Past events
Ask the Adjudicator: An interactive Q&A session with a barrister, solicitor and non-lawyer adjudicator
London
Chair: James Frampton
Speakers: Krista Lee KC (Keating Chambers), Peter Stockill (Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP), Caroline McDermott (Turner & Townsend)
Venue: Keating Chambers, 15 Essex St, Temple, London WC2R 3AA
THE GREAT DEBATE - What one change would you make to the Construction Contracts Act 2013 or adjudication practice?
Ireland
Chair: Bernard Gogarty Smyth & Son, Chair Minister’s Panel of Adjudicators
Speakers: Deirdre Hennessy, BAM Contractors Ltd; Dan Daye, McCauley Daye O’Connell Architects; Orla Fitz.Gerald, Fitz.Gerald Associates Architects & Dispute Resolution; Andrew McVea, Byrne Wallace; Catherine Needham BL, the Bar of Ireland; Éamonn Conlon SC
Venue: Byrne Walace LLP, 88 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 D02 DK18
The SCL Lunch in Leeds
Leeds
Speakers: Frances Davies & Janette Benaddi, Yorkshire Rows
Venue: The Queens Hotel, City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ
Going Nuclear: the future of nuclear power in the UK and internationally
London
Chair: Rebecca Shorter, Chair of SCL
Speakers: Ian Salter, Partner, Burgess Salmon, Daniel Garton, Partner, A&O Shearman and Simon Wilcock, Senior Underwriter at Nuclear Risk Insurers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
SCL Astra Summer Boat Trip
London
Venue: Festival Pier, London
Construction Law Conference
South West
Chair: Jonathan Spencer, Simmons & Simmons LLP
Speakers: Mr Justice Waksman : Opening remarks from the Judge in charge of the TCC; Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho – 39 Essex Chambers: “Mediating multi-party construction disputes”; Dave Pope, Ridge and Partners: “Structural Engineering Failures: Causes and Lessons Learned”; David Streatfeild–James KC, Atkin Chambers: : “The Energy Transition and Renewables: what’s law got to do with it?”
Venue: Simmons & Simmons LLP, Aurora, Finzels Reach, Counterslip, Bristol BS1 6BX
Summer Drinks and Networking Event
Ireland
Venue: Arthur Cox, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin D02 T380
The SCL NA 2024 Conference
Overseas
The Inaugural SCL Lunch in Cambridge
Eastern
Speakers: Sir Rupert Jackson
Venue: Trinity Hall, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TJ
The lesser of two evils? A comparative analysis of how common law jurisdictions approach accrual of causes of action in negligence post-Pirelli
London
Chair: Lauren Adams, Chair of the Hudson Prize Judging Committee
Speakers: William Haslam, Pupil Barrister, Atkin Chambers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Application of AI in Construction Law
Kent
Chair: Jane Ryland - Kent Region Co-ordinator of Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Peter Brogden, Keating Chambers
Venue: One Warwick Park Hotel, 1 Warwick Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5TA
SCL Astra Breakfast Seminar
London, Online
Speakers: Mario Lara Ledermann
Exiting contracts: the pitfalls
Leeds
Speakers: Adam Robb KC and Jess Connors, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Eversheds Sutherland, Bridgewater Place, Water Lane, Leeds LS11 5DR
Part 8 and Adjudication Enforcement
Manchester
Speakers: Andrew Singer KC
Venue: Kings Chambers, 36 Young Street, Manchester, M3 3FT
Construction claims and disputes – Sources and solutions
Ireland
Moderator: Hamish Lal, SCL Chairman
Speakers: Opening Remarks: Dermot Durack, Ciarb Ireland Branch Chair. Panellists: Denise Kennedy, Sarah Murphy, Martin Cooney, Conor Kelly, Billy Morrisey
Venue: The Hardiman, Eyre Square, Galway H91 NFD
The SCL Lunch in Manchester
Manchester
Speakers: Giles Duley MBE (Portrait and documentary photographer, writer and presenter)
Venue: Radisson Blu Edwardian Free Trade Hall, Peter Street, Manchester M2 5GP
SCL Quarterly Case Law Update No.2
Online
Chair: Hamish Lal
Speakers: Ben Quiney KC, Crown Office Chambers
EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED - Keeping an eye on the Court – important recent adjudication cases
Reading
Chair: Rowan Turrall
Speakers: Catherine Piercy KC and Kort Egan of Gatehouse Chambers
Venue: Boyes Turner LLP, Abbots House, Abbey Street, Reading, RG1 3BD
SCL Astra Breakfast Seminar
London, Online
Speakers: Paul Reed KC
"The Great Debate"
Birmingham
Chair: HHJ Watson
Speakers: Sarah Hannaford KC and Brenna Conroy - Keating Chambers; Jennifer Jones KC and Omar Eljadi - Atkin Chambers
Venue: Shoosmiths LLP, 20th Floor, 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 3AG
The Society's Annual Dinner & President's Reception
London
Venue: Plaisterers' Hall, One London Wall, 1 London Wall, Barbican, London EC2Y 5JU
Perspectives on Professional Negligence Claims in Construction
Ireland
Speakers: Charlotte Woolven-Brown (Lawyer), Matt MacDonagh-Dumler (Architect), Denis Behan (Chartered Civil Engineer)
Venue: The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, 8 Merrion Square North, Dublin D02 YE68
The Inaugural SCL Lunch in Birmingham
Birmingham
Speakers: Simon Delahunty-Forest (Assistant Director, Development) and Ellie Horwitch-Smith (Assistant Director, Route to Net Zero)
Venue: ICC, Hall 11, 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA
Contractualising Climate Change
London
Chair: Dr Janet Young CBE, Director General & Secretary, Institution of Civil Engineers
Speakers: Ruth Keating, 39 Essex Chambers and Anne-Marie Friel, Pinsent Masons
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Does the Hudson Formula have a future?
Ireland, Online
Speakers: Dr Franco Mastrandrea (Partner HKA)
Venue: RDJ LLP, The Exchange, George’s Dock, IFSC, D01 P2V6, Dublin 1