SCL (Singapore) is pleased to present this evening seminar featuring 2 distinguished speakers from Atkin Chambers on the following topics:

Delay analysis, concurrency and the contractual allocation of risk (Mr. Stephen Dennison QC)
In the context of concurrent delay how, if at all, do legal tests of causation assist in resolving disputes as to the responsibility for the delay? In the law of contract is it, or may it be appropriate, to allocate responsibility for delay by apportioning a given period of delay by making judgments as to the degree of responsibility of those whose acts or omissions have contributed to the delay? In such circumstances can analogies be drawn with tort law and the concept of contributory negligence?

• Delay in completion of engineering and construction projects
• Events operating so as to cause concurrent periods of delay
• The usefulness of the legal tests of causation
• The value of the traditional methods of delay analysis
• Contractual allocation of risk
• Contributory negligence
  

Nothing to fear but fear itself. Is it time to reconsider the immunity of expert witnesses? (Mr. David Sears QC)

• To be conferred ‘only where it is absolutely necessary to do so’ - the nature and extent of the immunity granted to expert witnesses
• Strains and tensions of alarm and fear’ - the policy considerations underlying the immunity
• The position of experts contrasted with advocates – why should there be any difference?
• Whether the immunity should be more limited than it is at present, or even removed.
• Signs that the times they may be a-changing

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