Past events
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
Design co-ordination
London
Chair: Fiona Sinclair QC
Speakers: Stuart Macdougald-Denton, Matthew Cousins
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
An introduction to quantity surveying
London
Speakers: Gary Kitt
Venue: Vinson & Elkins RLLP, 20 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3BY
Expert determination in construction law
Ireland
Chair: John Tackaberry QC
Speakers: James O'Donoghue of Bluett & O'Donoghue Architects & Michael Humphreys QC, Bar Library, Belfast
Venue: Royal Institute of Architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
"Who is my neighbour?" The circumstances in which a professional can assume responsibility in tort without any contractual responsibility
Birmingham
Chair: Michael O’Shea
Speakers: David Sears QC, Crown Office Chambers
Venue: Mills & Reeve, 78-84 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2AB
Gamekeeper turning Poacher - the life of an ex-judge in the arbitral trenches
Oxford
Chair: Richard Wade
Speakers: Sir Robert Akenhead
Venue: Said Business School, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP
“Who is my neighbour?” The circumstances in which a professional can assume responsibility in tort without any contractual responsibility
Sheff-Derby-Notts
Chair: Jocelyn Taylor
Speakers: David Sears QC, Crown Office Chambers
Venue: Hallmark Hotel, Midland Road, Derby DE1 2SG
Fitness for purpose; implications for the construction industry following MT H√∏jgaard
London
Speakers: Paul Buckingham, Keating Chambers
Venue: Eversheds Sutherland (International LLP), One Wood Street, EC2V 7WS
SCL ASTRA Manchester Christmas Drinks
Manchester
Venue: The Refinery Spinningfields, XYZ Building, 2 Hardman Boulevard, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3AQ