Newsletter
Information for members
August 2004

Previous issue: July 2004 | Next issue: September 2004

Download this newsletter as a PDF file

Programme

Unless marked otherwise, the following meetings are free to members and guests. Location maps are now always available on the website.

All are welcome but for those meetings where the organiser’s telephone or email is given, it would be helpful if you could please let them know of your intention to attend .

Tuesday, 7th September, 6.15pm
“The tribunal in the driving seat – inquisitorial procedures in adjudication and arbitration”
Speaker: Peter Aeberli
Chairman: Jonathan Hosie
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1

Tuesday, 21st September, 6.00pm
“Project Information & Exchange ( PIX ) Protocol Guide and Tool Kit: The Impact on Communication Protocols for Construction”
Speakers: Paul Wilkinson and John George
Chairman: Jocelyn Taylor
Venue: Renaissance Hotel, South Normanton , Derbyshire DE55
Organiser: jocelyntaylor@scl.org.uk

Monday, 4th October, 6.30pm
Joint SCL / SCS meeting
“Does a sub-contractor have any rights under the main contract?”
Speaker: Thomas Wren
Chairman: John Lyden
Location: Rochestown Park Hotel, Rochestown Road, Douglas, Cork

Tuesday, 5th October, 6.15pm
Joint SCL /Adjudication Society meeting
“The Construction Act Review – some thoughts on what could be done”
Speaker: Chris Dancaster
Chairman: Nicholas Gould
Venue: National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place , London SW1

Thursday, 7th October, 6.00pm
Southern region inaugural meeting (venue and chairman to be announced)
Speaker: Professor John Uff QC (topic tba)

Tuesday, 12th October, 6.15pm
“ADR (Antipodean Dispute Resolution) with special references to construction”
Speaker: Tómas Kennedy-Grant
Chairman: Anthony Lavers
Venue: National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place , London SW1

Tuesday, 12th October, 6.00pm
“Claims under the Contract and at Common Law”
Speaker: Andrew Noble
Chairman: Andrew MacCuish
Venue: Brunswick Lecture Theatre, Leeds Metropolitan Univ.
Organiser: jonathanhawkswell@scl.org.uk

Thursday, 14th October, 6.00pm
Title of talk to be announced
Speaker: Professor Michael Furmston
Chairman: Simon Goss
Venue: The Brunel Room, The Hawthorns, Bristol BS8
Organiser: simongoss@scl.org.uk

Thursday, 14th October, 6.00pm
“Novation unveiled ”
Speaker: Rachel Barnes
Chairman: Frances Paterson
Venue: Linbury Building , Wocrcester College , Walton St. Oxford
Organiser: richardwade@scl.org.uk

Tuesday, 2nd November 6.15pm
Joint SCL /TECBAR meeting
“Construction and Technical Dispute Resolution”
Speaker: Mr Justice Jackson
Chairman: Paul Darling QC
Venue: Middle Temple Hall, London EC4

Monday, 8th November, 6.30pm
Joint SCL/SCS meeting
“Fair valuation of variations under civil engineering contracts and building contracts”
Speaker: John Lyden
Chairman: Eamonn McCarthy
Location: Rochestown Park Hotel, Rochestown Road, Douglas, Cork

Tuesday, 9th November, 6.30pm
“The 100 day arbitration procedure”
Speaker: Professor John Uff QC
Chairman: Michael O’Shea
Venue: Liverpool – venue to be announced

Tuesday, 16th November, 6.00pm
“Completion”
Speaker: John Nestor
Chairman: tba
Venue: Nottingham Trent University (tbc)
Organiser: jocelyntaylor@scl.org.uk

Tuesday, 7th December, 6.30pm
“Performance management and the Proceeds of Crime Act”
Speaker: Inspector John Buttress
Chairman: Peter Fenn
Venue: Room G/1, Pariser Building, UMIST Campus, Manchester
Organiser: peterfenn@scl.org.uk

Tuesday, 7th December, 6.15pm
Joint SCL /TECBAR meeting
“Construction law – the outer limits”
Speaker: Paul Darling QC – Chairman of TECBAR
Chairman: Lord Justice May
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place , London SW1

The Society’s 21 st Birthday Party and President’s Reception

The Society’s 21 st Birthday Party and President’s Reception will be held at Ironmongers’ Hall, Barbican, London on the evening of Monday 18 th October ( 6.30pm – 9pm ). For those of you who have not attended the President’s Reception before, it is a biennial event to which the Society always invites many senior members of the construction industry and also the senior members of the Judiciary. In recent years our guests at the President’s reception have included the Right Honourable Lord Woolf and Sir John Egan.

The President’s Reception is also an occasion when the President’s medal is awarded to someone who has made a significant contribution to furthering the Society’s aim of promoting the study and understanding of construction law amongst all those involved in the construction industry.

As it is 21 years since the Society was formed we have combined the President’s Reception with our 21 st Birthday Party and have invited all the founder members.

We anticipate strong demand for tickets to the event and have decided that tickets will be limited to SCL members only until 1 st September. Tickets for non members may be booked after 1 st September (subject to availability). The tickets cost £25 each and a flyer and booking form is attached. We will also shortly be taking online bookings in the usual way at ww.scl.org.uk

Scotland

Instead of regions for just Glasgow and Edinburgh, we now have two regional co‑ordinators who will cover the whole of Scotland . A welcome therefore to David Anderson and Lindy Patterson.

Both are keen to receive ideas/suggestions about the sort of events and topics members would like to see covered within Scotland and Scottish members have already been sent an email seeking views. Please feel free to email them at davidanderson@scl.org.uk and lindypatterson@scl.org.uk

New SCL Region

Welcome to another regional co-ordinator. Marian Harris-Deans is now the regional co-ordinator for the newly created Southern region. Professor John Uff QC has kindly agreed to give the inaugural talk on Thursday, 2 October and the venue and topic of Professor Uff’s talk will be announced very shortly.

Marian’s contact details are marianharris-deans@scl.org.uk or telephone 01489 579 990 and members in the region are invited to forward suggestions on any topics they would like to hear given as talks.

SCL Hudson Prize 2004

Write a winning essay and SCL will write you a cheque!

A leaflet inviting entries for this year’s SCL Hudson Prize was enclosed with the last newsletter. If you are interested in submitting an essay, Jackie Morris can send you a copy of the entry details, or alternatively you can download a copy from the website.

Why not submit an entry this year? - If you don’t enter, you can’t win! The closing date for entries is 31 st December 2004 .

Attention all budding solicitor advocates!

With the kind agreement of HHJ Humphrey LLoyd QC, the SCL is pleased to announce that it will be holding its Advocacy Training Course again this Autumn.

The course will be run at a location in central London over five evening sessions on 3 November, 10 November, 22 November, 1 December 2004 , 8 December 2004 between 5.30pm and 8.00pm .

The course will give each advocate an opportunity to present interim applications in a construction dispute, including applications in relation to adjudication.

Please note that this course is open only to SCL members who are solicitors. Early registration is advisable as places are limited.

To register your interest please contact: SCL Advocacy Course, c/o Marcia Lawrence, Fenwick Elliott LLP, 353 Strand , London WC2R OHT. DX No. LDE 178. mlawrence@fenwickelliott.co.uk Tel: 020 7956 9354

Construction Law: Introduction to the Basics

In 2003 the Junior Committee of the SCL collaborated with the Centre of Construction Law at King's College London to run a half-day seminar, Construction Law: Introduction to the Basics.  Over 100 lawyers and construction professionals came together at King's Strand Campus to hear an afternoon of presentations about key issues and principles of law in the field and enjoyed a buffet supper together afterwards.  Now Introduction to the Basics 2004 is being launched, taking place at King's again on the afternoon of Thursday 9 th September 2004 . Planned speakers include Professor Phillip Capper, Helen Garthwaite, Liam Holder, Philip Britton, Mark Handley and Nicholas Gould. 

The event should interest those considering construction as a possible specialisation and for junior or recently appointed staff encountering construction issues in their work for the first time - so SCL members are encouraged to book for themselves but also to pass the information on to colleagues who may be interested.  Further details and a booking form are available on the SCL website: there is a discount for SCL members and for more than one delegate from the same organisation booking at the same time. Enquiries to Linda Jones in the Centre of Construction Law at King's: linda.jones@kcl.ac.uk or 020-7848 2685.

Lecture at Leeds Civic Hall

On the afternoon of Friday, 1 st October 2004 , His Honour Judge Anthony Thornton QC will give a lecture entitled “Adjudication and arbitration: A symbiotic relationship”. The event will be held in the Banqueting Suite of Leeds Civic Hall and tickets cost £20 each (to include coffee and biscuits before and after the event). A leaflet and booking form can be found on the SCL website.

TeCSA Course

TeCSA is providing a specialist training course for Mediators on 29 th and 30 th September. The course will be held in Birmingham and the cost is £1175 for TeCSA members and £1468.75 for non-members. For details on how to book, contact David Miles: DMiles@glovers.co.uk

SCL Directory and Autumn Diary

 Enclosed with this newsletter is your copy of the 2004/2005 Members Directory - issued only to members of the Society. Please note that the details it contains are those that we had on the database at 30 th June. In addition, it contains the names of only those members who have given us permission to list them in a hard copy directory.

Also enclosed is a copy of the pocket-sized Autumn/Winter Diary of Events. If any member wishes to have more copies of the Diary to distribute to colleagues or clients, please contact Jackie Morris.

SCL Website

If you have not yet done so, take a look at the new website which has been completely redesigned to make it easier to use. Members can now log in from the homepage, and stay logged in throughout the site until they log out. When you log in you will see a new navigation link to 'Members' which is where you can update your contact details, email subscriptions and data protection info - as well as search for information about other SCL members who have agreed for their data to be accessible to other members on the website (currently over 500 members). In due course some new facilities will be added for members.

If you have any questions, problems or suggestions, please contact our webmaster, Edward Peters, at Webmaster

Contributions invited from Members

What construction law related topic would you like to see presented as a talk? Please email your suggestions to Jackie Morris on admin@scl.org.uk and we will do our best to organise a talk in your area.

You are also invited to contribute to the newsletter. If you have an item related to construction law that you feel would be of interest to others, then please email text to Jackie Morris at admin@scl.org.uk. A member of Council will thereafter decide whether to include the item in the next newsletter. Please note that we do not accept advertisements or items of a commercial nature.

New Members

Finally, we are pleased to welcome the following new members who joined the Society in July:

Louis Scott, County Down
Michael Bowsher, London
Richard Collins, Kent
Chuang Qiu, Beijing
Julie Dean, London
Andrea Gardner, Newcastle upon Tyne
Emerson Holmes, London
Danielle Marshall, Surrey

Back to the top