Past events

Annual General Meeting 2026 (NEW VENUE)

NOTE NEW VENUE

NOTICE OF THE TWENTY NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE

KING’S COLLEGE CONSTRUCTION LAW ASSOCIATION 

 

will be held on 

 

TUESDAY 28th July 2026 

At 6 o’clock in the afternoon at

NEW VENUE 

El Vino (47 Fleet St, Temple, London EC4Y 1BJ)

 

Space is very limited - Please email Paul.greenwell@diales.com if you wish to attend.

KCCLA Sweet & Maxwell Annual Lecture

The Building Safety Act
A lecture to be given by David Sawtell KC 

and presentation of the KCCLA Prize to the top student of 2025.


Event will be followed with drinks and nibbles sponsored by Sweet & Maxwell.
Wednesday 8 July 2026
6.00pm registration, 6.30pm for the event
at
Great Hall, KCL Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
 

To reserve a place for yourself and a guest please contact Paul Greenwell paul.greenwell@diales.com

Traditional Inns of Court Walk Lead by James Davison of 3PB

Wednesday 3 June 2026

17:00 for 17:30 start of walk 

at 

Cittie of Yorke Pub, 22 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6BN

To reserve a place for yourself and a guest please contact Catherine Chen at Catherine.Chen@diales.com

TOP MSc. DISSERTATION WRITERS 2025; HOW DID THEY DO IT?

DATE: Thursday 19th February 2026
VENUE: Devonshires, 30 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7DT 

Please note space is limited. This event is open to Second Year MSc Students and their Dissertation Tutors.
RSVP: For registration: Emma.honeysett@socotec.co.uk
 

See Flyer for details.

Call My Bluff - Wine Tasting

Call My Bluff – Wine Tasting
with KCCLA
at El Vino, Fleet Street
Thursday 12th, February 2026
Meet at 6.15pm at El Vino, 47 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1BJ

The cost is £40 per person.
If you wish to attend, please let Jonathan Gold know (jgold@sheridangold.co.uk), and
arrange for payment to be transferred to:
KCCLA, Lloyds TSB Bank, s/c 300004, a/n 00795411 (@£40.00 per person),
using your name or organisation as the reference.
www.kccla.org.uk

From chaos to clarity: dealing with disruption on construction projects

Dear Members and Friends,

Please join us for a lecture by Kim Rosenberg and Kate Gough of Freshfields LLP on Wednesday 2 July 2025 at the Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, KCL Strand Campus.

Please see flyer for registration details.

Best wishes

KCCLA Committee

S&T (UK) v Grove Developments: what would the Supreme Court decide today? A

A debate on the Court of Appeal’s leading judgment on pay less notices, and ‘smash and grab’ and true value adjudications

Dear members and friends,

Macfarlanes’ Doug Wass, who acted for Grove Developments, and Matthew Thorne of 4 Pump Court, who was counsel for S&T, will debate the Court of Appeal’s landmark judgment, and what the outcome might have been if the case was heard by the Supreme Court today.

Date: Thursday 1 May 2025, 

Time: 6.00pm for registration, 6.30pm for the event

Venue: Macfarlanes’ offices, 20 Cursitor Street, London EC4A 1LT

To reserve a place for yourself and a guest please contact claire.cahill@macfarlanes.com.

See attached for further details.

Best regards,

KCCLA Committee

Gladiators v The State - a MOCK DAB

Gladiators v The State

They will have their vengeance in this DAB or the next

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A mock Dispute Adjudication Board 

Thursday 20 March 2025

6.00pm for registration, 6.30pm for the event

at Turner & Townsend’s offices, 1 New Change, London EC4M 9AF

Abdul Jinadu of Keating Chambers will be appearing as the DAB chair, to guide the parties towards resolving a dispute arising out of a JCT 2024 contract, concerning archaeological finds, disruption, wind turbines, an absence of good faith and the kitchen sink, using the JCT Dispute Adjudication Board procedure (DAB 2024)

Turner & Townsend are kindly hosting a drinks reception following the DAB 

To reserve a place for yourself and a guest please contact advisoryadminlondon@turntown.com 

Call My Bluff – Wine Tasting with KCCLA

https://www.kccla.org.uk/sites/default/files/events/KCCLA%20Wine%20Tasting%20Feb%202025.pdf

Come and blind taste some fine wines with the KCCLA, and test your knowledge of (or just guess!) what they are, where they are from, what they cost and lots more, in a Call My Bluff format.  The winner will receive a bottle of lovely wine, and the admiration of everyone present.   

Call My Wine Bluff

Come and blind taste some fine wines with the KCCLA, and try to guess what they are, in a Call My Bluff / Would I Lie to You format.  The winner will receive a bottle of lovely wine, and the admiration of everyone present. See flyer for more details.