Past events
ESCL Conference 2025
Overseas
Venue: Parthenope University Villa Doria D’Angri Via Francesco Petrarca no. 80, Naples, Italy
Construction Case Law Update: Payment Disputes, Design Issues & Building Safety Defects
London
Speakers: Mathias Cheung
Venue: Atkin Chambers, 1 Atkin Building, Gray's Inn, London WC1R 5AT
Site visit: Tyseley Green Hydrogen production facility
Birmingham
Navigating NEC4 in Ireland: Exploring the Growing Use of NEC4 Contracts in Irish Infrastructure Projects – Benefits, Challenges, and Practical Insights
Ireland
Moderator: John Delaney
Speakers: Linzi Hedalen, Kirsti Olson, Dentons LLP
Venue: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. RSAI, 63 Merrion Square South, Dublin. 2
Recent trends in construction law - contract interpretation and procedural fairness
Birmingham
Chair: Martino Giaquinto
Speakers: Ryan Turner, Atkin Chambers
Venue: The Colmore Building, 20 Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham B4 6AT
The SCL Lunch in Leeds
Leeds
Speakers: Mandy Hickson, Former RAF Fast-Jet Pilot
Venue: The Queens Hotel, City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ
POSTPONED: Limitations of Liability
London
Chair: Yolanda Walker
Speakers: Simon Hale KC
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
'Smart dispute resolution'; When to Conciliate, when to adjudicate
Ireland
Moderator: Niav O'Higgins (CEDR mediator)
Speakers: Brian Bond, John Curtin, Alison Carroll, Peter O'Malley
Venue: William Fry LLP 2 Grand Canal Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 A342
Oral Hearings in Conciliation and Adjudication: A useful tool or a blunt instrument?
Ireland
Moderator: John Delaney (Rimkus)
Speakers: Killian Dorney (Partner, Beale & Co.), Eamonn Conlon SC
Venue: Beale & Co 1st Floor, 7 Grand Canal Street Lower, Dublin 2 D02 KW81
Litigating Building Safety - have we got it right?
Chair: HHJ Cadwallader
Speakers: Mr Justice Waksman, Mr Justice Constable, Judge Jonathan Holbrook
Venue: Brett Lecture Theatre, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre, 60 Oxford Street L7 3NY
SCL Astra Summer Boat Trip
London
Venue: Festival Pier, River Thames, London
The New York Convention: Enforcement of Awards and Transnational Estoppel
London
Chair: Mrs Justice Joanna Smith
Speakers: Sir Bernard Eder (International Arbitrator and Mediator, International Judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court). Tribute to Rowan Planterose by: Simon Tolson; Christopher Dancaster & Peter Collie
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Site Visit - Sisk/Moda
Birmingham
The Arbitration Act – 15 years on
Ireland
Moderator: Karen Killoran, Arthur Cox
Speakers: Eamonn Conlon SC, Jarleth Heneghan (Partner, William Fry), Niav O’Higgins, David Sharpe, KC
Venue: The Dublin Dispute Resolution Centre, The Distillery Building, 145-151 Church St, Dublin D7
London Conference
London
Speakers: Fergus Harradence (Keynote), Deputy Director - Construction, Logistics, Airports & Water - Department for Business and Trade
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, W1G 0AE
The Complexities of Completion: a closer look at practical completion
Leeds
Speakers: Laura McAuley, Legal Director from Addleshaw Goddard will host a panel discussion, with Steven Walker KC and Lauren Adams from Atkin Chambers and Martin Greenhalf from Turner and Townsend
Venue: Addleshaw Goddard, 3 Sovereign Square, Sovereign St, Leeds LS1 4ER
Joint Statements: A Tool for Clarity or Controversy?
London
Speakers: Dan Miles, JS Held; Camille Slow KC, Atkin Chambers; and Jeremy Glover, Fenwick Elliott
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
The SCL Lunch in Manchester
Manchester
Speakers: Andy Spinoza, Renowned journalist, author and adopted Mancunian
Venue: Radisson Blu Edwardian, Free Trade Hall, Peter Street, Manchester M2 5GP
Annual SoCLA National Conference - Faster, Better, Cheaper
Overseas
Eight Years After – The Future of Tall Building Design After Grenfell
London
Speakers: Richard Millett KC, Jason Bagge, Mario Lara Ledermann, and Jennie Gillies
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Defects claims and delivery in UK Strategic Road systems
Manchester
Chair: Fraser Askham
Speakers: Juan Lopez, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: Friends’ Meeting House, Room F11, 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS
Construction, Climate and Sustainability
Kent, Online
Chair: Duncan Hughes-Phillips - Kent Region Co-ordinator of Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Camilla ter Haar and Ruth Keating, 39 Essex Chambers
Venue: : The Tunbridge Wells Hotel, 58 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TD
The Great Debate 2025
Birmingham
Chair: Michael Bennett
Speakers: For: Jonathan Lewis KC and Helen Dennis, 4 Pump Court. Against: Michael Wheater KC and Simon Kerry, Gatehouse Chambers
Venue: Gowling WLG, Two Snowhill, Birmingham B4 6WR
Contracting in the energy and infrastructure sectors: some topical issues and themes
Scotland
Chair: Scott Johnston, Pinsent Masons LLP
Speakers: Garry Borland KC & David Christie
Venue: Pinsent Masons, 13 Queen's Road, Aberdeen AB15 4YL
The Society's Annual Dinner
London
Venue: Lincoln's Inn, Great Hall, London, WC2A 3TL