Next meetings

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
London
Thursday, September 9, 2010
London
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Oxford

Non-SCL events

Thursday, September 9, 2010

The International Mediation in Construction Conference will explore the use of mediation in construction and examine current practices in Scotland, the UK and within the wider international context. The aim of the conference is to promote mediation and maximise its use.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Worshipful Company of Arbitrators Evening Seminar. Expert Panel will include Christopher Dancaster (Master of the Company), John Rushton, ICC UK Arbitration Consultant & Prof John Uff QC, Keating Chambers (Chairman).

Friday, October 15, 2010

This is the Annual Conference of the European Society of Construction Law and may be of interest to members. It examines the Dutch standard-form construction contracts and asks whether they are in line with international construction law developments.

SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol

This Protocol has been prepared by the Society of Construction Law for determining extensions of time and compensation for delay and disruption. Published on October 16th 2002, It exists to provide guidance to all parties to the construction process when dealing with time/delay matters. It recognises that transparency of information and methodology is central to both dispute prevention and dispute resolution.

You may download a 2.6MB Zip file containing the Protocol here. Or you can purchase printed copies here.

Quoting the Protocol
Provided that the Society’s written permission is sought (admin@scl.org.uk) extracts may be reproduced in articles, seminar notes etc. Permission will usually be given provided that no more than 10% of the total text is quoted, and that the source is acknowledged. SCL also asks that the website address, www.scl.org.uk is given.

LATEST NEWS

Launch of the Consultation on Amendments to the Scheme for Construction Contracts

You may wish to be aware of the launch of the consultation concerning amendments to the Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998. More

Mediating Construction Disputes: An evaluation of existing practice

On Wednesday 16 February 2010 the Final Report Mediating Construction Disputes: an Evaluation of Existing Practice was launched. It is available for download.

Construction Act Reforms

A PowerPoint presentation given by Professor Rudi Klein, Chief Executive, Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group, to a meeting of the Oxford region of the Society of Construction Law on 23 April 2009, is available on our Reports & Talks page.

Grants from SCL

The Society awards annual grants to universities for the purchase of construction law related books, as well as an award to a student. More