Society of Construction Arbitrators

Annual Dinner

The Society held its Annual Dinner in the splendid surroundings of the Armourers’ Hall on Thursday 6 November, 2014. The guests of the Society attending the dinner were HH Judge Havelock-Allen QC, HH Judge Grant, Mr Hamish Lal, Ms Ann Levin, Ms Anne Minogue, Mr Ron Nobbs, Mr Peter Rees QC, Mr Mark Roe, Ms Sally Roe, and Mr Mark Tiggeman.

Evening meeting on Wednesday 8 October, 2014 at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, Knightsbridge

The Hon Mr Justice Akenhead kindly presented a short paper to the Society, and led the discussion on the subject of “Parkinson’s Law in relation to Adjudication”. The light-hearted subject yielded some interesting observations on the growth of adjudication and its effects on the fair resolution of disputes in the construction industry.

Annual Conference, Oxford, Friday 2 May to Monday 5 May, 2014

The contributions to the Conference, loosely based on the topic “Evidence” were as follows:

Mrs Frances Kirkham - Tribunals as experts
Ian Salisbury - Excoriating the expert
Christopher Miers - Expert shopping
John Redmond - Equal treatment of witnesses
Tony Canham - Teasing out crucial evidence in document-heavy cases: proportionality, justice and economics
Philip Fidler - Distinguishing submissions from evidence in adjudications
John Sims - Does hot-tubbing need a protocol?
Simon Tolson - The short life of the jointly appointed expert

NEW MEMBERS

The Society is pleased to welcome the following new members: Gwyn Owen, Philip Fidler, Frances Kirkham, Simon Tolson, Max Wieliczko, Rosemary Jackson QC, Adrian Hughes QC, Roger ter Haar QC, Nick Henchie, David Bateson and Stuart Kennedy.
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