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Papers published by the Society

A total of 504 papers have been published by the Society.

An Inequality of Arms? The Costs of Arbitration under the Public Works Contracts

Paddy Mockler

The winning paper in the SCL Ireland Young Practitioners Essay Competition 2025

Nr 268 - February 2026, 1MB

Suspension Rights: Diverging Paths in the UK and Ireland

Melissa de Oliveira

The paper awarded second place in the SCL Ireland Young Practitioners Essay Competition 2025

Nr 269 - February 2026, 1MB

Professional liability after the Building Safety Act 2022

Seb Oram

A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law in Reading on 11 February 2026

Nr 270 - February 2026, 1MB

Limitations of Liability

Simon Hale KC

Published in the SCL Journal: Autumn 2025

Nr 266 - November 2025, 1MB

A Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of a Contractor’s Duty to Warn of Design Defects Under English Law and French Law

Professor Anthony Lavers and Rebecca Shorter

Published in the SCL Journal: Autumn 2025

Nr 267 - November 2025, 1MB

How Complex Systems Fail: Lessons from Boeing’s 737 Max 8 Crashes

Dr Sean Brady

Published in the SCL Journal: Autumn 2025

Nr 265 - November 2025, 1MB

Contracting Practices for Tunnelling and Underground Works

Ben Mellors

Published in the SCL Journal: Summer 2025

Nr 263 - August 2025, 1.2MB

‘Hybrid’ Contracts: Not a Villain – Just Misunderstood

James Bowling and Matthew Thorne

Published in the SCL Journal: Summer 2025

Nr 262 - August 2025, 1MB

The New Saudi Civil Code and its Effect on Construction Contracts

Richard Harding KC

Published in the SCL Journal: Summer 2025. An SCL (Gulf) paper republished by SCL UK with the permission of the author

Nr 264 - August 2025, 1.7MB

The ‘Insolvent Contributor’ Problem: Considering the Apportionment of Liability in Construction Cases

Caitlin Moore

Highly Commended in the SCL Hudson Prize 2024, published in the SCL Journal: Spring 2025

Nr 259 - April 2025, 1.5MB

ESG Risks in Construction Law: Adding Teeth to the Governance of Construction Supply Chains

Dr Armando Castro and Dr Mohamad El Daouk

Commended entry in the SCL Hudson Prize 2024, published in the SCL Journal: Spring 2025

Nr 260 - April 2025, 1MB

A Risky Business? The Building Safety Act in the First Tier Tribunal

Nia Moseley-Roberts

Commended entry in the SCL Hudson Prize 2024, published in the SCL Journal: Spring 2025

Nr 261 - April 2025, 1MB

Internationalising Adjudication: Towards an Incremental and Polycentric Harmonisation

Professor Renato Nazzini KC (Hon) and Aleksander Godhe

Winner of the SCL Hudson Prize 2024, published in the SCL Journal: Spring 2025

Nr 258 - April 2025, 1.1MB

Has The Time Come for An Irish TCC?

Gavin Wilson

A paper published in the SCL Journal: Winter 2025

Nr 255 - January 2025, 1MB

What will the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive mean for the Construction Industry across the Island of Ireland?

Ciara Keegan

A paper published in the SCL Journal: Winter 2025

Nr 256 - January 2025, 1MB

Contractualising Climate Change: Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities

Anne-Marie Friel

A paper published in the SCL Journal: Winter 2025

Nr 257 - January 2025, 1.3MB

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

David Inns and Derek Yixin

A paper published in the SCL Journal: Autumn 2024

Nr 253 - October 2024, 1.25MB

Why Big Projects Fail: Lessons for Construction Professionals

James Hooper

A paper published in the SCL Journal: Autumn 2024

Nr 254 - October 2024, 1MB

EPCM Contracting: The New IChemE Blue Book

Paul Buckingham KC, Vanessa Medina and Robert Colvin

A paper published in the SCL Journal: Autumn 2024

Nr 252 - October 2024, 1MB

The Lesser of Two Evils? Comparative Analysis of how Common Law Jurisdictions Approach Accrual of Causes of Action in Negligence Post-Pirelli

William Haslam

A paper based on the winning entry in the Hudson Prize essay competition 2023 and presented to the Society of Construction Law on 2nd July 2024

Nr 249 - July 2024, 1MB