Newsletter
Information for members
August 2005

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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 .

Wednesday 8 September, 6.15pm
“The Internationalisation of contractual adjudication”
Speaker: David Brynmor Thomas
Offices of Herbert Smith, Primrose St , London EC2A

Tuesday 27 September, 6.15pm
“Payment Notices/Issues”
Speaker: Peter Collie
Brunswick Lecture Theatre, Leeds Metropolitan Univ.
Organiser: jonathanhawkswell@scl.org.uk

Tuesday 4th October, 6.15pm
“A little about time at large. Calculating a reasonable time to complete in the absence of a completion date”
Speakers: Keith Pickavance & Wendy MacLaughlin
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place , London SW1 6.15pm

Tuesday 4th October, 6.30pm
“Health & Safety in Construction”
Speaker: Steffan Croch
Chairman: Peter Fenn
Venue: Pariser Building , Floor G, University of Manchester 6.30pm
Organiser: peterfenn@scl.org.uk

Friday 7 October, 12pm
Joint SCL /RICS/CIArb “Construction Conference”
Speakers: The Honourable Mr Justice Jackson, John Riches, Nerys Jefford and Sean Brannigan
Chairman: The Honourable Mr Justice Jackson
Venue: Pride Park , Derby . 12.00 noon
Cost: £55 per person (to include lunch and afternoon tea)
Bookings will be organised by RICS – details to follow.

Tuesday 18 October, 6pm
Joint SCL /King’s College meeting
“The Great Delay Analysis Debate”
Protagonists as follows:
Steve Briggs Arguing “As Planned vs As Built” for the contractor
Alistair Farr Arguing “As Planned Impacted” for the employer
John Hammond Arguing “As Planned But For” for the engineer
Keith Pickavance Arguing “Time Impacted” for the adjudicator
Venue: The Great Hall, King’s College, London 6.00pm
Cost: £20 per person (to include drinks reception at 7.40pm )
To book, contact Marie Buckley on 020 7421 1986 or mbuckley@fenwickelliott.co.uk

Thursday 20 October, 6.15pm
“NEC 3”
Speaker: Brian Eggleston
(chairman and venue to be announced)
Organiser: arulselvaratnam@scl.org.uk

Thursday 20 October, 6.00pm
“Insuring the integrated team”
Speaker: Steve Bamforth
Chairman: tba
The Rose Bowl, Southampton SO30
Organiser: marianharris-deans@scl.org.uk

Tuesday 1 November, 6.15pm
Joint SCL /TECBAR meeting
London venue - further details to be announced

Tuesday 15 November, 6.15pm
“Novation after Blyth & Blyth”
Speaker: Scott McKinnell
Chairman: tba
Brunswick Lecture Theatre, Leeds Metropolitan Univ.
Organiser: jonathanhawkswell@scl.org.uk

Wednesday 30 November, 6pm
“NEC 3”
Speaker: Brian Eggleston
(chairman and venue to be announced)
Organiser: lindypatterson@scl.org.uk

Tuesday 6 December, 6.15pm
Joint SCL /TECBAR meeting
“Liability of local authorities”
Speaker: Lord Justice Dyson
Venue and chairman to be announced

SCL Hudson Prize 2005

A reminder that entries are now invited for this year’s SCL Hudson Prize and that the closing date for receipt of entries is 31 st December 2005 . Entries are invited from members and non-members, so if you have a non‑member colleague who you think might be interested, please let him/her know. The entry details can be downloaded from the website, or request a copy from admin. The winner of the first prize will receive a cheque for £1,500 and a case of champagne!

SCL Papers

Enclosed with this newsletter is a copy of SCL ’s latest publication “Temporary Disconformity” by Ellis Baker and Anthony Lavers. This paper is already on the website and can be accessed free by members who have registered (details below on how to register if you have not yet done so).

Forensic Engineering Conference, ICE, November 2005

The ICE is organising a Third International Conference on Forensic Engineering in November 2005.  The final programme is now available and 20% discount is available for those registering on or before 11 August. Information is available on the website at: www.forensicengineering2005.com

SCL Website – how to register

A reminder to those members who have not yet registered on the website that it’s a once only task and it’s easy to do. Just go to the website homepage www.scl.org.uk click Member Registration, which is listed below the Member Login box on the right hand side of the homepage, and enter your details and a username and password of your own choosing. Your membership number is also asked for (if you don’t know it, then admin can tell you).

Thereafter, you can simply log onto the website using your username and password. When you log in you will see a navigation link to 'Members' which is where you can update your contact details, email subscriptions and data protection information – 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).

The website is constantly being improved.  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:

Aarta Alkarimi, River Edge, USA
Sam Bailey, London
Paul Baillie, Rockville, USA
Joyce Ford, Farnborough, Hants
Peter Gair, Birmingham
Michael Grose, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Caroline Hardcastle, Hull
Richard Harding, London
Patrick Norman, Cardiff
John Salway, London
Bill Smith, Sydney, Australia
Katharine Tulloch, London
James Withington, Melbourne, Australia

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