Past events
Adjudication in 2020
Online
Chair: Orla Fitz Gerald (Sense Studio, London)
Speakers: Graeme Sampson, Lamb Chambers; James O'Donoghue, Bluett & O'Donoghue, Dublin; Damien Keogh, DKA Solicitors, Dublin & James Turner (O'Reilly Stewart), Belfast
Deep Technology & Construction Law disputes
Online
Chair: Susan Ahern B.L (Law Library, Dublin)
Speakers: Mark Beer OBE (Deep Tech Dispute Resolution Lab, Oxford University), Bruno Herbots (Herbots Solicitors, Dublin) & Bianca Kremer (UniSG)
Third Party Funding in Construction Law
Online
Chair: Dermot Flanagan S.C.
Speakers: Matthew Denney (LCM Finance), Darren Lehane S.C ., Anna Rowan, Bar Library (Belfast) & Dr Hamish Lal (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP)
Venue: Online
Britain's greatest building project - Hadrian's Wall
Online
Chair: Mrs Justice Jefford DBE
Speakers: Sir Rupert Jackson
Pre-trial process & Construction Disputes
Online
Chair: Sadhbh Ni Fhloinn B.L
Speakers: Karen Killoran (Arthur Cox), Alan Philip Brady B.L, Leon Major (KLD Discovery) & Conor Ahern (Silver Shemmings Ash LLP)
Venue: Online
2020 Irish conference key note lecture - Covid 19 & the Construction Industry - where are we now?
Online
Chair: Professor Brian Hutchinson, University College, Dublin
Speakers: Anneliese Day QC, Fountain Court Chambers & Mr Justice Barniville
Online construction hearings: some practical issues
Online
Chair: James Lawless
Speakers: Nicola Dunleavy, Matheson & Andrew Miller QC, 2 Temple Gardens
Venue: Online
Case Law Update
Online
Chair: Simon Lewis
Speakers: Steven Walker QC
The Hudson Prize-winning Presentations
Online
Chair: Professor Anthony Lavers & Jonathan Cope
Speakers: Anson Cheung, Pupil Barrister and Serena Lee, Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Venue: Online
Risk Relating to Ground Conditions under Civil Law and Common Law
Online
Chair: Roberto Panetta, General Secretary of the Italian Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Virginie Colaiuta (Partner of the London office of the Italian law firm LMS Legal LLP and a Visiting Fellow of King’s College, London)
Venue: Online
Postponed - Public Private Partnership, What really matters?
Overseas
Venue: Sofia Hotel Balkan, 5 Sveta Nedelya Square Sofia, 1000 Bulgaria
The use and legal aspects of BIM in the international arena
Online
Chair: Roberto Panetta, General Secretary of the Italian Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Bastian Fuchs (Honorary Professor of German and International Construction Law at the University of the Bundeswehr München, Germany)
AFSA International Rules at the cutting edge?
Online
Chair: Dr Nael Bunni
Speakers: Patrick Lane SC
Venue: Online
Challenge to CPO Arbitration and Process: views from Dublin & London
Online
Chair: Alison Bearpark, Partner Ronan Daly Jermyn
Speakers: Dermot Flanagan SC & Gregory Jones QC
Venue: Online
Enforcement of DB decisions
Online
Chair: Roberto Panetta, General Secretary of the Italian Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Marcello Viglino (Engineer, Contract Management Salini Impregilo S.p.A., member of the Italian Society of Construction Law)
Venue: Online
An Exercise in Utility: a Liquidator' Right to Adjudicate
Online
Chair: Simon Lewis – Womble Bond Dickinson
Speakers: David Sears QC and Crispin Winser – Crown Office Chambers
Venue: Online
Partnering in Construction Projects
Online
Chair: Roberto Panetta, General Secretary of the Italian Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Arent Van Wassenaer (Director of the Faithful Goose B.V., the Netherlands)
Venue: Online
Performance Bonds after Clarington Developments Ltd -v- HCC International Insurance
Online
Chair: Mr Justice Michael Peart
Speakers: Niav O’Higgins (Head of Construction, Arthur Cox, Dublin) & David Brynmor Thomas QC (39 Essex Chambers)
Venue: Online
The use and legal aspects of BIM in the international arena
Chair: Roberto Panetta, General Secretary of the Italian Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Bastian Fuchs (Honorary Professor of German and International Construction Law at the University of the Bundeswehr München, Germany)
Venue: Online
Postponed - The SCL Lunch in Leeds
Leeds
Speakers: Julian Norton, The star of the TV series the Yorkshire Vet
Venue: Leeds Marriott Hotel, 4 Trevelyan Square, Boar Lane, Leeds LS1 6ET
Ground risk in the major international projects. The FIDIC 2019 Emerald Book new risk allocation approach for underground projects
Chair: Roberto Panetta, General Secretary of the Italian Society of Construction Law
Speakers: Adriana Spassova (Tutor at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, FIDIC accredited adjudicator and trainer, Partner EQE Control OOD, Bulgaria)
Venue: Online
Recovering Party Costs in Adjudication
Speakers: Tony Clough, Base Quantum
Venue: Online
The Society's AGM
London
Venue: The Drapers’ Company, Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Street, London EC2N 2AN
The SCL Annual Spring Conference
Leeds
Speakers: Sir Rupert Jackson, His Honour Judge Mark Raeside QC, The Honourable Mr Justice Waksman, Lucie Briggs, Adam Robb QC, Tom Owen
Venue: The Royal Armouries, Leeds LS10 1LT
Investor state disputes & construction law: what do you need to know ?
Ireland
Speakers: Norah Gallagher & Baptiste Rigardeau
Venue: UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4