FORTHCOMING MEETINGS

All members are welcome to attend the following technical meetings, organised for you by your local branch. Attendance is free to all grades of members and the atmosphere is informal. We especially welcome our newer members, who can meet and share experiences with other members of all grades.

Existing and aspiring Chartered Arbitrators and members of Panels are reminded that they are required to gain at least 60 CPD points in each three-year period. Our technical meetings each count as 1.5 CPD points. So whether you are looking to add to your CPD, are interested in the topics, or just want to do some networking, why not come along?

We also provide an optional hot buffet supper for those who wish to stay and socialise after the meeting (or who are hungry). The charge for this is a very reasonable £12 per head.

This is a time of change for the Institute and the President's Forum is your opportunity to hear what's afoot and to put to the President those questions you have always wanted to ask - what is the Institute doing to promote arbitration, how do I become a Chartered Mediator, what is the Institute Congress and why does it have to be abroad?

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 40 years he has worked as a bridge designer, resident engineer and contracts administrator, and then as a director of various building and civil engineering contracting companies. He is author of six books for Blackwell Science, including the best selling Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time now in its Second Edition.

Much has been written over recent years about the relative merits of adjudication and arbitration, usually in adjudication's favour. Nigel Cornwell is Head of Litigation with Skanska Construction, one of the largest users of construction dispute resolution services in the UK. He regularly has to decide which method of dispute resolution to use (including mediation and litigation). He will explain from a user's perspective why adjudication and mediation are growing in popularity at the expense of litigation and arbitration.

This is an essential event for all Branch members who work in the construction dispute field and who want to know how a major user sees the future of this area of dispute resolution.

Gregory is Manager of DRS (Dispute Resolution Services) at the Chartered Institute, and is a Chartered Marketer and Accredited Mediator. During his 9 years at the Institute, Gregory has been an administrator, branch liaison officer and manager of the arbitration department, which became DRS in 2000.