UK
The Adjudication Provisions of the Construction Act 2009
Claire Packman
July 2010
A paper presented to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law in Manchester on 30th November 2009
Open Season for Ambush? How 'Disputes' Have Changed
Rachel Gwilliam
June 2010
A paper based on the commended entry in the Hudson Prize essay competition 2009
Contract: What Contract?
Trevor Thomas
June 2010
A paper based on the highly commended entry in the Hudson Prize essay competition 2009
Prevention and the Allocation of the Risk of Project Delays: Evolution or Revolution?
Mathew Stulic
May 2010
A paper based on a first prize entry in the Hudson Prize essay competition 2009 presented to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law in London on 18th May 2010.
Implied Obligations of Non-hindrance and Co-operation in Construction Contracts
Aidan Steensma
May 2010
A paper based on a first prize entry in the Hudson Prize essay competition 2009 presented to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law in London on 18th May 2010.
Tender Contract Developments Give Hope to the Disgruntled
Professor Anthony Lavers
March 2010
A paper based on talks given to meetings of the Society of Construction Law in Bristol on 10th September and Cardiff on 1st December 2009.
Professional Liability and Construction: Risk Retained and Risk Transferred
John Powell QC
January 2010
A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law at a meeting in London on 1st December 2009.
Enforcing Contractual Rights in the Irish Legal System
Anthony Hussey
January 2010
A paper given to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law and the Society of Chartered Surveyors in Cork on 19th October 2009
In discussing the enforcement of contractual rights in the Irish legal system, Anthony Hussey begins with the Commerical Court, successfully established in 2004. He goes on to look at arbitration, and its advantages over litigation, before considering adr in the form of mediation and conciliation as practised in Ireland.
International Process Plant Contracts: The IChemE Forms
Gordon H Bateman
December 2009
A paper presented to meetings of the Society of Construction Law in London on 2nd June and Newcastle on 23rd November 2009
Gordon Bateman explains the differences between process plant contracts and building contracts, and goes on to look at the standard forms published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, both for domestic use and - published in November 2007 - international use.