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The Business and Property Courts in Wales

Wales
Venue: to be announced

Adjudication: what does 2019 hold?

Northern Ireland
Chair: Charles Brown, Adjudicator & Arbitrator
Speakers: The Hon Mr Justice Horner - NI Commercial Judge, James O'Donoghue, Michael Humphreys QC & Anna Rowan, Bar Library, Belfast
Venue: Law Society of Northern Ireland, 96 Victoria Street, Belfast, BT1 3GN

When insolvency trumps rough justice: injunctions and stays of execution of adjudication proceedings

Manchester
Speakers: David Sears QC and Crispin Winser, Crown Office Chambers
Venue: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS

A reflection of construction dispute resolution over the past 30 years

Eastern
Chair: Jonathan Cope, SCL Chair
Speakers: Paul Darling OBE QC, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Birketts LLP, Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street, Ipswich IP1 1QJ

The Jackson reforms and their sequel

Surrey/Sussex
Chair: David Savage, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Speakers: Sir Rupert Jackson
Venue: The Glass Room, G Live, London Road, Guildford GU1 2AA

Statutory Adjudication and Dispute Boards: do they deliver

London
Speakers: Lindy Patterson QC, 39 Essex Chambers and Simon Fegen, Leach Group
Venue: Macfarlanes LLP, 20 Cursitor St, London EC4A 1LT

SCL Astra Manchester Christmas Quiz

Manchester
Venue: DLA Piper UK LLP, 1 St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 3DE

Adjudication, Notices and Payment Provisions: A Dense Thicket or an Orderly Grove?

Wales
Speakers: David Johnson, Atkin Chambers
Venue: Hugh James, Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS

Challenging a payment notice in the absence of a pay less notice

Birmingham
Chair: Jonathan Cope, SCL Chair
Speakers: Justin Mort QC, Keating Chambers
Venue: Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP, 134 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2ES

The Cambridge - Oxford Corridor Challenge

Oxford
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6JF

Adjudication Update 2018

Southern
Speakers: Catherine Piercy, Hardwicke Chambers
Venue: Blake Morgan Solicitors, New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 3LG

When insolvency trumps rough justice: injunctions and stays of execution of adjudication proceedings

London
Chair: Mrs Justice Carr
Speakers: David Sears QC and Crispin Winser
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE

SCL Lunch in Dublin

Ireland
Speakers: Dennis Taylor, BBC Snooker Pundit
Venue: Guinness Storehouse, The Arrol Suite, St James's Gate, Dublin 8

Payment in the Construction Industry – Where are we now?

Scotland
Speakers: Professor Rudi Klein
Venue: RICS, 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH2 4AD

The Year in review: key cases/Is there method in the madness: a presentation of Delay Claims from a Delay Expert's Perspective

North East
Chair: Simon Lewis, WBD (UK) LLP
Speakers: Mark Chennells, Atkin Chambers and Gary McGifford, GT Fairway
Venue: Ramside Hall Hotel, Beaumont Room, Durham, County Durham DH1 1TD

“Mulled Wine and Mince Pie Night” - Collaborative Contracting – Aspiration, Myth or Reality?

Manchester
Speakers: Paul Darling QC
Venue: Manchester Hall, 36 Bridge Street, Manchester M3 3BT

“Smash & Grab” & Cross-Adjudications

Sheff-Derby-Notts
Chair: Ken Sadler
Speakers: Alexander Nissen QC
Venue: DoubleTree Hilton (Gateway) Hotel, Nuthall Road, Nottingham NG8 6AZ

Construction Arbitration: more transparency and less confidentiality?

Ireland
Chair: Arran Dowling-Hussey
Speakers: John Tackaberry QC & Stephen Proctor
Venue: McCannFitzgerald, Riverside One, 37 - 42 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2

(1) Key recent professional liability cases; (2) Trends (including post Grenfell liability issues and the Carillion liquidation); and (3) Practical guidance

Wales
Speakers: Sarah Hannaford QC and Tom Owen
Venue: Blake Morgan, One Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS

SCL Construction Advocacy Course

London
Venue: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Ten Bishops Square, Eighth Floor, London E1 6EG

SCL Astra Networking Event - Coffee Brewing and Tasting evening!

Leeds
Venue: Stage Coffee, 41 Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BB

SCL HK One Day International Conference 2018

Overseas
Venue: Hong Kong Football Club, 3 Sports Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong

The SCL Lunch in Scotland

Scotland
Speakers: Brian Taylor, Political Editor of the BBC
Venue: The Supper Club, 29 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AJ

The Third Annual SCL West Midlands Debate: "Are "independent" experts really doing their job?"

Birmingham
Chair: Sir Rupert Jackson
Speakers: Anthony Speaight QC, Fiona Sinclair QC, Thomas Crangle, Robert Scrivener, 4 Pump Court
Venue: Gowling WLG, Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham B4 6WR

Alliance contracts theory and practice – introducing the NEC4 Alliance Contract

London
Chair: David Thomas QC
Speakers: Ian Heaphy
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE