Past events
Mega Projects - The Top Ten Legal Issues in International Construction
Ireland
Chair: Mr Justice David Barniville
Speakers: Hamish Lal
Venue: Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Contractor insolvency in a post-Carillion landscape
Leeds
Chair: Andrew Essam
Speakers: Jonathan Lewis and Helen Dennis, 4 Pump Court
Venue: Leeds Beckett University, Lecture Theatre D, The Rose Bowl Building, Portland Way off Portland Crescent, Leeds LS1 3HB
Challenging a payment notice in the absence of a pay less notice
London
Chair: Mrs Justice Jefford DBE
Speakers: Justin Mort QC
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
An Introduction to the 2017 FIDIC Suite of contracts
London
Speakers: Ben Mellors (Partner HFW); Siobhan Fahey (mediator/arbitrator, and member of the FIDIC drafting committee); Riaz Hussain (Barrister, Atkin Chambers)
Venue: HFW, 65 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2AE
Fraud unravels everything? Dealing with questions of fraud within adjudications, construction mediations and arbitrations
Ireland
Chair: Paul Darling Q.C
Speakers: Matt Molloy, MCMS Limited & Joan O'Connor, Chartered Architect & Arbitrator (ex President RIAI); Daniel Scanlon, partner Kennedys
Venue: Kennedys, Blood Stone Building, Blood Stoney Rd, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2
The Silk Application and Life as a Junior Silk for TECBAR and COMBAR Practitioners
London
Venue: Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, London EC4Y 7DA
PFI - Interpretation, Performance Points and Termination
Manchester
Speakers: Matthew Finn and Tom Coulson
Venue: Addleshaw Goddard LLP, One St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 3DE
Riva Properties v Foster – what duties does an architect have?
Birmingham
Chair: Michael O'Shea
Speakers: Mark Wheeler, Driver Trett
Venue: Eversheds Sutherland LLP, 115 Colmore Row, Birmingham, West Midlands B3 3AL
Hudson prize-winning presentations
London
Chair: Professor Anthony Lavers
Speakers: Matthew Bell, Ryan Turner & Ralph Goodchild
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
The Society’s AGM
London
Venue: Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4Y
The Society’s Annual Dinner
London
Venue: Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4Y
Dispute Boards: An Overview
Ireland
Chair: Brian Hutchinson, School of Law, UCD
Speakers: Dr Cyril Chern, 4 New Square, London & Martin Cooney, Head of Construction, Byrne Wallace
Venue: Byrne Wallace, 8 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, D02 DK18, Ireland
International UK Society of Construction Law Astra Event
Overseas
Speakers: Dr Karim Hafez, Rashda Rana S.C., Adrian Cole, Alan Henderson, Rob Stephen, Dr Tarek Riad, Amani Khalifa, Jed Savager, Amna Al Owais, Nour Kirk, Robert Stephen, David Gallo & James Foster
Venue: Various
SCL Astra Scotland – Site Visit, University of Edinburgh Law School
Scotland
Venue: University of Edinburgh Law School, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
Planes, Drones and Autopilots: Site Inspection Revisited
London
Speakers: Musa Werry & May Winfield
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Professional liability for construction professionals: case law, trends and practical guidance
South West
Chair: Jonathan Spencer
Speakers: Piers Stansfield QC and Tom Owen, Keating Chambers
Venue: Bristol Hotel, George White Room, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF
Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitration in the Construction Industry
Ireland
Speakers: Alan Brady Law Library Dublin; Dr Dimitar Kondev - White & Case LLP Paris and Jamie Ritchie L K Shields Dublin
Venue: Merrion Hotel, Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2, Ireland
The Society of Construction Law Annual Conference 2018
Leeds
Speakers: The Hon Mr Justice Fraser, HH Judge Mark Raeside QC, Dennis Baldwin, Steven Walker QC, Frances Pigott, Mathias Cheung, Tom Owen, Sean Brannigan QC & Paul Darling QC
Venue: The Royal Armouries, Leeds LS10 1LT
NEC4
Scotland
Speakers: Lindy Patterson QC
Venue: RICS, 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AD
SCL Astra Event - Careers in Construction Law
London
Speakers: Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, Atkin Chambers Maria Fisentzou, Driver Trett / Diales, Mrs Justice Jefford DBE, Technology and Construction Court, Helen Mason, Morgan Sindall Group plc, Caroline Pope, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
Venue: White & Case LLP, 5 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DW
Does good faith have any role in construction contracts?
London
Chair: Chris Ennis
Speakers: Lord Justice Jackson
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
NEC 4 - what's new?”
Eastern
Speakers: Lindy Patterson QC, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Mills & Reeve LLP, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PH
“Construction 2020: (How well has it worked & what might follow?)”
Ireland
Speakers: Rashda Rana SC, Rana IDRS, Dr David-John Gibbs, Bruno Herbots, Ralph Montague, Martin Cooney, Deirdre Ni Fhloinn B.L, Andrew Singer, Karim J. Nassif, China Irwin, Stephen Dowling, Niav O’Higgins, John Delaney & John Finnegan
Venue: Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire A96 K063, Dublin, Ireland
Northern Powerhouse Winter Ball
Manchester
Venue: The Museum of Science and Industry Liverpool Rd, Manchester M3 4FP
SCL Annual Lunch
London
Speakers: Steph McGovern, British television personality for the BBC
Venue: Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel, Park Lane, London W1K 7TN