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Back to
our roots
22–24 January 2015
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International Convention Centre
Birmingham, United Kingdom
www.ciarb.org/centenary
Final Programme
The Centennial
Launch Conference
Contents
Foreword1
Programme2–8
Speakers’ biographies
9–19
Birmingham Centenary Conference sponsors
Catering suite floor plan and exhibitor listing
Conference information
20–22
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24–25
Venue facilities
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Venue map 27
Centenary dates for your diary
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Programme at a glance
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Welcome to the launch of the CIArb centenary year
Planning for the centenary celebrations has now been underway
for a number of years. In preparing to launch this milestone in
CIArb’s history, the Working Party charged with developing the
concept for the year and engaging the wider membership that
makes up CIArb, developed the notion of a return to our roots.
Throughout our one hundred years CIArb has been at the
forefront of promoting and resolving the resolution of differences
other than through the courts. Today, that ideal is encapsulated
within our Golden Thread, to:
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deliver education, training and qualifications;
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develop the learned society;
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facilitate alternative dispute resolution.
CIArb was created by professionals working in the construction
and property industries. Those pioneers were drawn from
surveyors, architects and engineers.
Recognising the importance of resolving disputes other than
through litigation, the Birmingham conference takes a hard
look at the techniques and tools available for end-users,
professionals and party representatives.
The conference itself is supported by its social events, providing
an opportunity for delegates to meet, greet and develop
relationships amongst the broad base of the CIArb membership.
Anthony Abrahams TD DL MBA MCIArb
Director General, CIArb
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Programme
Thursday 22 January, 2015
18:30–21:00 Cocktail Reception and
Banqueting
Charles Brown, FCIArb,
Suite,
President CIArb
CIArb President’s Welcome
Council
House
Friday 23 January, 2015
08:00–09:30 Arrival, registration and refreshments
09:30–09:35 Welcome and introduction
Hall 6 Foyer
+ Hall 8
Speaker:
Anthony Abrahams,
MCIArb, Director
General, CIArb
09:35–10:00 Keynote address
Speaker:
The Rt Hon Lord
Justice Rupert Jackson
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Hall 5
Hall 5
10:00–11:15 Panel 1
Past: What has history taught us in Alternative
Dispute Resolution?
Hall 5
Chair:
The Rt Hon Lord
Justice Rupert Jackson
Panellists:
This panel session will pose the session question to our
Lord David Hacking,
three panellists. Each, will give their own perspective, this
MA(Cantab) FCIArb
session will then open to the floor for interactive delegate
Q&A.
Professor Dr Nael
Bunni, BSc, MSc, PhD,
zzHistory has taught us that there is a constant demand
CEng, FICE, FIStructE,
for newer and better systems of ADR. Why is this?
FInstCPD
zzIs the search for a perfect ADR system illusory?
zzHas history taught us how to avoid the dispute?
ProfessorJohn Uff
CBE, QC, FREng
Master of the
Worshipful Company of
Arbitrators
11:15–11:30 Mid-morning refreshments
Hall 8
and networking
11:30–12:45 Panel 2
Current: Challenges and opportunities for
Alternative Dispute Resolution in 2015 (a
construction and property perspective)
This session will explore the main forms of ADR, the
challenges of each and the opportunities for parties,
professionals and dispute resolvers respectively.
Constant challenges are concerned about costs, the
need for expedition and the securing of quality decisions
or results. All these forms of ADR can and often work
well but sometimes clients are dissatisfied. Practitioners
need to produce decisions which are rational and
adequately reasoned so that the parties know why they
have ‘won’ or ‘lost’. The session will consider ways of
improving the delivery of these different forms of ADR in
terms of time, resources, quality and, ever present, cost.
12:45–14:00 Lunch and networking
Chair:
The Hon Mr Justice
Akenhead, Judge of
the Technology and
Construction Court
Hall 5
Panellists:
Keith Blizzard,
BSc(Hons), DipArb,
FRICS, FCIOB, FCIArb,
CArb, FFB, MEWI
Brian Egglestone,
CEng, FICE, FIStructE,
FCIArb
Michael Stephens,
FCIArb, FRSA
Hall 8
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14:00–15:00 Breakout session 1
Hall 5
Speakers:
Professor John Uff
Arbitration: Costly and Pedestrian?
CBE, QC, FREng
This interactive breakout session will explore and discuss Master of the
the following topics:
Worshipful Company of
Arbitrators
zzArbitration is infinitely flexible and can come up with
procedures to fit any dispute
Chris Ennis, MSc,
zzArbitrators have the ability to control cases so as to
FRICS, FCIArb
avoid delay and excessive cost
John Tackaberry QC,
zzArbitrators can give Provisional Awards
MA, LLM, FCIArb, FFB
zzArbitrators can award costs against a party which
acts unreasonably
zzArbitration can encourage and allow time for parties to
settle and agree issues.
zzArbitration can deal with any dispute, however
complex or difficult
zzArbitration allows parties to achieve finality
zzArbitration can accommodate a speedy timetable
agreed upon by the parties, including a time for the
award.
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14:00–15:00 Breakout session 2
Speakers:
The Hon Mr Justice
Adjudication: Too formal and too expensive?
Akenhead, Judge of
This interactive breakout session will explore and discuss the Technology and
the following topics:
Construction Court
zzOriginal ideas for speedy and cheap justice in
adjudication
zzDefinition of ‘dispute’ unlimited
zzImpossibility of keeping out lawyers (fairness grounds)
zzThe way forward:
1 Selection of the right adjudicator–the role of the
appointing institutions–pre-selection by agreement
in contract
2 Selection/agreement of useable procedures in
any given adjudication–rigour in enforcing rules
and directions–need for some flexibility to avoid
charge of unfairness–use of stricter adjudication
rules–possible agreed power to exclude ‘late’
submissions/evidence
3Education of adjudicators where necessary
4 Methods to cope with jurisdictional or unfairness
challenges during adjudication
5 Methods of accommodating large quantities of
evidence and documents
zzPossible statutory changes :
1 Costs to follow event
2 Limitation on definition of dispute to exclude
exceptionally complicated claims, professional
negligence claims or claims other than ‘payment’
claims
3 The Malaysian/Singaporean/Australian experience
14:00–15:00 Breakout session 3
Mediation: Merely part of the litigation
process?
This interactive breakout session will explore and
challenge current thinking and practice in how and when
to engage in mediation.
Are lawyers and participants increasingly seeing
mediation merely as part of the litigation process rather
than a stand-alone ‘alternative’ dispute resolution
process? If this is the case, what might the advantages
be of engaging in mediation at a far earlier stage in the
dispute? What are the obstacles to separating mediation
from the litigation process and how might they be
overcome?
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Hall 6
Keith Blizzard,
BSc(Hons), DipArb,
FRICS, FCIOB, FCIArb
CArb, FFB, MEWI
Brian Egglestone,
CEng, FICE, FIStructE,
FCIArb
Speakers:
Her Honour Frances
Kirkham CBE, C.Arb
Jane Gunn,
International Mediator
and Speaker, FCIArb,
FRSA, PSA, UKI
President, FPSA
Anthony Glaister,
FCIArb
Colin Wall, C.Arb
BSc(Hons) FRICS,
FHKIS, MACostE
Hall 7
15:00–16:00 Panel 3
‘University Challenge’
Developing professional education in
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The session will review the education pathways in ADR.
The academic panel will discuss the provision that is
currently available and how this could be developed for
the 21st Century. Is a joined up approach required from
academic institutions or is remote e-learning an option?
This is an interactive session, delegates are welcome to
ask questions to the panel.
Speakers:
Professor Renato
Nazzini, PhD, MCIArb
Dr Ian Trushell, BA
(Hons), MBA, MLitt,
LLM, MSc, PhD,
FRICS, FCIArb, FCIOB
Denise Crawford, MA
Jane Jarman, BA
(Hons), ACIrb, Solicitor
16:00–16:15 Afternoon refreshments and networking
16:15–17:15 Panel 4
Survival of the fittest: crafting another 100
years in Alternative Dispute Resolution
This panel will consider the future development of
arbitration and make proposals on the following topics:
zzReform of disclosure in larger/international arbitration,
with a focus on the use of IT in electronic searching
for documents, and on different types of orders to
costs that can or should be made which relate only
to issues of disclosure, irrespective of the overall
outcome of the arbitration
zzSpeedier forms of procedure in smaller/domestic
arbitration, with a focus on the use of IT in telephone
conferencing and attendance of witnesses and/or
parties by video link
zzGeneral proposals for the increased use of IT in all
forms of arbitration.
19:30–Late
CIArb Centenary Conference Dinner
and Dance
Hall 5
Hall 8
Chair:
His Honour Judge
David Grant, Judge of
the Technology and
Construction Court in
Birmingham, MA, LLB
(Cantab)
Hall 5
Panellists:
Professor Richard
Susskind OBE
Peter Rees QC,
FCIArb, C.Arb
Michael O’Reilly,
FCIArb
Symphony
Ballroom
Hyatt
Regency
Hotel
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Saturday 24 January, 2015
08:30–09:30 Arrival, registration and refreshments
09:30–10:30 Panel 5
Heads of terms and contractual agreements in
property
This session will explore contractual arrangements, the
nature of disputes and the current law relating to the
property industry. Each panelist will provide their own
perspective to the topic of this session, the panel will then
open this to the floor, for an interactive delegate Q&A.
10:30–10:45
Hall 6 Foyer
and Hall 8
Chair:
Sir Kim Lewison,
Lord Justice of Appeal
Panellists:
Stephen BickfordSmith, FCIArb
Graham Chase, FRCIS,
C.Arb, FRSA, FInstCPD
Hall 8
Mid-morning refreshments and networking
10:45–12:00 Special guest keynote address
Hall 5
Chair:
Sir Kim Lewison,
Lord Justice of Appeal
Hall 5
Guest keynote
speaker:
Karren Brady, Baroness
Brady of Knightsbridge
12:00–12:30 Industry address – ‘How to avoid litigation
disputes’
Argent, a property development company is involved
in the full development process from identifying and
assembling sites, developing designs and obtaining
planning permission through to financing, project
management of the construction process, letting, asset
management and (sometimes) selling. Argent also
manage and maintain buildings and estates.This Industry
Address will review the procedures and practices Argent
put in place to avoid litigation. The address will also
evaluate the advantages and shortcomings of Alternative
Dispute Resolution versus the courts.
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Speaker:
Peter Freeman,
Chairman, Argent
Hall 5
12:30–12:45 Conference summary
Charles Brown, FCIArb, Hall 5
President CIArb
12:45–14:00 Lunch and networking
Hall 8
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Speakers’ biographies
Anthony Abrahams
MCIArb, Director
General CIArb
Anthony Abrahams TD DL MBA joined the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as its
new Director General on 10 April 2012. He moved from Charter Chambers where
he was Chief Executive, and prior to that Group Managing Director at Kain Knight
Group plc. Qualified as a solicitor and specialising in civil litigation, Anthony has
considerable hands-on experience in legal practice management which he has
reinforced academically, gaining an MBA with distinction from Nottingham Law
School. Anthony also sits as a Deputy District Judge.
His legal background has been complemented and enhanced with leadership and
organisational skills acquired in the Territorial Army where he attained the rank of
Colonel. He was mobilised in 2006 to undertake an operational tour in Iraq, working
to develop the rule of law and dealing with human rights issues there. He is involved
with a number of military charities caring for the needs of service personnel and their
families as well as St John Ambulance Brigade. Married with three children Anthony
enjoys, or suffers, supporting Northampton Saints with his family and has recently
taken up sailing.
The Hon Mr Justice
Akenhead, Judge of
the Technology and
Construction Court
(TCC)
The Hon Mr Justice Akenhead was called to the Bar in 1972 and practised from
what is now Atkin Chambers from 1973 until 2007. He was appointed a QC in
1989 and has been a recorder since 1991. In 2007 he was appointed a High Court
Judge sitting in the Queen’s Bench Division and in particular in the TCC. From
September 2010 for three years he was the judge in charge of the TCC. His practice
as a barrister was almost exclusively in construction and engineering and he was
involved in numerous cases in the Official Referees’ Court, now the TCC, as well as
in arbitration. His work took him all over the world to places such as Hong Kong,
Singapore and many parts of Europe with the most memorable trips being to Fiji,
Australia, South Africa, Indonesia and the West Indies.
He acted as arbitrator extensively before becoming a judge and also as a court
appointed or approved arbitrator, both on domestic and international arbitrations.
He is the author of several books, Site Investigation and the Law and Technology
and Construction Court Practice and Procedure as well as being, since 1999, a joint
editor of the ‘Building Law Reports’.
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Stephen Bickford
Smith FCIArb
Stephen Bickford Smith is a barrister and arbitrator in practice at Landmark
Chambers, London. His legal work is based around real property, construction and
dispute resolution. In property he deals with a wide range of cases, and has built
up specialist practices in the fields of party walls and rights of light, where he has
appeared in many of the leading cases. He deals with commercial disputes and acts
as an adjudicator in construction matters. He also sits regularly as an arbitrator. The
third edition of his book on Rights of Light has just appeared and a fourth edition of
his book on Party Walls will appear shortly. He is a former chairman of the London
Branch of the Chartered Institute.
Keith Blizzard BSc
(Hons), DipArb,
FRICS, FCIOB,
FCIArb, CArb, FFB,
MEWI
Keith Blizzard is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Builder and Chartered
Arbitrator who was the first RICS member to be approved as a non-lawyer Partner
of a firm of Solicitors in England and Wales. He has over 35 years’ experience in
the construction industry as a quantity surveyor, project manager and contract
administrator.
Having established his own firm of Chartered Quantity Surveyors in 1987 he merged
with a firm of solicitors in 2004 and moved his team to Shakespeares in 2008,
where he now heads the construction team in the Birmingham office. Keith is an
accredited Dispute Board Member and experienced commercial mediator.
He is an experienced Arbitrator and has published over 300 Decisions as a
construction Adjudicator. He is a visiting lecturer at a number of universities and
has contributed to the construction law elements of a number of Masters Degree
level courses as well as being a tutor, assessor and examiner for the CIArb and
RICS. Keith is a former Course Director for the Adjudication Pathway for the
CIArb. He was invited to contribute to the creation, delivery and assessment of the
conversion course to prepare adjudicators for the introduction of adjudication in the
Republic of Ireland. Keith has delivered papers on construction law related issues at
conferences in a number of European cities. He was shortlisted as Law Firm Partner
of the Year at the 2014 Birmingham Law Society Awards.
Karren Brady,
Baroness Brady of
Knightsbridge
Karren Brady began her career aged 18 at Saatchi & Saatchi, and swiftly moved
onto LBC as a sales executive. In 1998 she joined Sport Newspapers Ltd and
became Director within a year.
Karren Brady is recognised as the first woman in football. She was Managing
Director of Birmingham City Football Club from 1993 to 2009 and, during that
time, turned the Club’s fortunes around. She took over the Club when it was in
administration and, in her first year at the helm, the Club recorded a financial trading
profit. In 1996 the Club made an overall profit for the first time in modern history
and in February 1997 she launched the Club on the Stock market; Karren was the
youngest Managing Director of a plc in the UK.
In October 2009 Karren sold Birmingham City FC for £82million.
In January 2010, Karren was appointed Vice Chairman of West Ham United FC. In
January 2011, under her leadership WHU was chosen as preferred bidder for the
Olympic Stadium. As a result her club hopes to be moving there in 2016. Following
her first 12 months at West Ham, the club made a trading profit for the first time in
many years.
An Ambassador for the Stroke Association, WellChild and Teenage Cancer Trust,
Karren has been a Board Director of Mothercare plc, Channel 4 Television and Sport
England and is currently a non-Executive Director of Arcadia and SYCO. She is an
Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing.
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Charles Brown
FCIArb, President
CIArb
The opportunity to represent CIArb as President in the Centenary year, 2015, is an
honour and responsibility which Charles regards as the high point of his professional
life. Charles joined the Institute in 1980 and took the International Pathway to
Fellowship in 2000 becoming a Chartered Arbitrator and member of the presidential
Arbitration Panel in 2004. He is a member of the Faculty of Trainers. He has been
a member of the South East Branch committee since 2005 and was the Branch
Chairman in 2009 and 2010. A member of the Examinations Board in 2009 and
Chairman in 2010, he joined the Board of Management in 2010 and was appointed
Chairman of the Board for 2011 and 2012.
A Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, he is also a TeCSA panel
adjudicator and a member of IBA (ICP section) SCL and the Law Society. Charles
has been a practising lawyer for over 40 years. He qualified as a solicitor in 1980
and, after spells as a partner in UK and International law firms, realised a long-held
ambition and created and ran his own firm from 2005. He retired as a solicitor in
September 2014 to concentrate his practice as an arbitrator, adjudicator, lecturer in
International Arbitration and Adjudication and consultant advising on the avoidance
and resolution of commercial disputes.
He has focused his legal practice on the construction sector and dispute avoidance
and resolution and has extensive international experience, in particular in the Gulf
and South East Asia, in addition to the UK and Europe.
Charles has three children (one of whom is a student member of CIArb) and became
a proud grandfather in 2012. His sporting passion is football and as the family all live
in Surrey and South London, his grandson will naturally be brought up to support
Manchester United! His other passions are cooking and the wines and food of the
Friuli region of North East Italy.
Professor Dr. Nael
G. Bunni, BSc, MSc,
PhD, CEng, FICE,
FIStructE, FCIArb,
FIAE, FConsEI
Professor Dr. Nael Bunni is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Arbitrator, Conciliator/
Mediator and Visiting Professor in Construction Law and Contract Administration
at Trinity College Dublin. He is Past President of the Association of Consulting
Engineers of Ireland (1987/1988), a Past President of the Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators, worldwide (2000/2001), and Past Chairman of its Irish Branch
(1986/1998), Past Chairman of FIDIC’s Standing Committee on Professional Liability
and its Task Committee on Construction, Insurance and Law. He was a member
of the Board of Directors of the LCIA (1994 – 2007), and of the DIAC Board of
Trustees, and Chairman of its Executive Committee (2004 – 2012). Currently he is a
member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR, Paris. Elected Fellow of the
Irish Academy of Engineering in 1999, and in 2000 a member of ICCA (now advisory
member to the Governing Board).
Since 1972, Professor Dr. Bunni has acted as arbitrator, conciliator/mediator or
dispute board member on cases involving parties from over 50 jurisdictions. As
arbitrator, he has acted as sole arbitrator, member of tribunal, or chairman of
tribunal, in over 150 domestic and international cases, under the Rules of Arbitration
of: the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, CRCICA, DIAC, IEI, or ad hoc rules.
He is author of three books: Construction Insurance and the Irish Conditions of
Contract, Risk and Insurance in Construction, now in its second edition; and The
FIDIC Forms of Contract now in its third edition. He is also the author of numerous
technical papers and has been invited to speak in jurisdictions from Europe, Asia,
the Middle East, Africa, New Zealand, and North and South America.
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Graham F. Chase
FRICS, C-Arb, FRSA,
FInstCPD
Graham Chase is the Senior Partner of retail and leisure property specialist Chase
and Partners, Chartered Surveyors and Chartered Town Planners based in central
London. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors, a Chartered Arbitrator, President and Past Chairman of the Association
of Town & City Management, a Freeman of the City of London, Master of the
Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Royal Society for
the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
In his 40 year career he has advised on the development, letting and funding of retail
and leisure schemes with a combined value of over £10billion and advised over 40
Local authorities. He has acted on behalf of a number of national and international
retailers acquiring retail accommodation throughout the UK with his latest client
Gudrun Sjödén, one of Sweden’s leading fashion retailers, who was recently
awarded the King of Sweden’s Medal for Design. On the development side one
of his latest commissions has been advising the London Borough of Wandsworth
on the viability of the retail and leisure elements of the Battersea Power Station
regeneration project.
Graham’s core activities are as a commercial estate agent and consultant in the
retail property, occupational, investment and development market. He also acts
as an Expert Witness in the High Court, Lands Tribunal and Planning Inquiries and
receives a number of appointments as an Independent Expert and Arbitrator on rent
review, service charge, and development profit share disputes.
He is the Consultant Editor of the Surveyors Handbook on Business Tenancy
Renewals and has chaired and been involved in a number of Practice Statements,
Guidance Notes and Information papers for the RICS including the Code of
Measurement, Expert Witness, Advocates, Conflicts of Interest, Arbitrators and
Independent Experts, Viability in Planning, Business Tenancies and Short Form
Commercial Leases. He has sat on the Bank of England’s Commercial Property
Forum and was a member of the Property Advisory Group (PAG) of the ODPM.
He was one of the founders of EAPS (Expert Advisors in Planning Services) which
provides expert services to HM Planning Inspectorate.
He is a Trustee of the Maritime Heritage Foundation and a Director and Trustee of
Alford House, a youth club for the disadvantaged in Lambeth. He is a past Non
Executive Director of Assura Group plc investing in Primary Care Trust facilities and
which, with others, he floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2003. He is a
Trustee and Director of the College of Estate Management, a past External Examiner
for both Northumbria and Kingston Universities and a visiting lecturer and Honorary
Fellow of London South Bank University.
Denise Crawford, MA Denise Crawford is the Director of Global Education at the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators and has over 15 years’ experience in the areas of Financial and Legal
Services, Higher Education and the Professional Associations sector. As a principal
lecturer at Nottingham Law School (NLS) she was the programme leader for the
unique MBA in Legal Practice and latterly at NLS she was the Academic Head of
the NLS Strategy and Business Development Department.
Denise has significant experience of lecturing at post graduate level, and has
supervised numerous senior level MBA students during the dissertation process.
She has tendered for, designed, developed and delivered a range of programmes
at both CPD and award bearing level in law firm management. Denise is passionate
about education and is now responsible for developing and delivering the CIArb
academic plans in line with the overall strategic plan of CIArb, to create a forward
looking, professional and imaginative approach to the delivery of professional
education.
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Brian Eggleston
C.Eng, FICE,
FIStructE, FCIArb
Brian Eggleston is a chartered arbitrator with extensive UK and international
experience. He also acts as an adjudicator and mediator and as an adviser to
contractors and employers on contractual matters. He is well known as a seminar
speaker on contract law and standard forms. In a career spanning over 50 years he
has worked on all sides of the construction industry, firstly as a bridge designer, then
as a resident engineer and contracts administrator, and subsequently as a director
of various building and civil engineering contracting companies.
Brian served as Chairman of the West Midlands Branch of the CIArb in 1985 and
as President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators from 2004/2005. Brian is the
author of six books for John Wiley/Blackwell Science:
Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time in Construction Contracts; The ICE
Conditions of Contract–Sixth edition; The ICE Design and Construct Contract;
Model Forms of Contract for Electrical and Mechanical plant; The New Engineering
Contract; The ICE Conditions of Contract–Seventh edition.
Christopher Ennis
MSc, FRICS, FCIArb
Christopher Ennis is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 40 years’ varied
experience in the construction industry and over 25 years’ specialised experience
in construction dispute resolution related consultancy as an expert witness,
adjudicator, mediator and arbitrator. He was a Director and later Managing Director
of Northcrofts Management Services before joining Davis Langdon as a Partner
in the Legal Support Services Group in 2007, and following take-over of DL by
AECOM he co-founded Time | Quantum Expert Forensics in 2012. TQEF provides
expert dispute-related technical advice and independent quantum and delay
analysis in all sectors of the construction and engineering industries, including acting
as expert witness or as tribunal neutrals.
Anthony Glaister
MCIArb
Anthony Glaister has practised as a mediator and arbitrator for over 20 years. He
studied law and politics at Durham University and qualified as a solicitor in 1980.
After nine years doing a combination of maritime and aviation law and international
arbitration in London and the Middle East, he worked in Leeds as a construction
specialist until 2008 when he became a full time ‘neutral’ mainly mediating
construction, property and partnership disputes. Early experiences of PDR made
him a keen advocate of ADR, standing for Appropriate Dispute Resolution, and he
has consistently worked to make dispute management and resolution more effective
and satisfactory for the users. He chairs the Association of Northern Mediators and
the CMC Accreditation Committee, sits on a few mediation panels and is an active
member of the North East Branch of the CIArb. He lives in North Yorkshire and,
when he has time, farms.
Jane Gunn, FCIArb,
FRSA, FPSA, CEDR
accredited and IMI
certified international
mediator
Jane Gunn, the Corporate Peacemaker, is a highly sought-after mediator and
professional speaker. She specializes in collaboration, dynamic dialogue and
transforming business relationships, and has helped numerous companies to move
from deadlock situations to opening new streams of revenue and a vibrant corporate
culture, saving her clients thousands of pounds, tiresome lawsuits, devastating
disputes and ruined relationships on the way. She is a Fellow and immediate Past
President of the Professional Speaking Association UKI and has been invited to
speak at the United Nations, the European Commission and the White House. Jane
travels and speaks all over the world. She is also the author of the acclaimed book
on conflict management How to Beat Bedlam in the Boardroom and Boredom in
the Bedroom
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His Honour Judge
David Grant,
Specialist Judge
of the TCC in
Birmingham
MA, LLB Downing College, Cambridge; Pilley Scholarship from Downing College;
Rebecca Flower Squire prize from Cambridge University
Sometime Editor of Emden’s Construction Law
While a Recorder, David tried one of the leading cases on the law of mistake:
Hudson v Shogun Finance which went first to the CA [2002] QB 835, & then to the
HL [2004] AC 919. See Chitty at para 5-094 et seq
As a judge of the TCC David has tried cases covering the whole range of TCC work,
including:
Claims between employers and contractors
Adjudication cases, of which Naylor Construction v Acoustafoam Ltd [2010] BLR
183 is an example
Arbitration appeals & applications; of which Morris Homes (West Midlands) Ltd v
Keay & Keay [2013] EWHC 938 (TCC); [2013] BLR 370 is an example dealing with
the criteria for permission to appeal an award
Claims against professionals; an example is Harrison v Technical Sign Co Ltd & Ors
[2012] EWHC 2887 (TCC) [2013]; BLR 244;
Claims against Housing Authorities in respect of their statutory duties under the
Housing Acts
Sale of goods cases, usually involving some technical element; and claims made
under the Consumer Protection Act; an example is Hufford v Samsung Electronics
[2014] EWHC 2956 (TCC)
Procurement cases
Cases arising out of fires, explosions, flooding or other disasters
Cases involving some aspect of Infrastructure, e.g. the supply etc of water &
associated services, electricity & gas
Claims arising out of repairing obligations in leases, in which expert opinion evidence
is usually from building surveyors.
In addition, whether sitting in the Chancery Division, the Mercantile Court or in
the TCC, David has heard many applications for injunctions, whether for Freezing
orders, Search orders, mandatory injunctions or otherwise.
Having conducted the initial pilot scheme which was implemented in both the TCC
and Mercantile Courts in Birmingham, David has been at the forefront of developing
the new practice of ‘Cost Management’ now introduced into the CPR as part of the
‘Jackson’ reforms.
The Rt Hon Lord
Hacking of Chorley
MA (Cantab), FCIArb
David Hacking is an Associate Member of Littleton Chambers specialising in
commercial arbitrations. He was called to the Bar in 1963 and practised for 12 years
on the Midland Circuit from Chambers in Francis Taylor Buildings before moving
over to be a Solicitor and to become a partner at Richards Butler. He was in the
House of Lords for 28 years working on major legislation including Arbitration Acts
1979 and 1996. He is both a Chartered Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators.
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The Rt Hon Lord
Justice Jackson
Lord Justice (Rupert) Jackson has been a Lord Justice of Appeal since 2008. He
was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1972. He was co-author and general editor
of Jackson and Powell on Professional Negligence from 1982 to 1999. Since then
he has been consultant editor.
He was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1987. He was appointed Recorder in
1990 and Deputy High Court Judge in 1993. He was Chairman of the Professional
Negligence Bar Association between 1993 and 1995.
In 1999 he was appointed as a High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division. He
was the Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) between
2004 and 2007.
In January 2009 he was asked by the Master of the Rolls to undertake a
comprehensive review of civil litigation costs. He produced a Preliminary Report in
May 2009, and the Final Report was published in January 2010. He is a member of
the Judicial Steering Group on implementation of the review. He has been an editor
of the White Book since 2000 and editor-in-chief since 2010.
Jane Jarman
BA(Hons), ACIArb,
Solicitor
Jane was admitted as a solicitor in 1992 and specialised in professional indemnity
litigation before joining NLS in 2003 and is now Reader in Legal Education and
a specialist in legal regulation and compliance. She has designed a variety of
programmes, including the compulsory Risk Management Education Programme for
the Law Society of Hong Kong, and the new framework for the final qualification for
registered trade mark attorneys. In 2012, along with Prof. Jane Ching she undertook
a research project to reform the professional legal educational framework in
Mauritius. Jane was also a co-author of the SRA’s CPD Review. She is a contributor
to Butterworths Commercial Court & Arbitration Pleadings.
Her Honour Frances
Kirkham CBE,
Chartered Arbitrator
Frances Kirkham graduated in modern languages and initially worked in banking.
She qualified as a solicitor in 1978, practising as a construction and engineering law
specialist, assisting professional and corporate clients with contract formation and
dispute resolution.
In 2000 Frances was appointed the Technology and Construction Court Judge in
Birmingham, a post she held until her retirement from the bench in 2011. Frances
case managed and tried cases in the TCC and also in the Chancery, Mercantile and
Administrative Courts.
Frances is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a Chartered
Arbitrator. She has acted as arbitrator in many disputes over many years. Since
her retirement from the bench in 2011, she has acted as arbitrator in high-value
domestic and international construction and commercial disputes. Frances
conducts adjudications and expert determinations. She also acts as a mediator, and
has recently assisted parties in innovative evaluative mediations.
Frances is a Justice of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre.
Frances was appointed a Judicial Appointments Commissioner in 2007, a post she
held until 2011.
Frances is a member of the Chartered Institute’s Professional Conduct Committee.
She also serves as a non-executive director of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust.
Frances has been widely recognised for her contribution to law and the
administration of justice, by the award of the CBE in 2011, the Clare Edwards award
from TeCSA, honorary membership of Arbrix and honorary lifetime membership of
the Society of Construction Law.
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The Rt Hon Lord
Justice Lewison
Kim Lewison practised at the property Bar in England and Wales for some 27
years between 1975 and 2003. He was appointed a QC in 1991. He has been the
nominal Chairman of the Property Bar Association, Chairman of the Anglo-American
Real Property Institute and joint head of Falcon Chambers.
He was appointed as a Judge of the Chancery Division in 2003. Since then he has
declined to construe the phrase “shizzle my nizzle”, discovered what a patent looks
like, examined the lovelife of the playwright Anthony Shaffer, been introduced to
the music of Bob Marley and the Wailers, found out how much money Lancashire
businessmen keep in cash under their baths, spent several court days considering
bubbles, made the acquaintance of the Performing and Captive Animals Defence
League, infuriated Welsh Rugby fans by interfering with the corporate governance
of the Neath-Swansea Ospreys, stopped judges from having to perform mental
gymnastics over statutory wills, and much more besides.
He keeps a nodding familiarity with the law of Landlord and Tenant by editing
Woodfall, and he continues to produce editions of his book on the Interpretation of
Contracts (last ranked at 891,265 in the best selling books on Amazon).
He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in October 2011, which has given him
even greater opportunity to pontificate on things he knows nothing about.
Professor Renato
Renato Nazzini is Professor of Law at King’s College, London, where he is also
Nazzini, PhD, MCIArb Director of Research of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution. He
holds doctorates from the Universities of Milan and London and has been Visiting
Professor at the University of Turin and Honorary Fellow of the British Institute of
International and Comparative Law. He is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England
and Wales (currently not practising), an Italian advocate, and a Member of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Previously, Professor Nazzini was Professor of Competition Law and Arbitration
(formerly Reader in Law) at the University of Southampton, which he joined from the
Office of Fair Trading (now the Competition and Markets Authority), where he was
Deputy Director of the Legal and Policy Department and led or advised on major
investigations and areas of enforcement and policy, including construction, financial
services, private enforcement, and the review of the policy on abuse of dominance
under Article 102 TFEU. While at the Office of Fair Trading, he worked with a number
of European and international institutions including the European Commission and
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and was
appointed to the ICC Task Force on Arbitrating competition law issues.
Professor Nazzini is the General Editor, together with Gordon Blanke, of Global
Competition Litigation Review and is a member of the editorial board of the
European Business Law Review. He has published more than 60 articles and book
chapters as well as two authored books and two edited books. He is a regular
speaker on commercial arbitration, ADR and civil procedure in the UK and abroad.
Professor Nazzini is regularly appointed as arbitrator and advises and represents
clients in complex commercial disputes both in arbitration and court proceedings.
He is also an expert in competition law. His experience covers various sectors
including telecommunications, energy, transport, pharmaceuticals, financial services,
manufacturing, IT and new economy markets, heavy industries, gaming, consumer
goods and retailing.
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Michael O’Reilly
FCIArb
Michael O’Reilly is a Solicitor, specialising in commercial law. He has been the
Legal Advisor to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Professor of Law at Kingston
University and is Editor of Arbitration. He is taking time out from international
dispute resolution in frontline business where he is Senior Legal Counsel and Risk
Management Director of one the UK’s largest independent companies.
Peter Rees QC,
FCIArb, C.Arb
Peter Rees is a member of Thirty Nine Essex Street Chambers. Prior to joining the
Chambers, Peter was Legal Director of Royal Dutch Shell plc for just over three
years, and before that he spent 27 years at Norton Rose, including eight years
as Head of Global Dispute Resolution and five years as a litigation and arbitration
partner at Debevoise & Plimpton.
Peter specialises in international commercial arbitration and litigation with particular
focus on the construction & engineering and oil & gas industries. He has been
recommended as a leading expert in commercial arbitration and litigation by,
amongst others, the Euromoney Guides to the World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers
and Experts in Commercial Arbitration and in the Legal Business Report on Legal
Experts as an Expert in Arbitration, Commercial Litigation and Construction and in
the Chambers ‘Leaders in their Field’ as an expert in construction.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Chartered Arbitrator, a
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Member
of the London Court of International Arbitration a Board Member of CPR and a
Former Member of the Governing Body of ICC Court of Arbitration.
Peter was formerly Chair of the IBA International Construction Projects Committee,
and Chair of the Technology and Construction Solicitors’ Association.
In 2009, Peter was appointed Queen’s Counsel.
Michael Stephens,
FCIArb, FRSA
Michael Stephens is the immediate Past President of the Institute. A practising
barrister, arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator, he is a member of Kings Chambers,
Manchester, but is based in its Birmingham annexe. His work covers a broad
spectrum of construction, commercial disputes and professional liability. He has
been called to the Bar of Northern Ireland.
Before being elected President, Michael served as one of the UK trustees of the
Institute and as the Honorary Treasurer. He has taken part in the activities of the
West Midlands Branch for more than 20 years.
Michael is a member of a number of domestic and international arbitration and
dispute resolution panels. He also holds Fellowship status of the Singapore,
Malaysian and Philippine Institutes of Arbitrators and is a registered advocate at the
DIFC Court in Dubai.
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Professor Richard
Susskind OBE
Professor Richard Susskind OBE is an independent author, speaker, and adviser
to law firms, in-house legal departments, and governments around the world. His
main area of expertise is the future of legal and court services. He is the author
of numerous books, including The Future of Law (1996), Transforming the Law
(2000), The End of Lawyers? (2008), Tomorrow’s Lawyers (2013), and (with Daniel
Susskind), Beyond the Professions (forthcoming, 2015). Richard has written around
150 columns for The Times. His work has been translated into 12 languages, he
has been invited to speak in over 40 countries, and he has addressed over 250,000
people. He is President of the Society for Computers and Law, IT Adviser to the
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and Chair of the Advisory Board of the
Oxford Internet Institute. He holds professorships at Oxford University, University
College London, Gresham College, and Strathclyde University. A Scots lawyer by
background, he holds a doctorate in law from Balliol College, Oxford. He is a Fellow
of the British Computer Society and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was
awarded an OBE in 2000 for services to IT in the Law and to the Administration of
Justice.
John Tackaberry QC
MA LLM FCIArb FFB
QC, Chartered Arbitrator, Former UNCC Commissioner, Former Recorder
Mediator, Adjudicator and DRB work
Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Grays Inn).
1967
Appointed to be one of Her Majesty’s Counsel (England & Wales).
1982
Admitted (ad hoc) to the Bar of Malaysia.
Admitted to the Bar of Ireland
1987
Admitted to the Bar of California.
1988
Admitted (ad hoc) to the Bar of Hong Kong.
Appointed a Recorder of the Crown Court.
1988–2005
Admitted to the Bar of New South Wales (also QC). Visiting Professor
in Construction Law, Queensland University of Technology.
1989
Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission
1998–2003
Dr Ian Trushell BA,
MBA, Mlitt, LLM,
MSc, PhD, FRICS,
FCIArb, FCIOB
Ian Trushell spent 40 years in private practice with a long-established firm of
Chartered Quantity Surveyors in Glasgow where he was a Partner for 25 years. His
professional work was mainly in the Healthcare, University and Engineering sectors.
He acted as an Arbitrator on a number of occasions and advised parties in several
mediations. Since 2005 Ian has been a full-time lecturer in Construction Law and
Dispute Resolution at Glasgow Caledonian University. Ian has specialist Master’s
degrees in Construction Law and in Mediation from the University of Strathclyde.
Ian is a Past-Chairman of the Institute’s Assessment and Examination Board and of
the Scottish Branch of the CIArb. He is currently a member of the Assessment and
Examination Board and is the Education Convener of the Scottish Branch.
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Professor John Uff
CBE QC PhD BSc
(Eng) FICE FCIArb
FREng
Master of the
Worshipful Company
of Arbitrators
John Uff originally qualified in engineering, but has practised as a barrister since
1970, specialising in all types of engineering and construction disputes, both as
Counsel and as Arbitrator. He has extensive experience of international disputes
throughout the commercial world. He also writes and lectures extensively in
construction law and dispute resolution. He was the founding Director of the Centre
of Construction Law at Kings College, London, where he held the Nash Chair of
Engineering Law until 2002 and is now Emeritus Professor.
He has sat on many influential boards and committees including the DTI Committee
on arbitration law, ICE Council and legal affairs committee, DOE committee on
liability and insurance and the Standing Committee on Structural Safety. He was
President of the Society of Construction Arbitrators 2004-2007 and a vice-president
of the LCIA 2008-2011. Public appointments have included Chairman of the Inquiry
into Yorkshire Water (1996), Chairman of the Inquiry into the Southall Railway
accident (1999) and joint Chairman, with Lord Cullen, of the Inquiry into Railway
Safety (2001). He also chaired the inquiry into public sector construction in Trinidad
and Tobago (2008-2010). He was appointed CBE in 2002 and awarded the ICE
Gold Medal in 2003.
He undertakes all forms of dispute resolution, but is best known for International
Infrastructure Arbitrations, which he has conducted in many different countries, from
Hong Kong to San Francisco and from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan.
Colin J Wall, CArb,
BSc (Hons), FRICS,
FHKIS, FCIArb, RPS
(QS)
Colin is a past president of the CIArb and was East Asia trustee for eight years.
He was born in Birmingham and thinks he is the only CIArb President to hail from
‘Brum’. Colin is a Chartered Arbitrator and accredited mediator and a Fellow in
both the arbitration and mediation disciplines. He has served as a full time dispute
resolver, acting as an arbitrator, mediator, DAB member and a Dispute Resolution
Adviser for over 23 years. He is listed on numerous mediation and arbitration panels.
Colin has been ranked amongst the 10 most highly regarded individuals in the
International Who’s Who of Commercial Mediators for the past four years and has
led the International Chamber of Commerce’s mediation training.
He is the current Co-President of the Union Internationale des Avocats’, World
Forum of Mediation Centres, a past Chairman of the Hong Kong Mediation Council,
a past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Hong Kong Branch and
is an Honorary Professor at The University of Hong Kong and is a guest lecturer in
Arbitration, Mediation and ADR at various undergraduate and postgraduate courses
at other tertiary institutions. Colin established the CIArb’s mediation training and
accreditation programme in 2000.
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Birmingham Centenary
Conference Sponsors
Silver Sponsor
Falcon Chambers Arbitration (FCA) is a group of
specialist property arbitrators from Falcon Chambers,
the leading property set of chambers. Each FCA
Arbitrator is highly regarded in his or her sphere of
practice, be it landlord and tenant, real property,
rent review, agriculture, planning and compulsory
purchase.
FCA can undertake a full arbitration hearing with
experts or, if it is a discrete point, it may be possible
for the arbitration to be dealt with on paper.
All FCA Arbitrators are barristers from Falcon
Chambers, with extensive experience of both
litigation and arbitrating property disputes. FCA
guarantees that a knowledgeable and experienced
property expert will decide your case.
FCA arbitrators have the experience and expertise
to resolve almost any property-related dispute more
efficiently and more effectively than the conventional
court process, often on a fixed fee basis.
Tiffany Felton
E: clerk@falcon-chambersarbitration.com
T: +44 (0) 20 7353 2484
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Bronze sponsor
Bronze sponsor
Kings Chambers is an exclusively civil set of
barristers’ chambers strategically based in
Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds. Members
practise widely, both nationally and internationally, in
construction, commercial and property disputes and
comprise 16 Arbitrators and 11 Mediators, including
the 2014 CIArb President, Michael Stephens.
Shakespeares is the fastest growing law firm in the
Midlands, providing legal services for businesses,
public sector organisations and private clients across
the UK.
The firm operates from seven offices spanning the
East and West Midlands and the Home Counties and
is located in Birmingham, Leicester (city centre and
Meridian business park), Nottingham, Stratford-uponAvon, Solihull and Milton Keynes.
Kings has recently enjoyed considerable acclaim in
the professional directories, being ranked second
in the UK in the number of practice areas, having
achieved leading recommendations in 18 separate
practice areas and ranked in the leading Band 1 in
15.
The firm’s specialist legal services include: litigation,
commercial services, employment, planning, property,
construction, personal injury and high net worth
private clients. The firm also has specialist sector
teams covering logistics, social housing, healthcare,
technology & telecoms, banking, insurance,
manufacturing and retail.
Their specialist construction team consists of 11
barristers and can rightly claim to be the only regional
Chambers which has a recognised and expert
presence in this area. The team, led by Head of
Group, Andrew Singer, is experienced in all types of
disputes under the major standard forms of building
and engineering contracts.
The firm has won a string of awards in recent years
including being a finalist in the ‘Law Firm of the Year’
category at The Lawyer Awards 2013.
Keith Blizzard
E: info@shakespeares.co.uk
T: +44 (0) 121 237 3000
Gary Smith
E: gsmith@kingschambers.com
T: + 44 (0) 121 200 3572
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Welcome Reception Sponsor:
Conference Product Sponsor:
The Committee of the West Midlands Branch, on
behalf of its 310 members, is honoured to support
the inaugural event of the 2015 CIArb Centenary
Celebrations, here in the heart of the Institute’s city of
origin.
Crown Office Chambers is consistently ranked
in all the major legal directories as one of the top
construction sets. Members of Chambers are
regularly instructed in international and domestic
arbitrations, either as counsel or as arbitrator (either
alone or as chairs or members of arbitral panels).
The undisputed reputation and standing of the West
Midlands region of England as a centre for Alternative
Dispute Resolution is recognised by the institute’s
decision to hold the Centenary Conference here,
especially given the international nature of CIArb and
its members whose numbers outside the United
Kingdom exceed those in the United Kingdom.
Crown Office Chambers members have recently
acted in international arbitrations in London,
Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Hong
Kong, Australia, Japan and the USA. They act for
employers, contractors, professionals, funders,
suppliers and insurers in an advisory capacity and as
advocates in all forms of dispute resolution in the UK
and internationally.
We are looking forward to a very informative
Conference that reflects the stature of the speakers.
We are sure the expectations of delegates and their
accompanying guests will be met.
The number of construction barristers based at
Crown Office Chambers gives strength and range and
enables the Crown Office Chambers to provide teams
of counsel for large and complex disputes.
We would like to extend a warm welcome to
everyone.
Graham Smith
E: gsmith@crownofficechambers.com
T: + 44 (0) 20 8897 8112
Steven Williams
E: sdwilliams@ricsonline.net
T: + 44 (0) 7831 839 281
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Catering suite floor plan
and exhibitor listing
Entrance into Hall 8
Exit
Exit
5
6
Elevated
Control
Room
Servery
1
2
3
Emergency
Exit
4
Emergency
Exit
1 Kings Chambers
Gary Smith
E: gsmith@Kingschambers.com
T: +44 (0) 121 200 3572
4Shakespears
Keith Blizzard
E: info@shakespeares.co.uk
T: +44 (0) 121 237 3000
2 Crown Office Chambers
Graham Smith
E: gsmith@crownofficechambers.com
T: (0) 20 8897 8812
5 West Midlands Branch CIArb
Steven Williams
E: sdwilliams@ricsonline.net
T: +44 (0 )7831 839 281
3 Falcon Chambers
Tiffany Felton
E: clerk@falcon-chambersarbitration.com
T: +44 (0) 20 7353 2484
6 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and
the Dispute Appointment Service (DAS)
Waj Khan
E: wkhan@ciarb.org
T: + 44 (0) 207 421 7455
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Conference Information
Registration
Delegate badges and security
The Centenary Conference registration and
information desks will be located in the registration
area of The International Convention Complex,
Birmingham (ICC) on level 5 and open at the following
times.
For security reasons, delegates are requested to wear
their name badges at all times during the Centenary
Conference. Failure to wear the name badges may
exclude delegates from admission to Centenary
Conference sessions and the Catering suite and
exhibition.
Friday 23 January Saturday 24 January 08:00–17:30
08:30–14:30
Please remember to be vigilant throughout the
Centenary Conference to ensure the safety of your
property. Neither CIArb nor venue staff will accept any
personal belongings for safekeeping. These should be
kept with you at all times or left in the designated left
luggage or cloakroom facilities (located in the Hall 6
foyer on level 3)
Catering and exhibition
If you have informed us of your dietary requirements,
please make yourself known to the ICC catering staff.
All catering will be served in the Conference Catering
suite and exhibition (Hall 8) at the following times.
Do I need to book to attend a breakout
session?
Friday 23 January
08:00–09:30 Arrival refreshments
The three breakout sessions are allocated on a first
come, first served basis. We have tried to anticipate
which will be the most popular breakout sessions,
and have put them in larger rooms. All delegates
should have the opportunity to attend their first
preference.
11:15–11:30 Mid-morning refreshments
12:45–14:00Lunch
16:00–16:15 Afternoon refreshments
Saturday 24 January
Why are sessions sometimes changed?
08:30–09:30 Arrival refreshments
With so many presenters involved there might be
a few changes to the programme–so apologies in
advance if we have to amend the schedule. Check
for amendments to the programme. Changes will also
be announced regularly throughout the Centenary
Conference and posted at the registration desk.
10:30–10:45 Mid-morning refreshments
12:45–14:00Lunch
Water stations will be located throughout The ICC,
Birmingham.
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How can I make the most of my attendance
and meet people?
Centenary Conference Dinner
Friday 23 January 19:30–Late
We cannot overstate the importance we place on
networking at the Centenary Conference. We want
you to get as much as you can from this opportunity
to make new connections and share new ideas. We
hope that you will keep in touch with the people you
meet long after the Centenary Conference is over.
Below are lists of the networking opportunities.
The Centenary Conference dinner will take place in
the Symphony Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel,
Birmingham. This dinner is for delegates and guests
who have pre-booked a ticket. Details will be included
on your delegate badge.
We request delegates and guests should arrive for
dinner between 19:30–19:45.
Welcome reception
Dress code: Black-tie
Sponsored by:
Thursday 22 January between 18:30 and 21:00
Registered delegates and their guests arriving in
Birmingham on Thursday 22 January are invited to a
Welcome Reception sponsored by the West Midlands
Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators at
the Birmingham Council House. The Lord Mayor will
officially welcome delegates to the City and CIArb
President, Charles Brown, will open the inaugural
CIArb Centenary Conference. Light refreshments will
be served.
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Venue facilities
Business reception
Messages
The ICC, Birmingham has a business reception
located on level 3 close to the Centenary Square
entrance. Chargeable services include: photocopying,
fax, scanning and laminating.
CIArb is unable to pass on messages personally. All
messages will be left at the Registration desk located
in the registration area on level 4. We request that
messages are restricted to matters of urgency. When
leaving a message please state clearly that this is for
the CIArb Centenary Conference and the name of the
person the message is for.
How do I pick up my emails while at the
Convention?
Medical emergencies
In case of a medical emergency please contact The
ICC, Birmingham stewards located throughout the
venue. First aiders will be notified.
Delegate WiFi internet access is provided free
of charge. It is available throughout The ICC,
Birmingham.
Mobile phones
Cashpoint
Delegates are reminded that all mobile phones must
be switched to silent during all Conference sessions.
A non-chargeable cashpoint is located on Brindley
Place, for access please use the Canalside entrance.
Smoking
Cloakroom and left luggage facility
The ICC, Birmingham is a non-smoking venue.
A cloakroom is located in the Hall 6 foyer on level 3.
Speaker presentations
Disabled access
Presentations (as received from speakers) will be
made available on the Centenary section of the
Institute’s website:www.ciarb.org/centenary
The ICC, Birmingham is fully accessible for
wheelchair users.
Taxis
Emergency procedure
A taxi rank is located on Broad Street, please use the
Centenary Square entrance. A taxi to Birmingham
New Street railway station will cost around £6.00.
In the event of an emergency, delegates should
make their way quickly and calmly to the nearest exit
without collecting their belongings. Delegates should
follow the guidance and instructions of the venue
staff, and subsequently, the emergency services (if
applicable).
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Venue map
Level 3
Hall 6 Foyer
Hall 6
Centenary
Conference
Cloakroom
Breakout session
(Friday afternoon)
Executive Rooms
LEVEL
7
8
5A
9
10
Foyer
Symphony Hall
Level 4
Hall 5 Foyer
Centenary
Conference
Registration
Hall 5
Plenary and
breakout room
Hall 7
Breakout room
Level 5
Hall 8
Executive
room 2
Catering suite
and Conference
exhibition
Hall 4
Foyer
LEVEL
5
Foyer
Bridge
Link
Bridge
Link
Executive Rooms
1
Foyer
2
3
4
5
6
Hall 8
Foyer
Symphony Hall
Speaker lounge
and preview
room
Bridge Link to
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Media
Suite
LEVEL
4
Hall 3
Hall 1
Foyer
Foyer
Bridge
Link
Foyer
Hall 5
Hall 7
Foyer
Symphony Hall
Hall 11
Foyer
Starbucks
WH
B1 Smith
Cafe Vite Blooms
LEVEL
3
Business
Reception
Centenary Sq
Entrance
Central Mall
Foyer
Hall
6
Symphony Hall
Hall
9
LEVEL
2
Key
Hall
10
Foyer
Central
Mall
Brindleyplace
Entrance
Strada
27
Foyer
Castle Fine
Art
Staircase
Accessible Toilets
Escalator
Baby Change
Lift
Cloak Room
Lift Route
Symphony Hall
Box Office
Toilets
Eating \ Drinking
2015
Institute branches around the world will be
hosting their own Centenary celebrations.
For further details please log on to:
www.ciarb.org/conferences
For more details about the Institute’s
Centenary including details about the
Centenary Research Fund and
Centenary Book, please log on to:
www.ciarb.org/centenary
Centenary dates
for your diary
31 October
Young Members
Group Centenary
Conference
19 March
Centenary Book
Launch
Paris, France
Hong Kong
International
Arbitration Centre,
Hong Kong
15 September
Centenary Joint
Livery Companies
Dinner
Plaisterers Hall,
London
19–21 March
A Century – shaping the
future of arbitration
Hong Kong Centenary
Conference, JW Marriott
Hotel, Hong Kong
3–4 September
Launch of the
Guidelines
1–3 July
The Principles
15–17 July
Learning from Africa
London Centenary
Conference, The London
Guildhall, London, United
Kingdom
African Centenary
Conference,
Livingstone, Zambia
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Singapore Centenary
Conference,
Singapore
Programme At a Glance
Thursday 22 January, 2015
18:30–21:00
Cocktail Reception and CIArb President’s Welcome
Banqueting Suite,
Council House
Friday 23 January, 2015
08:00–09:30
Arrival, registration and refreshments
Hall 6 Foyer + Hall 8
09:30–09:35
Welcome and introduction
Hall 5
09:35–10:00
Keynote address
Hall 5
10:00–11:15
Panel 1
Past: What has history taught us in Alternative Dispute Resolution?
Hall 5
11:15–11:30
id-morning refreshments
M
and networking
Hall 8
11:30–12:45
Panel 2
Current: Challenges and opportunities for Alternative Dispute
Resolution in 2015 (a construction and property perspective)
Hall 5
12:45–14:00
Lunch and networking
Hall 8
14:00–15:00
Breakout session 1
Arbitration: Costly and Pedestrian?
Hall 5
14:00–15:00
Breakout session 2
Adjudication: Too formal and too expensive?
Hall 6
14:00–15:00
Breakout session 3
Mediation: Merely part of the litigation process?
Hall 7
15:00–16:00
Panel 3
‘University Challenge’
Developing professional education in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Hall 5
16:00–16:15
Afternoon refreshments and networking
Hall 8
16:15–17:15
Panel 4
Survival of the fittest: crafting another 100 years in Alternative
Dispute Resolution
Hall 5
19:30–Late
CIArb Centenary Conference Gala Dinner and Dance
Symphony Ballroom
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Saturday 24 January, 2015
08:30–09:30
Arrival, registration and refreshments
Hall 6 Foyer and Hall 8
09:30–10:30
Panel 5
Heads of terms and contractual agreements in property
Hall 5
10:30–10:45
Mid-morning refreshments and networking
Hall 8
10:45–12:00
Special guest keynote address
Hall 5
12:00–12:30
Industry address – ‘How to avoid litigation disputes’
Hall 5
12:30–12:45
Conference summary
Hall 5
12:45–14:00
Lunch and networking
Hall 8
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Silver Sponsor
Bronze sponsors
Welcome Reception Sponsor
Conference Product Sponsor
Do you have a property
of construction dispute?
Contact: Waj Khan
E: wkhan@ciarb.org
T: +44 (0)207 421 7455
W: www.ciarb.org/das