Past events
SCL Astra Breakfast Seminar
London, Online
Speakers: Mario Lara Ledermann
Exiting contracts: the pitfalls
Leeds
Speakers: Adam Robb KC and Jess Connors, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Eversheds Sutherland, Bridgewater Place, Water Lane, Leeds LS11 5DR
Part 8 and Adjudication Enforcement
Manchester
Speakers: Andrew Singer KC
Venue: Kings Chambers, 36 Young Street, Manchester, M3 3FT
Construction claims and disputes – Sources and solutions
Ireland
Moderator: Hamish Lal, SCL Chairman
Speakers: Opening Remarks: Dermot Durack, Ciarb Ireland Branch Chair. Panellists: Denise Kennedy, Sarah Murphy, Martin Cooney, Conor Kelly, Billy Morrisey
Venue: The Hardiman, Eyre Square, Galway H91 NFD
The SCL Lunch in Manchester
Manchester
Speakers: Giles Duley MBE (Portrait and documentary photographer, writer and presenter)
Venue: Radisson Blu Edwardian Free Trade Hall, Peter Street, Manchester M2 5GP
SCL Quarterly Case Law Update No.2
Online
Chair: Hamish Lal
Speakers: Ben Quiney KC, Crown Office Chambers
EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED - Keeping an eye on the Court – important recent adjudication cases
Reading
Chair: Rowan Turrall
Speakers: Catherine Piercy KC and Kort Egan of Gatehouse Chambers
Venue: Boyes Turner LLP, Abbots House, Abbey Street, Reading, RG1 3BD
SCL Astra Breakfast Seminar
London, Online
Speakers: Paul Reed KC
"The Great Debate"
Birmingham
Chair: HHJ Watson
Speakers: Sarah Hannaford KC and Brenna Conroy - Keating Chambers; Jennifer Jones KC and Omar Eljadi - Atkin Chambers
Venue: Shoosmiths LLP, 20th Floor, 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 3AG
The Society's Annual Dinner & President's Reception
London
Venue: Plaisterers' Hall, One London Wall, 1 London Wall, Barbican, London EC2Y 5JU
Perspectives on Professional Negligence Claims in Construction
Ireland
Speakers: Charlotte Woolven-Brown (Lawyer), Matt MacDonagh-Dumler (Architect), Denis Behan (Chartered Civil Engineer)
Venue: The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, 8 Merrion Square North, Dublin D02 YE68
The Inaugural SCL Lunch in Birmingham
Birmingham
Speakers: Simon Delahunty-Forest (Assistant Director, Development) and Ellie Horwitch-Smith (Assistant Director, Route to Net Zero)
Venue: ICC, Hall 11, 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA
Contractualising Climate Change
London
Chair: Dr Janet Young CBE, Director General & Secretary, Institution of Civil Engineers
Speakers: Ruth Keating, 39 Essex Chambers and Anne-Marie Friel, Pinsent Masons
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Does the Hudson Formula have a future?
Ireland, Online
Speakers: Dr Franco Mastrandrea (Partner HKA)
Venue: RDJ LLP, The Exchange, George’s Dock, IFSC, D01 P2V6, Dublin 1
Construction adjudicator fees - Are they unreasonable?
Northern Ireland, Online
Chair: Hamish Lal, Chairman Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Peter O’Malley, FCIArb, MRIAI, RIBA, Chairman Ciarb – Ireland. Opening Remarks: Sir Charles Declan Morgan PC, Former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Venue: Law Society House, 96 Victoria Street, Belfast BT1 3GN
Revision of liquidated damages and impact(s) of good faith on delay analysis
Online
Moderator: Hamish Lal
Speakers: Maude Lebois, Partner, GBS Disputes & Sean Brannigan KC, 4 Pump Court Chambers
Quarterly Case Law Update Q1 - 2024
Online
Chair: Hamish Lal
Speakers: Rachel Ansell KC
The Society of Construction Law Annual Spring Conference 2024
Leeds
Speakers: Dr Hamish Lal, Chair SCL, HHJ Kelly, Tom Owen & Elizabeth Donnelly - Keating Chambers, David Pliener KC & Kort Egan - Gatehouse Chambers, Jessica Stephens KC & Jennie Gillies - 4 Pump Court, Nitesh Patel - Turner Townsend, Andrew Goddard KC & Laura Hussey - Atkin Chambers
Venue: The Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Leeds LS10 1LT
Fraud as a ground for resisting enforcement in International Arbitration and Adjudication
London
Chair: Krista Lee KC
Speakers: Alexander Milner KC - Fountain Court Chambers, Helena White - Gatehouse Chambers, Jamie Harrison - Deputy Director General LCIA & Simon Tolson - Fenwick Elliott LLP
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Part 8 and Adjudication Enforcement
Surrey/Sussex
Speakers: Andrew Singer KC
Venue: Stevens & Bolton LLP, Wey House Farnham Road Guildford GU1 4YD
Comparative Law - Oral Variations
London, Overseas, Online
Chair: Paul Battrick
Speakers: Lucy Garrett KC, Keating Chambers and Ben Davidson, Corrs Chambers Westgarth / Chair of SoCLA
Venue: Keating Chambers, 15 Essex Street, London WC2R 3AA
Being an Expert Witness
Ireland
Speakers: Mark Tottenham, Mariana Verdes, Kevin Harnett & Martin Campbell
Venue: Irish Architectural Archives, 45 Merrion Square East, Dublin D02 VY60
A.I.: The External Force Changing The Legal Landscape
Birmingham
Chair: Michael Bennett
Speakers: Andrew Goddard KC; Laura Hussey, Atkin Chambers
Venue: Turner and Townsend, 45 Church Street, Birmingham B3 2RT
Construction Adjudication Update
Northern Ireland, Online
Speakers: Catherine Piercy KC, Gatehouse Chambers, London & Anna Rowan, Bar Library, Belfast
Venue: The Meeting Space at Law Society House, 96 Victoria Street, Belfast BT1 3GN
The SCL Annual London Lunch
London
Speakers: Dave Fishwick - Internet personality and star of Channel 4's 2012 hit show 'Bank of Dave'
Venue: Grosvenor House A J W Marriott Hotel Park Lane London W1K 7TN