Past events
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
The Building Safety Act: What's Occurring
Manchester
Speakers: Siân Mirchandani KC and Paul Fisher, 4 New Square Chambers
Venue: Friends' Meeting House, Room F12, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
AI & the Legal Profession
London
Speakers: Mr Justice David Waksman, Mrs Justice Joanna Smith, Nathalie Baker, Stephen Dowling, Ben Firth and Philip Young
Venue: The Rolls Building, Second Floor, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL
A construction law update, with an eye to insolvency
Kent, Online
Chair: Chris Kirby-Turner
Speakers: Luke Wygas
The SCL Annual London Lunch
London
Speakers: Rob Rinder MBE, British barrister and television host
Venue: GROSVENOR HOUSE, A JW MARRIOTT HOTEL, PARK LANE, LONDON W1K 7TN
The Long Shadow: Disputes under the Building Safety Act
Eastern, Online
Chair: Samuel Townsend KC
Speakers: John McMillan, Keating Chambers
Venue: Mills & Reeve, Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PH
Quarterly Case Law Update
Online
Chair: Louise Forster
Speakers: Catherine Piercy KC, Gatehouse Chambers
ESG in Construction Law Survey – Report Launch Event
London
Chair: Michael Levenstein, SCL Councillor
Venue: UCL, G12, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB
Experts: what input can and should lawyers have?
London
Chair: Mrs Justice Jefford
Speakers: David Turner KC - 4 New Square Chambers, Gurmukh Riyat - Greenberg Traurig & Dr Ronan Champion, Champion Pearce LLP
Venue: National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2HE
Termination including the recent case of Providence v Hexagon
Birmingham
Chair: Michael Bennett
Speakers: Mark Chennells KC
Venue: Macdonald Burlington Hotel, The Opal Room, Birmingham
The Construction legal landscape in 2025
, Online
Moderator: Julie-Ann McCaffrey (Greentown)
Speakers: Robert McCausland BL (Bar Library, Belfast), James Turner (O’Reilly Stewart) and Ciarán Fox (RSUA)
Venue: The Meeting Space at Law Society House, 96 Victoria Street, Belfast BT1 3GN
SCL France Conference 2024
Overseas
The SCL Lunch in Dublin
Ireland
Speakers: Rossa Fanning, Attorney General
Venue: The Round Room at the Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 D02 XK40
The SCL Ireland Conference: “The Future of Construction Law”
Ireland
Moderator: Marian Regan, Shane O’Connor, John Delaney, Emily Farrell J
Speakers: Mr Justice David Barniville - President of the High Court, Niall Buckley SC, Dermot Flanagan SC, Kristen Read, Ruth Keating, Ciara Keegan, Fiona Egan, Cliona Kimber SC, Jessica Stephens KC, Gavin Wilson, PJ Rudden, Conor Gavin, Catherine Needham BL, Shane O’Neill, Leonora Riesenburg, Dr Hamish Lal, Rebecca Shorter
Venue: The Spencer Hotel, Excise Walk, IFSC, Dublin DO1X 4C9
Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Asia: The Singapore Approach
London
Chair: Hamish Lal
Speakers: Justice Philip Jeyaretnam, President of the Singapore International Commercial Court & Judge of the High Court of Singapore
Venue: 12 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2LP