UK

David Mosey

September 2001

A paper based on a talk given to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law in London on 3rd April 2001.

The author, the draftsman of the contract, looks in some detail at PPC 2000, a single multi-party contract whereby the client, constructor (contractor) and all consultants work together under the same terms and conditions.

Patrick Green and Stephen Woodward

August 2001

A paper based on a talk given to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law in London on 5th June 2001.

The authors explain ‘contracted mediation’ and how it differs from mediation, which is normally used when the dispute is already mature. They explain how it provides an ongoing mediation resource form the outset to help avoid, manage or resolve disputes in project based industries, with a panel appointed at the beginning of the project.

Professor John Uff QC

July 2001

A paper based on the talk given to a joint meeting of the Society of Construction Law and the Society of Construction Arbitrators in London on 3rd July 2001.

Philip Britton

May 2001

A paper based on the second prize winning entry in the Millennium Hudson Prize Competition, presented to the Society of Construction Law in London on 1st May 2001.

The author considers what remedies are available against public bodies if in exercising their statutory powers affecting construction they cause damage, injury or loss.

Philip Eyre

May 2001

A paper based on the first prize winning entry in the Millennium Hudson
Prize Competition, presented to the Society of Construction Law in London
on 1st May 2001.

The author looks at the extent to which the House of Lords’ decision
in this case clarified and developed the law relating to third party loss
in the context of contemporary commercial practice in the construction
industry.