UK
The Limits of Adjudication: The impact of the European Convention on Human Rights
Andrew Bartlett QC
December 2014
A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law and the Technology and Construction Bar Association at a meeting in London on 2nd December 2014
Costs: The New Landscape
John Denis-Smith
December 2014
A paper based on a talk given to the Society of Construction Law at a meeting in Birmingham on 4th June 2013
Causation in Construction Law: The demise of the ‘dominant cause’ test?
November 2014
A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law at meetings in Reading on 8th May and Glasgow on 15th May 2014
The Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol: A retrospective analysis
November 2014
A paper presented at the Society of Construction Law International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 20th September 2014
The SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol was published in 2002. Since then, it has attracted considerable interest from those involved in the construction industry, both in the UK and abroad. In this paper Julian Bailey considers the provisions of the Protocol, and how the Protocol has fared during the 12 years since its publication.
Termination: The Pitfalls
Andrew Robb, Jess Connors and Patrick Hennessey
October 2014
A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law at meetings in Southampton on 27th November 2013, Birmingham on 2nd April and Leeds on 11th September 2014
This substantial (40,000 word) paper looks at different aspects of termination of contract, covering termination of contract for fault at common law; contractual termination clauses, in particular the 2011 JCT standard form; the innocent party’s right to elect and remedies at common law. It includes an extensive look at the case law.