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The Challenges of Challenging Adjudication Enforcement: Liens, Bias and Non-Disclosure

Manchester
Chair: Fraser Askham
Speakers: Michael Levenstein, Gatehouse Chambers
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Room F11, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS

Fixed Price Contracts: A Mythical Creature?

Ireland
Moderator: Peter O'Malley
Speakers: Shane Dolan (MH & C), Dermot Durack (PM Group, Dublin) & Clare White (O'Connell Mahon Architects)
Venue: Mason Hayes & Curran, South Bank House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, D04 TR29

Panel Discussion – Thomas Barnes v Blackburn – The key points arising

Birmingham
Chair: Michael Bennett
Speakers: Sir Robert Akenhead, Lynne McCafferty KC, Jonathan Cope, Jeff Blinkhorn
Venue: Gowling, Two Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6WR

An Introduction to Nuclear Law

Online
Chair: David Coyne, SCL Astra and Expert Witness, Diales & Saturnin Champetier de Ribes, YPCP and Counsel, Alienor Avocats
Speakers: Ximena Vásquez-Maignan, Counsel, White & Case LLP

The Society's AGM

London
Venue: Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY

The Society’s 40th Anniversary Dinner

London
Venue: Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY

Expert witnesses in construction: what do you need to know?

Ireland
Moderator: Catherine Needham BL
Speakers: James O'Donoghue, BODA, Dublin & Kilkenny & Mark Tottenham BL
Venue: Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4

How binding are Adjudicators’ decisions?

Kent, Online
Chair: Chris Kirby-Turner
Speakers: Christopher Ennis

How binding are Adjudicators’ decisions? (In Person)

Kent
Chair: Chris Kirby-Turner
Speakers: Christopher Ennis
Venue: Socotec Training Suite, 1st Floor, Dowding House Coach & Horses Passage, Lower Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5NP

Building Safety Act 2022: new causes of action, extended limitation periods and potential impact

Manchester
Chair: Fraser Askham
Speakers: Helen Dennis, 4 Pump Court
Venue: Friends' Meeting House, Room F11, 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS

The brave new world of Mediation: mandatory participation and enforceable agreements

London
Chair: Rosemary Jackson KC
Speakers: Rob Langley, Rob Langley Mediation
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE

Planning law: what does the construction professional need to know?

Ireland
Moderator: Finola McCarthy, Partner - RDJ LLP
Speakers: Dermot Flanagan SC, James Lawless BL & Rashda Rana SC
Venue: RDJ LLP,The Exchange, George's Dock, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin, D01 P2V6

Contracting Practices for Tunnelling and Underground Works

London
Chair: Professor Anthony Lavers, Kings College London
Speakers: Ben Mellors, HFW
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE

The Society of Construction Law Annual Spring Conference

Leeds
Speakers: The Honourable Mr Justice Waksman, Lynne McCafferty KC and Luke Wygas, 4 Pump Court, Omar Eljadi, Atkin Chambers, Jonathan Cope, MCMS Limited, Paul Bury, Charlie Thompson and Tom Coulson, Keating Chambers
Venue: The Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT

JCT, the next evolution – Principal Changes and the reasons behind them

Birmingham
Chair: Michael​​ Bennett
Speakers: Karen Kirkham and Sean Smylie
Venue: Browne Jacobson, 15th Floor, 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3AG

Opening the floodgates? Potential parties to claims under the Building Safety Act 2022

Oxford
Chair: Dominic Jones
Speakers: David Sawtell and Samantha Jones, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP

Advocacy doesn't travel ? Lessons learned appearing before courts & tribunals away from home

Online
Moderator: Susan Ahern BL, Law Library, Dublin
Speakers: Jeremy Gauntlett SC KC, Brick Court Chambers & Paul Darling KC, 39 Essex Chambers

The SCL Annual London Lunch

London
Speakers: Dr Hannah Critchlow (internationally-acclaimed neuroscientist, broadcaster, author and Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge)
Venue: GROSVENOR HOUSE, A JW MARRIOTT HOTEL, PARK LANE, LONDON W1K 7TN

Building an Iron-Clad Case: Limitation, Causation and Remedies in Cladding Claims

South West
Chair: Oliver Williams
Speakers: Mathias Cheung, Atkin Chambers
Venue: Trowers & Hamlins LLP, 4th Floor, The Senate, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter EX1 1UG

Void But Still Binding – Can Unenforceable or Void Liquidated Damages Cap a Claim for General Damages

London
Chair: Simon Tolson, Honorary President TECSA
Speakers: David Inns, White & Case LLP
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE

NEC: Practical Observations

Scotland
Speakers: Shy Jackson, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Venue: Brodies LLP, Capital Square 58 Morrison Street Edinburgh EH3 8BP

A panel discussion of the practical realities and contractual issues surrounding market price volatility

Kent, Online
Chair: Richard Begbey
Venue: Socotec Training Suite, 1st Floor, Dowding House, Coach & Horses Passage, Lower Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5NP

Recent trends in construction law: a view from London & Dublin

Ireland
Moderator: Orla Fitz. Gerald
Speakers: Niraj Modha, 39 Essex Chambers & Lisa Maloney, Byrne Wallace
Venue: Dublin Dispute Resolution Centre, The Distillery Building, 151 Church Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 WDX8

2022 and all that: what's going to happen to fire safety claims in 2023?

Eastern, Online
Chair: Professor Eilis Ferran, Cambridge University
Speakers: Jonathan Selby KC and Charlie Thompson
Venue: Mills & Reeve, Botanic House, 98-100 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PH

Design Responsibility Demystified: Recent Judicial Design Development

London
Chair: Simon Hargreaves KC
Speakers: Anneliese Day KC
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE