Past events
Planning law: what does the construction professional need to know?
Ireland
Moderator: Finola McCarthy, Partner - RDJ LLP
Speakers: Dermot Flanagan SC, James Lawless BL & Rashda Rana SC
Venue: RDJ LLP,The Exchange, George's Dock, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin, D01 P2V6
Contracting Practices for Tunnelling and Underground Works
London
Chair: Professor Anthony Lavers, Kings College London
Speakers: Ben Mellors, HFW
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
The Society of Construction Law Annual Spring Conference
Leeds
Speakers: The Honourable Mr Justice Waksman, Lynne McCafferty KC and Luke Wygas, 4 Pump Court, Omar Eljadi, Atkin Chambers, Jonathan Cope, MCMS Limited, Paul Bury, Charlie Thompson and Tom Coulson, Keating Chambers
Venue: The Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT
JCT, the next evolution – Principal Changes and the reasons behind them
Birmingham
Chair: Michael Bennett
Speakers: Karen Kirkham and Sean Smylie
Venue: Browne Jacobson, 15th Floor, 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3AG
Opening the floodgates? Potential parties to claims under the Building Safety Act 2022
Oxford
Chair: Dominic Jones
Speakers: David Sawtell and Samantha Jones, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP
Advocacy doesn't travel ? Lessons learned appearing before courts & tribunals away from home
Online
Moderator: Susan Ahern BL, Law Library, Dublin
Speakers: Jeremy Gauntlett SC KC, Brick Court Chambers & Paul Darling KC, 39 Essex Chambers
The SCL Annual London Lunch
London
Speakers: Dr Hannah Critchlow (internationally-acclaimed neuroscientist, broadcaster, author and Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge)
Venue: GROSVENOR HOUSE, A JW MARRIOTT HOTEL, PARK LANE, LONDON W1K 7TN
Building an Iron-Clad Case: Limitation, Causation and Remedies in Cladding Claims
South West
Chair: Oliver Williams
Speakers: Mathias Cheung, Atkin Chambers
Venue: Trowers & Hamlins LLP, 4th Floor, The Senate, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter EX1 1UG
Void But Still Binding – Can Unenforceable or Void Liquidated Damages Cap a Claim for General Damages
London
Chair: Simon Tolson, Honorary President TECSA
Speakers: David Inns, White & Case LLP
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
NEC: Practical Observations
Scotland
Speakers: Shy Jackson, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Venue: Brodies LLP, Capital Square 58 Morrison Street Edinburgh EH3 8BP
A panel discussion of the practical realities and contractual issues surrounding market price volatility
Kent, Online
Chair: Richard Begbey
Venue: Socotec Training Suite, 1st Floor, Dowding House, Coach & Horses Passage, Lower Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5NP
Recent trends in construction law: a view from London & Dublin
Ireland
Moderator: Orla Fitz. Gerald
Speakers: Niraj Modha, 39 Essex Chambers & Lisa Maloney, Byrne Wallace
Venue: Dublin Dispute Resolution Centre, The Distillery Building, 151 Church Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 WDX8
2022 and all that: what's going to happen to fire safety claims in 2023?
Eastern, Online
Chair: Professor Eilis Ferran, Cambridge University
Speakers: Jonathan Selby KC and Charlie Thompson
Venue: Mills & Reeve, Botanic House, 98-100 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PH
Design Responsibility Demystified: Recent Judicial Design Development
London
Chair: Simon Hargreaves KC
Speakers: Anneliese Day KC
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
The SCL Lunch in Dublin
Ireland
Speakers: Steve Davis OBE, Six Time World Snooker Champion & BBC sports commentator
Venue: The Round Room at the Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 XK40
The SCL Irish Conference - An overview of road, airport, marine & wind-farm construction disputes
Ireland
Speakers: John Tackaberry KC (Keynote Speaker), Mr Justice Garrett Simons, Dermot Flanagan SC, Dr Hamish Lal, Darren Lehane SC, Jonathan Pawlowski, Susan Ahern BL, Mary-Liz Mahony (Dentons), Margaret Austin (Adelshaw Goodard), Andrew Singer KC (King's Chambers), Jessica Stephens KC (4PC), Dr David Browne BL (Law Library), Sue Kim (HKA), John Delaney (Delaney & Associates), Denis Cronin (DAA), Siobhan Kearney (A&L Goodbody), Sean Carr (McCannfitzgerald), Tom Comerford (Driver), John Gordon SC & Jarlath Fitzsimons SC
Venue: The Spencer Hotel, Excise Walk, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland
Opening the floodgates? Potential parties to claims under the Building Safety Act 2022
Wales
Chair: Kate Howell
Speakers: David Sawtell & Samantha Jones, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Blake Morgan LLP, One Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
SCL Astra: Construction Law Update with Omar Eljadi
Leeds
Chair: Jonah Kennedy, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Speakers: Omar Eljadi, Atkin Chambers
Venue: Addleshaw Goddard LLP, 3 Sovereign Square, Sovereign Street, Leeds LS1 4ER
The SCL Lunch in Scotland
Scotland
Speakers: The Right Honourable Sir Rupert Jackson
Venue: InterContinental Edinburgh The George, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PB
EVENT CANCELLED - Notices as a Condition Precedent to Entitlement : Is the Law Coherent?
Scotland
Speakers: Dr Hamish Lal
Venue: Brodies LLP, Capital Square 58 Morrison Street Edinburgh EH3 8BP
'Much too much time and judicial resource has already been spent' – Hybrid Contracts, Energy and Adjudication
London
Chair: HH Frances Kirkham CBE
Speakers: James Bowling, Matthew Thorne and Clementine Makower
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
SCL Astra International Conference
Overseas
Chair: Rebecca Shorter (White & Case), Lucy Pearson (DLA Piper), Erwan Robert (Reed Smith), Sarah Williams (Keating Chambers) and Karim Mariey (White & Case)
Speakers: Sir Rupert Jackson (Keynote Speaker), Ravy Pich, Christophe Sergeant, Kathryn Porter, David Coyne, Vanessa Thieffry, Dr Way Way Moinet, Hervé Chambon, Sébastien Pepin, Karam Farah, Yutty Ramen, Veronique Buehrlen KC, Adam Zombory-Moldovan, Jason Fry KC, Elena Hatzigeorgiou, Patrick Noonan, Jean-Marc Coulon, Vincent Leloup & Sachin Trikha
The differences between NEC 3 and NEC 4 the UK - Peruvian experience
Online
The SCL Lunch in Bristol
South West
Speakers: Chrissie Wellington OBE, Four-time World Champion endurance athlete
Venue: Bristol Marriott Royal, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TA
Fire Safety in Buildings – Current Issues and Defects
Birmingham
Chair: Michael Bennett
Speakers: Steven Manchester, BRE
Venue: Shakespeare Martineau, 1 Colmore Row, Birmingham B4 6AA