Past events
The SCL Ireland Conference: “The Future of Construction Law”
Ireland
Moderator: Marian Regan, Shane O’Connor, John Delaney, Emily Farrell J
Speakers: Mr Justice David Barniville - President of the High Court, Niall Buckley SC, Dermot Flanagan SC, Kristen Read, Ruth Keating, Ciara Keegan, Fiona Egan, Cliona Kimber SC, Jessica Stephens KC, Gavin Wilson, PJ Rudden, Conor Gavin, Catherine Needham BL, Shane O’Neill, Leonora Riesenburg, Dr Hamish Lal, Rebecca Shorter
Venue: The Spencer Hotel, Excise Walk, IFSC, Dublin DO1X 4C9
Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Asia: The Singapore Approach
London
Chair: Hamish Lal
Speakers: Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, President of the Singapore International Commercial Court & Judge of the High Court of Singapore
Venue: 12 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2LP
The Effect of Construction Operations on Interests in Land
London
Chair: Mr Justice Eyre, Technology and Construction Court
Speakers: David Sawtell FCIArb PhD
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
SCL HK One Day International Conference 2024
Overseas
Venue: Hong Kong Football Club, 3 Sports Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
SCL Astra International Conference 2024
Overseas
Venue: Milan, Italy
ESCL Webinar on Construction Law
Online
Moderator: Roberto Panetta, Vice Chair ESCL
Speakers: Dr Florian Englert, Englert Legal, Germany
The SCL Lunch in Bristol
South West
Speakers: Nigel Owens MBE, Welsh Rugby Referee
Venue: Bristol Harbour Hotel, 55 Corn Street, Bristol BS1 1HT
ESCL Conference 2024
Overseas
AI & Construction Law
London
Speakers: Mr Justice Waksman, Mrs Joanna Smith, Martha Tsigkari, Jim Johnson, Pedro Rente Lourenco & Peter Brogden
Venue: The Rolls Building, Second Floor, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL
Lessons from Grenfell: Functional Requirements or Prescriptive Rules?
London
Chair: Jessica Tresham, Partner at Gowling WLG
Speakers: Richard Millett KC, Essex Court Chambers and Lead Counsel to the Grenfell Inquiry. Panel: Mario Lara Ledermann – Fire Engineer at Halliwells Fire Research, Jennie Gillies - 4 Pump Court and member of the TCC Building Safety Working Party , Jason Bagge – Architect, JS Held
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
The Supreme Court proceedings in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Limited v Simply Construct (UK) LLP
Birmingham
Chair: Michael Bennett
Speakers: Anneliese Day KC (Fountain Court Chambers) and Michele De Gregorio (Crown Office Chambers)
Venue: Mills and Reeve, One Centenary Way, Birmingham
Comparative Law Webinar
Online
Chair: Rebecca Shorter (SCL UK Chair)
Speakers: Walied Abdeldayem & Ewen Maclean
Quarterly Case law update
Online
Chair: Jessica Neuberger
Speakers: Richard Wilmot-Smith KC, 39 Essex Chambers
Procurement Act 2023: what you need to know
Wales
Chair: Kate Howell
Speakers: Simon Taylor - Keating Chambers and Tomos Lewis - Blake Morgan LLP
Venue: Blake Morgan LLP, One Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS
Ask the Adjudicator: An interactive Q&A session with a barrister, solicitor and non-lawyer adjudicator
London
Chair: James Frampton
Speakers: Krista Lee KC (Keating Chambers), Peter Stockill (Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP), Caroline McDermott (Turner & Townsend)
Venue: Keating Chambers, 15 Essex St, Temple, London WC2R 3AA
THE GREAT DEBATE - What one change would you make to the Construction Contracts Act 2013 or adjudication practice?
Ireland
Chair: Bernard Gogarty Smyth & Son, Chair Minister’s Panel of Adjudicators
Speakers: Deirdre Hennessy, BAM Contractors Ltd; Dan Daye, McCauley Daye O’Connell Architects; Orla Fitz.Gerald, Fitz.Gerald Associates Architects & Dispute Resolution; Andrew McVea, Byrne Wallace; Catherine Needham BL, the Bar of Ireland; Éamonn Conlon SC
Venue: Byrne Walace LLP, 88 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 D02 DK18
The SCL Lunch in Leeds
Leeds
Speakers: Frances Davies & Janette Benaddi, Yorkshire Rows
Venue: The Queens Hotel, City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ
Going Nuclear: the future of nuclear power in the UK and internationally
London
Chair: Rebecca Shorter, Chair of SCL
Speakers: Ian Salter, Partner, Burgess Salmon, Daniel Garton, Partner, A&O Shearman and Simon Wilcock, Senior Underwriter at Nuclear Risk Insurers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
SCL Astra Summer Boat Trip
London
Venue: Festival Pier, London
Construction Law Conference
South West
Chair: Jonathan Spencer, Simmons & Simmons LLP
Speakers: Mr Justice Waksman : Opening remarks from the Judge in charge of the TCC; Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho – 39 Essex Chambers: “Mediating multi-party construction disputes”; Dave Pope, Ridge and Partners: “Structural Engineering Failures: Causes and Lessons Learned”; David Streatfeild–James KC, Atkin Chambers: : “The Energy Transition and Renewables: what’s law got to do with it?”
Venue: Simmons & Simmons LLP, Aurora, Finzels Reach, Counterslip, Bristol BS1 6BX
Summer Drinks and Networking Event
Ireland
Venue: Arthur Cox, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin D02 T380
The SCL NA 2024 Conference
Overseas
The Inaugural SCL Lunch in Cambridge
Eastern
Speakers: Sir Rupert Jackson
Venue: Trinity Hall, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TJ
The lesser of two evils? A comparative analysis of how common law jurisdictions approach accrual of causes of action in negligence post-Pirelli
London
Chair: Lauren Adams, Chair of the Hudson Prize Judging Committee
Speakers: William Haslam, Pupil Barrister, Atkin Chambers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Application of AI in Construction Law
Kent
Chair: Jane Ryland - Kent Region Co-ordinator of Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Peter Brogden, Keating Chambers
Venue: One Warwick Park Hotel, 1 Warwick Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5TA