# Construction Contract Disputes Ireland: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Advice for Practitioners

> Court-Proven, Solution-Focused Answers to 7 of the Thorniest Questions facing Experienced Practitioners: Directly from Top-Flight Construction Lawyers

- Format: In-person
- Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- Venue: The Gibson Hotel, Point Square, Dublin
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: Live Attendance €299.00 per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/constructionireland24

## Programme

- 09:30 Registration and coffee
- 10:00 Chair's Introduction: Construction Contract Disputes Ireland: Shaping new developments into solution-focused advice for practitioners
  - Chaired by Kevin Kelly, McCann FitzGerald
- 10:10 Caps on liability: How do you position yourself to succeed in capping and limiting your liability in building contracts, consultant appointments, and collateral warranties?
  - Answered by Margaret Austin, Addleshaw Goddard
- 10:45 Conditions precedent: Where - right now - is the legal wriggle room over conditions precedent, and how can you gain an advantage with timed-out claims, late submissions, and claims for EoT and loss and expense?
  - Answered by Niav O'Higgins, Construction Lawyer
- 11:20 Morning coffee
- 11:35 Liquidated damages: What factors will sway the court in liquidated damages claims, distinguishing them from penalties, with case-law-driven examples of both successful and unsuccessful outcomes?
  - Answered by Sean Carr, McCann Fitzgerald
- 12:10 Delay: How do you control - and overcome - difficulties with concurrent and dominant delay, including commencement, impact and duration, and overlapping events?
  - Answered by Clare Cashin, Philip Lee
- 12:45 Overrun
- 13:00 Lunch
- 13:45 Expert evidence: What happens when an expert doesn't meet the necessary standards and is heavily criticised by a judge - and what are the consequences for other cases in which that expert is instructed?
  - Answered by Eamonn Conlon SC
- 14:20 Adjudication decisions: What insights can be gained from the latest and most salient Irish adjudication decisions, and which grey areas and unresolved arguments remain to be litigated?
  - Answered by Enda O'Keeffe, Cathedral Risk
- 14:55 Performance Bond Calls & Enforcement: What approach are the Courts taking to enforcement of performance bonds, and what strategies/circumstances will change the dial in a dispute?
  - Answered by Dermot McEvoy, Eversheds Sutherland
- 15:30 Over-run
- 16:00 Close of conference

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