Previous Events & Seminars

  • Construction law seminar - Birmingham

    Construction Law Seminar - Birmingham - 7 December

    Date: Thursday 7th Dec 2023
    Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue: 3PB Birmingham, Colmore Building, 20 Colmore Circus, Birmingham, B4 6AT

    Our Construction and Engineering Law Group is delighted to invite you to our Birmingham Construction Law Seminar to take place on Thursday 7th December at 5:30pm at our Birmingham Chambers. Topics The seminar will be chaired by Tony Bingham and will include presentations from Seb Oram, Nick Kaplan and Rob Dawson on the following topics: Seb Oram will review “Construction Project Insurance after the Rugby Football Union decision” Nick Kaplan will present "Spiking the Guns of Trigger-Happy Contractors…

  • 20th annual london construction law seminar

    3PB's 20th Annual London Construction Law Seminar - 25 October

    Date: Wednesday 25th Oct 2023
    Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue: The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE

    Our Construction and Engineering Law Group is delighted to invite you to our 20th annual London seminar to take place on Wednesday 25th October at 5:30pm. Topics The seminar will be chaired by Head of Group Peter Collie and will include presentations from Patrick Heneghan, Seb Oram and Rob Dawson on the following topics: Patrick Heneghan will present “Adjudication: Does size matter?” Seb Oram will review “Construction Project Insurance after the Rugby Football Union decision” Rob Dawson will consider “Adjudication: When is the right…

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    Book launch: 'The Bodyguards of Lies' by Christopher Whelan

    Date: Thursday 26th Jan 2023
    Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue: Tsuzuki Theatre, Ruth Deech Building, St Anne's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS

    Join the author of 'The Bodyguards of Lies', Dr Christopher Whelan, for the launch of this new book. Christopher will give a brief presentation followed by a short Q&A with colleague Andrew McPhail. A reception will follow. A review of the book in The Times concluded that 'Whelan has written a book that anyone interested in the law should queue to buy.' One of you will have a chance to jump the queue and win a…

  • Bristol construction law seminar 13 10 2022

    19th Annual Construction Law Seminar - Bristol - 13 October 5:30PM

    Date: Thursday 13th Oct 2022
    Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue: The Unilit Club, 20 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HP

    Following the lifting of Covid restrictions, we are delighted to welcome you back, in-person, to our Construction and Engineering Law Group's Annual seminar. Topics The seminar, chaired by Paul Newman, will include presentations from Rowan Planterose, Patrick Heneghan and Nick Kaplan on the following topics: Rowan Planterose will consider "Adjudication: An adjudicator’s perspective." Patrick Heneghan will review “The Use and Abuse of Expert Witness Evidence: how the policies underlying the rules for the courts receiving expert evidence are…

  • 19th Annual Construction Law Seminar - London - 6 October 5:30PM

    Date: Thursday 6th Oct 2022
    Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue: The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE

    Following the lifting of Covid restrictions, we are delighted to welcome you back, in-person, to our Construction and Engineering Law Group's Annual seminar. Topics The seminar, chaired by Head of Group Peter Collie, will include presentations from Rowan Planterose, James Davison and Nick Kaplan on the following topics: Rowan Planterose will consider "Adjudication: An adjudicator’s perspective." James Davison will review “The Use and Abuse of Expert Witness Evidence: how the policies underlying the rules for the courts…

  • Bristol arbitration seminar on 15 September 2022

    3PB Bristol Arbitration Seminar in association with the Bristol Law Society

    Date: Thursday 15th Sep 2022
    Time: 4:45 pm - 6:30 pm
    Venue: The Unilit Club, 20 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HP

    3PB Barristers are delighted to invite you to our in-person Arbitration seminar on Thursday 15 September - 5pm, at Bristol's Unilit Club. Bristol Law Society co-President and Temple Bright partner Edward Thompson will chair this interactive panel seminar, featuring experienced 3PB arbitration advocates David Parratt KC (Scot) and Patrick Heneghan and Annecto Legal Director Mark Beaumont. Our arbitrators' focus will be on the following themes: Running a successful arbitration Clauses, procedure, tactics Funding and ATE We welcome your questions ahead of…

  • Civil law webinar

    Litigating in 2021: jurisdiction, service and enforcement post-Brexit and civil procedure in the pandemic - 22 April

    Date: Thursday 22nd Apr 2021
    Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Venue: Via Zoom

    Join our Head of Chambers David Berkley QC, and barristers Richard Whitehouse and Jack Webb as they host a Civil Law webinar on 22 April at 11am.

    Richard Whitehouse on Civil Litigation post-Brexit: how the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 is expected to operate in practice, and the implications of withdrawal civil litigation specifically jurisdiction, service and enforcement.

    Jack Webb will look at how the courts are dealing with pandemic-related cases covering a selection of significant recent decisions.

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    Dispute Boards: Expensive Follies or Golden Opportunities?

    Date: Thursday 18th Feb 2021
    Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
    Venue: Online

    3PB's Peter Collie will moderate this event - Dispute Boards: Expensive Follies or Golden Opportunities? - being organised by the Society of Construction Lawyers.

    The speakers are Lindy Patterson QC, Marion Smith QC (39 Essex Chambers) David Brown (Clyde & Co, Paris) Stephen Proctor (McCann Fitzgerald, Dublin) & Paul Battrick, Diales.

  • Aluminium cladding and other construction challenges: getting our house in order

    Date: Tuesday 7th Jul 2020
    Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Venue: Via Zoom

    3PB barristers James Davison, Philip Bambagiotti and Nick Kaplan will be hosting a webinar on “Aluminium cladding and other construction challenges: getting our house in order" on 7 July at 10am. Our presenters will cover: The current regulatory framework and cladding requirements in the UK Liabilities and litigation problems facing UK building industry from cladding A way forward – a practical approach to resolving the dilemma about cladding on your buildings.

  • Construction contracts in challenging times - 9 June

    Date: Tuesday 9th Jun 2020
    Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Venue: Via Zoom

    3PB barristers Seb Oram, John Jessup and Nick Kaplan will be hosting a webinar on 9 June at 11am. They will cover: Applying force majeure to construction obligations Final payments: contract requirements, and estoppel Adjudications with insolvent parties: where will the Supreme Court go with Bresco?

  • 3PB's 18th Annual London Construction Law Seminar - 8 October

    Date: Tuesday 8th Oct 2019
    Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue: Venue: The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HE

    3PB Barristers' Construction and Engineering Law Group invites you to our Annual London Construction seminar on 8 October. The seminar, chaired by Peter Collie, will include presentations from James Davison, Seb Oram and John Jessup: James Davison - "Securing Performance" Seb Oram - “Consequential loss claims in Construction Projects” John Jessup - "Adjudication and Insolvency in light of Bresco" Time: 17:30 - Registration with refreshments 18:00 - Session starts promptly 19:30 - Session ends with networking over drinks and nibbles There is no…

  • 3PB's Construction & Engineering Law Seminar - Bristol 3rd April 2019

    Date: Wednesday 3rd Apr 2019
    Time: 5:45 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue: Venue: The Unilit Club, 20 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1HP

    3PB Barristers' Construction and Engineering Law Group invites you to our Bristol Construction & Engineering Law seminar on 3 April. The seminar, chaired by James Davison, will include presentations from Paul Newman and Chris Edwards on the following topics: Paul Newman: “The Unenforceable Adjudication Decision - Latest lessons from case law” Chris Edwards: “A lack of principle: The prevention principle following North Midland Building Ltd v Cyden Homes Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1744" Time: 17:45 - Registration with refreshments 18:00…