SCL PAPERS: 1999 onwards

The Right Law for Construction? Choice of Law: Rome I and Rome II
Philip Britton, London, 7 September 2007
(August 2008, printed/online, 584k)

Ethics: The SCL approach and the wider context
Peter Higgins and Philip Britton, London, 4 September 2007
(July 2008, printed/online, 284k)

The Value is Whatever I Say It Is: Determinations by the principal under construction contracts
Trevor Thomas, Highly Commended, Hudson Prize 2007
(May 2008, online only, 129k)

Global Claims in Common Law Jurisdictions
John ME Lyden, Cork, November 2007
(April 2008, online only, 184k)

Ethics in Construction Law - A review of the position in eight European countries
Professor Anthony Lavers, ESCL Stockholm, 26 August 2006
(April 2008, printed/online, 141k)

An Introduction to the JCT 'Constructing Excellence' Contract 2007
Martin Howe, Southampton, 9 October 2007
(February 2008, online only, 145k)

Using Advanced Forensic Animations to Resolve Complex Disruption Claims
Keith Pickavance, Milton Keynes, 22 March 2007
(December 2007, online only, 333k)

Judicial Appointments and the Business of Judging
Baroness Usha Prashar CBE and HH Judge Frances Kirkham, London, 22 November 2006
(November 2007, online only, 89k)

NEC3: Construction Contract of the Future?
Nicholas Gould, Singapore, February 2007
(September 2007, online only, 244k)

The Inclusive Price Principle - A tribute to Ian Duncan Wallace QC
HH Judge Anthony Thornton QC, London,13 November 2006
(August 2007, printed/online, 179k)

Global claims and John Doyle v Laing Management - Good English law? Good English practice?
Jeremy Winter, London, 6 March, and Birmingham, 7 June 2007
(July 2007, printed/online, 180k)

Better Ways Than the 'Best Way'? Improving the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol
Scott Adams, Highly commended, Hudson Prize 2006
(July 2007, online only, 236k)

Temporary Disconformity Revisited
Ellis Baker and Anthony Lavers, Bristol, 26 October 2006
(May 2007, printed/online, 155k)

Complex Construction Contracts: Who Needs Them? Who Benefits?
Michael Craik and Ben Patten, London, 7 November 2006
(May 2007, online only, 252K)

Variations, Time Limits and Unanticipated Consequences
Ronan Champion, Second prize, Hudson Prize 2006, London, 1 May 2007
(May 2007, printed/online, 166k)

The Tower of Babel: What happens when a building contract goes wrong
Mr Justice Jackson, The Denning Lecture given in Gray's Inn, London, 28 November 2006
(March 2007, printed/online, 93k)

Establishing Dispute Boards - Selecting, Nominating and Appointing Board Members
Nicholas Gould, Singapore, 16-17 October 2006
(December 2006, printed/online, 324k)

The Impact of Midland Expressway v Carillion Construction (No 2) on 'Equivalent Project Relief' in PFI Transactions
Hamish Lal, Manchester, 4 April 2006
(November 2006, online only, 144k)

Courts v Construction - Accrual of a Cause of Action for Payment in Engineering Contracts
Wendy MacLaughlin, Commended, Hudson Prize 2005
(September 2006, online only, 196k)

Is the Construction Industry well served by the Legal Process?
Michael Blacker, London, 7 March 2006
(July 2006, online only, 45k)

The Revised CDM Regulations
Gillian Birkby, London, 4 April 2006
(July 2006, online only, 78k)

Repudiation, termination and quantum meruit
Julian Bailey, Second prize, Hudson Prize 2005, London 2 May 2006
(May 2006, printed/online, 453k)

The Great Delay Analysis Debate
Dr Julian Critchlow, Alastair Farr, Steve Briggs, John Hammond, Keith Pickavance and Professor Anthony Lavers, London, 18 October 2005
(April 2006, printed/online, 1.8MB)

Acceleration Claims on Construction Projects in Ireland
John ME Lyden, Cork, Ireland, 14 March 2005
(March 2006, online only, 58k)

Fair Valuation of Variations under Civil Engineering and Building Contracts in Ireland
John ME Lyden, Cork, Ireland, 8 November 2004
(February 2006, online only, 135k)

The Only Game in Town? Reflections on the UK Experience of PFI
John Redmond, Oporto, Portugal, 23 June 2005
(February 2006, online only, 133k)

Trends in Construction Dispute Resolution
Dr Robert Gaitskell QC, London, 5 July 2005
(December 2005, printed/online, 73k)

Using Dispute Boards under the ICC's Rules: What is a dispute board and why use one?
Dr Robert Gaitskell QC, London, 14 October 2004
(December 2005, online only, 55k)

The battle between logical purity and commercial expedience: heralding limits to the 'twin agreement fiction'
Adrian Baron, Second prize, Hudson Prize 2004
(November 2005, online only, 92k)

Special relationships, home-made wine, consenting adults and gap filling
Matthew Molloy, Commended, Hudson Prize, 2004
(November 2005, online only, 75k)

Public Duties and Private Remedies: Floods or Floodgates?
Simon Brown QC and Kim Franklin, London, 1 February 2005, and Birmingham, 10 June 2004
(November 2005, printed/online, 100k)

Ethics in Construction Law - Two Years On
Professor John Uff CBE QC, Southampton, 7 October 2004
Please note that this paper is free as a downloadable file, and can be downloaded via this link
(April 2005, online only, 53k)

Extensions of time under construction contracts in Ireland
John ME Lyden, Cork, Ireland, 6 October 2003
(March 2005, online only, 74k)

A.D.R. - Antipodean Dispute Resolution
Tomas Kennedy-Grant, London, 12 October 2004
(March 2005, printed/online, 123k)

The Place of Standard Forms of Building Contract in the 21st Century
Professor Peter Hibberd, Wakefield, 11 March 2004
(November 2004, printed/online, 91k)

Putting the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol into Practice - is it what the industry wants?
Keith Pickavance, London, 8 June 2004
(September 2004, online only, 50k)

The Future of Adjudication
Her Honour Judge Frances Kirkham, London, 27 February 2004
(September 2004, online only, 180k)

Joint and Several Liability in the Construction Industry: Is it time for law reform in the UK?
Adrian Baron, Commended, Hudson Prize Competition 2003
(May 2004, online only, 76k)

The Architect, the Banker, his Wife and the Adjudicator: Unfair contract terms and construction
Philip Britton, First prize, Hudson Prize 2003, London, 4 May 2004
(May 2004, printed/online, 142k)

Parallel Partnering: background and benefits
David Evans, Commended, Hudson Prize Competition 2003
(March 2004, online only, 251k)

Recent treatment of construction awards by the ICC International Court of Arbitration
Robert Knutson, London, 3 February 2004
(March 2004, online only, 61k)

Contract or co-operation? Background to the prevailing investment environment for oil projects in Russia
Larry George, London, 11 September 2003
(January 2004, online only, 256k)

Contract or Co-operation? A practical case study of a strategic framework
Keith Lindup, London, 11 September 2003
(October 2003, online only, 53k)

Contract or Co-operation? Trends and changes within the UK construction industry - an overview
David Mosey, London, 11 September 2003
(October 2003, online only, 55k)

Relational Contracting under the New Engineering Contract: A Model, Framework and Analysis
Arthur McInnis PhD, London, 1 April 2003
(September 2003, online only, 387k)

The Industry formerly known as Construction: Implications for the Society of Construction Law
Richard G Saxon, London, 3 June 2003
(July 2003, online only, 45k)

An introduction to the 'Be' collaborative construction contract
Martin Howe, London, 4 March 2003
(June 2003, online only, 88k)

The doctrine of penalties and the 'absurd paradox' - does it really matter in 2003?
Hamish Lal, Second prize, Hudson Prize 2002, London, 6 May 2003
(May 2003, printed/online, 97k)

Injuncting calls on performance bonds: an analysis of 'unconscionability' in Singapore
Arvin Lee, Commended, Hudson Prize 2002
(May 2003, online only, 109k)

The Expert Witness' Liability in Negligence
Jonathan Selby, Commended, Hudson Prize 2002
(April 2003, online only, 83k)

'Mediators are Magicians: A Modern Myth?
Philip Naughton QC, London, 28 February 2003
(March 2003, online only, 47k)

Some Aspects of Professional Regulation - The Architects' Registration Board
His Hon Judge H LLoyd QC, London, 10 December 2002
(February 2003, printed/online, 125k)

Private Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnership: A Contractor's Perspective
Martin Lenihan, 15 October 2002
(December 2002, printed/online, 298k)

Playing with Fire and the Contribution Act: The House of Lords’ Decision in the Co-op v Taylor Young
Andrew Bartlett QC and Kim Franklin, London, 10 September 2002
(November 2002, printed/online, 240k)

Do we need partnering contracts?
Rudi Klein, Cardiff, 23 May 2002
(September 2002 - online only, 181k)

Delivering Infrastructure: International Best Practice - Focus on Civil Law Africa
Marc Frilet, London, 12 July 2002
(August 2002 - online only, 198k)

Delivering Infrastructure: International Best Practice - FIDIC's 1999 Rainbow: Best Practice?
Edward Corbett, London, 12 July 2002
(August 2002 - online only, 183k)

Delivering Infrastructure: International Best Practice - FIDIC Contracts: A Developer’s View
Mikael Wahlgren, London, 12 July 2002
(August 2002 - online only, 193k)

Delivering Infrastructure: International Best Practice - Administered Arbitration
Denis Bensaude, London, 12 July 2002
(August 2002 - online only, 201k)

Delivering Infrastructure: International Best Practice - The Proposed European Community Procurement
Domenico Campogrande, London, 12 July 2002
(August 2002 - online only, 166k)

Delivering Infrastructure: International Best Practice - The British Experience
Vivien Bodnar, London, 12 July 2002
(August 2002 - online only, 181k)

Flexing the Knotted Oak: English arbitration's task and opportunity in the first decade of the new century
John Tackaberry QC, London, 7 March 2002
(May 2002, printed/online, 269k)

Professional Negligence: The Irish and UK Case Law
John ME Lyden, Cork, 5 March 2001
(April 2002, online only, 260k)

Termination for Convenience
John Tackaberry QC, Hong Kong, 15 November 2001, and London, 9 December 1998
(April 2002, printed/online, 267k)

Hudson Prize 2001, joint 2nd place: Separability - A Tale of Two Agreements
Ben Ring, London, 9 April 2002
(April 2002 printed/online, 234k)

The Use and Development of Mediation Techniques in UK and International Construction Disputes
Keith Brandt, Hong Kong, 2 February 2002
(February 2002, online only, 215k)

Corporate Killing - A New Offence
Bridget Bird & Noy Trounson, Nottingham, 17 July 2001
(February 2002, online only, 166k)

Adjudication - A Wish List
Robert Gaitskell QC, Edinburgh, 27 November 2001
(December 2001, online only, 75k)

Human Rights in the Context of Arbitration and Adjudication
Lindy A Patterson, Belfast, 18 October 2001
(November 2001, online only, 62k)

Thames Water's Procurement Strategy
Gordon H Bateman, London, 4 December 2000
(October 2001, online only, 81k)

The Irish Freedom of Information Act 1997: Disclosure by public bodies of tenders received
Maeve McDonagh, Cork, Eire, 14 May 2001
(October 2001, online only, 74k)

WMC Resources: A persuasive interpretation based on what courts are asked to do
Adrian Baron, Highly commended, Hudson Prize 2000
(September 2001, online only, 76k)

Contracted Mediation - resolution before the law, not after
Patrick Green and Stephen Woodward, London, 5 June 2001
(August 2001, online only, 75k)

Construction, Public Bodies and Liability in Negligence: Fair, Just and Reasonable?
Philip Britton, London, 1 May 2001
(May 2001, printed/online, 169k)

Trends and Developments in the Resolution of Construction Disputes
Victoria Russell, Belfast, 15 February 2001
(April 2001, printed/online, 207k)

Some Aspects of the Construction Industry Model Arbitration Rules
His Honour Judge Humphrey Lloyd QC, Leeds, Leeds, 23 November 2000
(April 2001, printed/online, 245k)

Hudson Prize 1999, 2nd place: Pure Economic Loss for Defective Buildings After Henderson v Merrett
Michael J Barlow, Second Prize, Hudson Prize 1999
(March 2001, printed/online, 98k)

The Enforcement of Adjudicators' Decisions in the Light of Bouygues (UK) Ltd v Dahl-Jensen (UK) Ltd
David Friedman QC and Sean Brannigan, London, 3 October 2000
(Printed/online, 75k)

Introduction to the judiciary expertise in France - (i)
J. Robert Gandur, London, 9 May 2000
(online only, 50k)

Adjudication
John Marrin QC, London, 2 May 2000
(Printed/online, 76k)

Expert Witnesses Under the CPR
S Clive Freedman, Nottingham, 1 February 2000
(Printed/online, 92k. This paper, because it contains links, is also available as a web page)

Early Neutral Evaluation in the Technology and Construction Court
His Honour Judge John Toulmin CMG QC and Robert Stevenson, London, 4 May 1999
(Printed)