I I (4 42 AGENDA ITEM NO

I i (4 42 AGENDA ITEM NO........- CONFERENCE REPORT Committee: General Purposes Subject: Scottish Construction Law disputes Conference Organiser: IBC UK Conferences Venue: Edinburgh Conference Fee: f295 + VAT Date(s) : 19 November 1996 Recommendation: That no attendance at this Conference be authorised. 1 Lindy Patterson Dr Bernard Rimmer Fraser McMillan Partner (; 1 I0I’ll I 44 17 m7gc7’ - Seriioi. .5olicitor BIRD SEMPLE ( 7 2s !’I i it?(J 1 I DUNDAS & WILSON CS SLOUGH ESTATES PLC Alastair Morrison l’tl rt7 1 r I’ Brandon Nolan DUNDAS & WILSON CS i)L i ;’t7~~~~* McGRIGOR DONALD * The Hon. Lord Dervaird ( ,I,\&;,. .I_-L . ’ I,,<.’. SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR Vincent Connor IKTERNATIONAL .4R R ITRATI OX 09.00 Registration and coffee t has been two years since Sir Michael 0 9.30 C h a i r'nian 's 1 n t ro d u ct i on Latham produced his report Chairman: lan Stanncrs FRICS ACI Arb. is a Senior Partner at \\'lLI<INSOIi & LO\VE, Charrered Surveyors, "Constructing the Team" and the Glasgow and Dunfernlline. He is a Chartered Quantity I Surveyor with broad experience in the procurement of a construction industry is still in a process wide range of both civil engineering and building of transition. construction \vorks. He is also practising in contractual disputes, expert witness, arbitration, adjudication and mediation. He is Chairman of the Scottish Building Several of Latham's recommendations have Contract Committee and an external examiner for the been included in the Housing Grants, Robert Gordon University. Aberdeen. Construction and Regeneration Bill 1996, . 09.40 HOUSING GRANTS, CONSTRUCTION which is currently proceeding through AND REGENERATION BILL 1996 0 The philosophy behind the Bill Parliament and is likely to receive Royal 0 The scope of the Bill Assent before the end of the year. $ 0 The scheme for construction contracts 0 The effect on the future of the Scottish This conference will examine those Latham construction industry Speaker: Liiidy Pattcrson is a Partner in BIRD SEMPLE recommendations such as adjudication and a Solicitor Advocate. She heads up the Construction (currently under review) and payment and Engineering Unit \vithin the firm and handles litigation and arbitration proceedings for clients within the procedures which will become part of the construction and civil engineering industry. She is currently involved in advising the Scottish Office on the Bill, as well as those recommendations that Scottish scheme for construction contracts which is being will not. brought into force bv the new Housing Granrs, Construction and Regeneration Bill. Also of considerable importance to the 10.20 THE ADJUDICATOR 0 The existing models; how do they match up? 0 The existing standard forms; how will they need to be revised? 0 What powers will the Adjudicator exercise? 11.55 ARBITRATION IN SCOTLAND - 0 What qualities should the Adjudicator IS IT ADAPTING? possess? 0 The impact of UNCITRAL Model Law , e Adjudication v. arbitration 0 Court assistance for arbitration Speaker: la11 Srnnncrr FRICS ACI 4rb. 0 Flexibility, speed \\'II.KlNS(-)S k l~O\\'F. 0 The end of the Stated Case 0 A new Arbitration Bill for Scottish 11.00 Coffee domestic arbitration Speaker: The Hon. Lord Dervaird is Dickson Minto Professor of Company Law at the University of Edinburgh, Chairman of the SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION and of the Lord Advocate's Committee on Arbitration Law Rcform. I-le is author of text on Scotland in 'The Handhook of Int~rirationalArhifratio~', a mernlxr of thc IC;C UK * Arbitration Conimittcc and regularly sits on arbirral tribunals in Scotland and ahroad. * 12.35 Panel session with morning speakers 3 3.00 Drinks followed by lunch .- .. .. .. - - .

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