key recent professional liability cases; (2) Trends (including post Grenfell liability issues and the Carillion liquidation); and (3) Practical guidance

Wales
Speakers: Sarah Hannaford QC and Tom Owen
Venue: Blake Morgan, One Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS

SCL Construction Advocacy Course

London
Venue: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Ten Bishops Square, Eighth Floor, London E1 6EG

SCL Astra Networking Event - Coffee Brewing and Tasting evening!

Leeds
Venue: Stage Coffee, 41 Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BB

SCL HK One Day International Conference 2018

Overseas
Venue: Hong Kong Football Club, 3 Sports Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong

The SCL Lunch in Scotland

Scotland
Speakers: Brian Taylor, Political Editor of the BBC
Venue: The Supper Club, 29 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AJ

The Third Annual SCL West Midlands Debate: "Are "independent" experts really doing their job?"

Birmingham
Chair: Sir Rupert Jackson
Speakers: Anthony Speaight QC, Fiona Sinclair QC, Thomas Crangle, Robert Scrivener, 4 Pump Court
Venue: Gowling WLG, Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6WR

Alliance contracts theory and practice – introducing the NEC4 Alliance Contract

London
Chair: David Thomas QC
Speakers: Ian Heaphy
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE

European Construction Public Procurement, Current Issues and Perspectives

Overseas
Venue: Bucharest University, Faculty of Law, 36-46 Mihai Kogalniceanu Blvd. Bucharest, Romania 050107

The Mustill Memorial Lecture

Leeds
Venue: Leeds Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 1UR

The SCL Lunch in Bristol

South West
Speakers: Alastair Humphreys, British Adventurer and Author
Venue: Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol BS1 5TA

Payment in the construction industry- Where are we now?”

Eastern
Chair: Jonathan Cope, SCL Chair
Speakers: Professor Rudi Klein, Chief Executive, SEC Group
Venue: Mills & Reeve LLP, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PH

Professional Liability for Construction Professionals

Leeds
Chair: Martin Green
Speakers: Sarah Hannaford QC and Tom Owen of Keating Chambers
Venue: Leeds Beckett University, Lecture Theatre D, The Rose Bowl Building, Portland Way off Portland Crescent, Leeds LS1 3HB

Hot Topics in Construction – an expert led interactive workshop

Ireland
Venue: Arthur Cox, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland

Site visit at the Edinburgh St James

Scotland
Speakers: Martin Perry, Project Director for TH Real Estate
Venue: THRE Office, 3rd Floor, Elder House, Multrees Walk, Edinburgh

Integrated Project Insurance: lessons from a trial project

London
Speakers: Prof John Connaughton
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE

Mediation vs Conciliation: which is better and why do they fail?

Ireland
Chair: Conor Owens, A & L Goodbody
Speakers: Rosemary Jackson QC & Orla Fitzgerald, Architect & Conciliator
Venue: A & L Goodbody, North Wall Quay N Wall Quay, North Wall, Dublin 1, D01 H104

SCL North America - 8th International Society of Construction Law Conference

Overseas
Venue: Palmer House Hotel, 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60603, USA

Construction/ADR update

Wales
Chair: Rachel Gwilliam
Speakers: Kim Franklin QC, Crown Office Chambers
Venue: Blake Morgan, One Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS

MT Højgaard v E.On one year on: distinguishing ‘design’ and ‘works’ liability

Birmingham
Chair: Mike O'Shea
Speakers: Paul Buckingham, Keating Chambers
Venue: Gateley LLP, One Eleven Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2HJ

Proving liability and loss where fire stopping fails

London
Speakers: Daniel Churcher, 4 Pump Court
Venue: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Adelaide House, London Bridge, London EC4R 9HA

Riva Properties v Foster – what duties does an architect have?

South West
Chair: Andrew Evans, Gregg Latchams
Speakers: Mark Wheeler, Global Chief Operating Officer, Driver Trett and Stephen Homer, Partner, Ashfords
Venue: Bristol Hotel, George White Room, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF