Past events
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
The Society's Annual General Meeting
London
Venue: Lincoln's Inn, Old Court Room, London, WC2A 3TL
The SCL Lunch in Scotland
Scotland
Venue: 200 Conference and Events, 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5SG
SCL Astra event - Different approaches to the assessment of quantum under FIDIC, NEC and JCT
London
Moderator: Michael Levenstein
Speakers: Robin Wood (Clyde & Co), John Bradley (Reynolds Colman Bradley LLP), Alexcia Ossei-Williams (Kroll)
Venue: Clyde & Co, St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, City of London, London EC3A 7AR
Internationalising Adjudication: Towards an Incremental and Polycentric Harmonisation
London
Chair: Michael Levenstein, Chair of the Hudson Prize Judging Panel
Speakers: Professor Renato Nazzini KC and Aleksander Godhe, King's College London
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
The SCL Lunch in Birmingham
Birmingham
Speakers: Professor Martin Freer, Winner of the 2010 Rutherford Medal and Prize, and CEO of the Faraday Institute and head of the Birmingham Energy Institute
Venue: ICC, Hall 4, 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA
Exiting contracts: the pitfalls
Surrey/Sussex
Speakers: Adam Robb KC and Jess Connors
Venue: Gateley Legal, 2000 Cathedral Square, Cathedral Hill, Guildford GU2 7YL
Lessons from Grenfell
Birmingham
Speakers: Richard Millett KC, Essex Court Chambers and Lead Counsel to the Grenfell Enquiry
Venue: Gowling WLG, Two, Snowhill, Birmingham B4 6WR
NEC4 – Practical observations
London
Speakers: Shy Jackson
Venue: BCLP, Governors House, 5 Laurence Pountney Hill, City of London, London EC4R 0BR
The SCL Leeds Annual Spring Conference
Leeds
Speakers: Alexander Nissen KC, David Sawtell & Samantha Jones - 39 Essex Chambers, Simon Taylor - Keating Chambers, Kim Franklin KC - Crown Office Chambers, Claire Packman KC - 4 Pump Court, Jennifer Jones KC and Ryan Turner - Atkin Chambers, David Pliener KC & Helena White - Gatehouse Chambers
Venue: The Royal Armouries, Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT
Overcoming Obstacles: Enforcing Dispute Board Decisions
London
Chair: Murray Armes, Armes-ADR
Speakers: Scott Stiegler, Partner at Vinson & Elkins and Steven Walker KC, Atkin Chambers
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Get on yer bike (shed)
Ireland
Chair: Fiona Egan, SCL Astra
Speakers: Alan Brady BL, Kate Liddy-Cormican, Addleshaw Goddard, John Blade, Delta Consulting
Venue: Beauchamps, Riverside Two, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, D02 KV60