# Construction Law & Practice: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Your Clients

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 Thorny Challenges facing Experienced Practitioners: Directly from Top-Flight King’s Counsel and Solicitors

- Format: Hybrid
- Date: Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- On-demand: 2 December 2025 until 7 April 2026
- Venue: The Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: On-Demand Single £174.00 + VAT per person; On-Demand Team £274.00 + VAT per team
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/construction25

## Programme

- Chair's Introduction: Construction law: Shaping new developments into solution-focused answers for your clients
  - Chaired by Kwadwo Sarkodie, Mayer Brown
- Time Bars: Where are the vulnerabilities in Time Bar Clauses and similar obstacles that are intended to prevent recovery of time and costs?
  - Answered by Marion Smith KC, 39 Essex Chambers
- Building Safety: Where are the flash-points following URS v BDW, including satellite litigation, the limits of a BLO and how to protect clients from them?
  - Answered by Ben Patten KC, 4 New Square
- Extension of Time: What is the latest judicial thinking on how concurrency of contract and client events can influence an Extension of Time or cost recovery?
  - Answered by Lynne McCafferty KC, 4 Pump Court
- Liability Caps: How do you control - and overcome - difficulties with contractual liability and how do you secure the best outcome for clients?
  - Answered by David Pliener KC, Gatehouse Chambers
- Historical defects: What counts and will sway the court in applying the "just and equitable" test over historical defects following The Triathlon Homes judgment?
  - Answered by Jonathan Selby KC, Keating Chambers
- Termination: How have recent cases changed existing thinking on a client's ability to terminate for conduct or contractually, and how might the market respond?
  - Answered by Mark Chennells KC, Atkin Chambers
- Conditions precedent: How do you gain an edge for clients when drafting and enforcing conditions precedent? When should you use them and not, illustrated by caselaw and practical examples?
  - Answered by Michael Wheater KC, Gatehouse Chambers

## How to book

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