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The SCL Sir Henry Brooke Student Essay Prize 2020

 This is to tell you about an exciting opportunity from Promontory Financial Group, an IBM Company and also to tell you about The SCL Sir Henry Brooke Student Essay Prize 2020.

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They are looking for two interns to work at their London offices in the role of  ‘Promontory Privacy & Data Protection Analyst Co-op’ .  As an Analyst Co-op, you will you will have a unique hands-on experience in business development, client work, and other projects working within their Business Unit.

 The posts are fixed term for 5 months and begin in September.

   The SCL Sir Henry Brooke Student Essay Prize 2020

The essay question for the 2020 Essay Prize has been released together with details of the prizes.

Essay question : “At the start of the 2010s, two billion people used the Internet, MySpace rivalled Facebook as the most popular social network, iPads did not exist and few people had swapped their trusty Nokias for iPhones. Peer to peer networking was seen as an existential threat to copyright industries and net neutrality was not yet the law anywhere, while cloud computing was unknown to the general population. The future was unpredictable.” What, where, how, and when will the greatest regulatory challenges for the Internet of 2030 be? Justify your answer with reference to existing laws, regulation, and government policy documents”.

• A free place at the SCL Annual Conference 2020 in central London (SCL will provide a maximum £250 contribution to the cost of travel and accommodation)
• Publication in the SCL’s Computers and Law Magazine and on this website

 More details can be found at our website  https://www.scl.org/student-essayprize-2020 .

 For any queries, please contact the Campus Ambassador, Rand Al Ramini, on  [email protected]

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5 Min Answers: How Would You Answer This Year’s SCL Student Essay Prize Question?

18 jan 2021 · making sense of tech law.

There is increasing concern that machine learning tools embed bias in their operations and outputs. To what extent does the law currently provide adequate protection from or adequate redress in respect of any such discrimination?

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MSTL speaks to Susan Benesch, director and founder of the Dangerous Speech Project, and Faculty Associate of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, about the Facebook Oversight Board's decision to uphold the ban on Donald Trump's Facebook account, and the role of international human rights law in providing oversight for social media content.

Episode 8: NFTs: A Lasting Trend?

'What is being traded is not the artwork, it's the participation.'

CFO and Co-Founder of Capexmove, Eti Cüneyt, discusses what NFTs are, why the NBA is using them, and how the world may respond to the continuing expansion of the cryptosphere.

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Episode 7: Reducing Online Harms: A Statutory Duty of Care

What duties does the internet owe you? A discussion with Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law at the University of Essex, on establishing a statutory duty of care owed by internet platforms to users of their services.

Episode 6: The Rise of Legal Tech in Asylum Justice

How are HighQ and Bryter are being used to assist Refugees in Greece?

Phil Worthington, Managing Director of European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL), explains how these platforms are being used to increase access to justice for the thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers on the Greek islands of Lesvos and Samos.

5 Min Answers: Is the law holding AI back?

AI's potential vs legal uncertainty. Who wins?

Head of AI at Gowling WLG and co-editor of ‘The Law of Artificial Intelligence’ gives us an insight.

Full conversation out now.

Episode 5: Crimes Against Humanity: The impact of digital evidence

Understanding and assisting the use of digital evidence to increase accountability for atrocity crimes and human rights abuses.

This goal and more is shared by Bethany Houghton, assistant counsel at Public International Law and Policy Group.

5 Min Answers: Crimes against humanity are growing more visible online, but does that lead to more accountability?

This clip is taken from a full conversation with Bethany Houghton, assistant counsel at The Public International Law and Policy Group. Coming soon.

Episode 4: Is the law holding AI back?

Matt Hervey--Head of AI at Gowling WLG and co-editor of 'The Law of Artificial Intelligence'--talks about the law's protection against bias in AI, distrust in AI, future of AI law, and more.

Episode 3: Data Ownership & the GDPR

CEO of tech start-up SayMine, Gal Ringel, talks about how notions of data ownership have changed in the GDPR era, and the role of the private sector in making these rights accessible to the general public.

Episode 2: Predictive Policing and Non-Discrimination

Jacob Turner of Fountain Court Chambers sheds light on the issues surrounding the use of predictive policing, explainability of AI decision making, potential legal or non-legal solutions, and whether AI ought to be bestowed with legal personhood.

Timestamps:

0:07 Introducing Jacob Turner and overview of current use of predictive policing

05:36 Is there negative stigmatisation of such AI technologies?

07:48 Is increasing complexity of AI an issue?

10:23 How should AI be regulated? Hard/soft laws, sector-specific solutions, public/private use distinction, balance struck in UK and EU, alternatives to legislation)

24:15 Legal personhood of AI discussed within 'Robot Rules'

29:25 Would AI liability serve justice for possible victims of discriminatory facial recognition? Accountability and notions of justice

35:24 Public outrage's impact on AI use

37:14 Roundup of topics discussed and Jacob's Solicitor Advocate journey

42:07: Switch to Bar and differences in skills used

Episode 1: Is Big Infrastructure the next big data issue? A look at COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Anna Hoffman, a barrister at 4 Pump Court Chambers in London , gives us an insight into UK’s developing tracing apps and the extent to which those may impede on our basic rights to privacy. The UK’s handling of the pandemic may serve as a microcosm of future issues facing the regulation of technology such as the growth of colossal tech companies, showing increasing divergence in attitudes to privacy between the West and Asia.

Law Essay Competitions

From learnmore.

• 1.1 The Andrew Lockley Public Law Essay Competition
• 1.2 vLex International Law & Technology Writing Competition
• 1.3 Golding Essay Prize
• 1.4 Times Law Awards
• 1.5 The Graham Turnbull Memorial International Human Rights Essay Competition
• 1.6 Bar Council Law Reform Essay
• 1.7 JLD Essay Competition
• 1.8 UKELA Andrew Lees Prize
• 1.9 ARDL Marion Simmons QC Essay Competition
• 1.10 FIDE Essay Prize
• 1.11 Future Legal Mind Award
• 1.12 Property Bar Association Essay Competition
• 1.13 SCL Student Essay Prize
• 1.14 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law
• 1.15 UK Centre for Animal Law Essay Competition
• 1.16 The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law Essay Competition
• 1.17 Littleton Chambers Sports Law Essay Competition
• 1.18 Human Rights Essay Award
• 1.19 FSLA Essay Competition
• 1.20 ITSA Essay Competition

Feeling like a winner?

There are lots of opportunities to try out your writing expertise throughout the year...sometimes for money (oh and prestige and worldwide fame of course...).

The Andrew Lockley Public Law Essay Competition

Irwin Mitchell run this competition for aspiring public law and human rights solicitors and it is a fantastic opportunity to get your name out there, win a £250 Blackwell's gift card and to develop your legal writing skills.

It is open to law students, graduates, paralegals and trainee solicitors.

Entrants are asked to submit an essay of no more than 1500 words on the following topic:

What key factors should the courts consider and give most weight to when balancing the rights to freedom of expression and assembly of protestors with disruption to other members of the public?

Deadline is: 31st October 2023. Find full details of the competition, including the rules via the Irwin Mitchell website .

vLex International Law & Technology Writing Competition

This annual competition (it has been running since 2018) centres around three new themes each year. For 2024 these are:

• Immigration
• Large language models
• Industrial action

As in previous years, the winner receives a whopping £1500, with additional prizes for runners-up.

Have a look at the vLex Writing Competition page to see the rules, Ts &Cs and the work of winners from the previous competitions . You can also get inspiration on the set themes.

Max number of words is 1000. Deadline is 1st December 2023.

Golding Essay Prize

The Competition Law Association runs an annual competition for any student, trainee solicitor, pupil barrister or trainee patent and trade mark attorney. First prize is £1000.

The 2024 Essay Prize title asked for entrants to address the following title:

As the importance of renewable energy increases, will patents continue to play a central role in protecting those rights or will renewable companies rely on trade secrets and confidential information only?

Look at the competition website for inspiration from previous winning essays. The rules and background for this year's competition can be accessed via the CLA website .

Times Law Awards

The biggest of these law essay competition is The Times Law Award. Last year's competition deadline was mid-Jan and prizes were substantial, with £3,500 for the winner and £2,500 and £1,500 for second and third place. Not bad for a 1000 word essay on a given topic!

Last year's title was:

Should states and private parties be entitled to recover reparations from aggressor states, and if so, how??

You can see the prize-winning essays (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 3 runners-up going all the way back to 1995) on the One Essex Court/Times Law Award website .

We'll update this as soon as this year's competition is announced.

We're very proud of the incredible number of City students and alumni who have performed so well in this competition over the years. We have seen the following successes from them:

GDL student Charlie Colenutt was runner-up in 2020 * BPTC student William Beddows was runner-up in 2019 * BPTC student Katie Ratcliffe (3rd) in 2018 * GDL student Genevieve Woods (1st) in 2017 * Joshua Brown (1st) and Gavin Dingley (2nd) in 2016 * BPTC students George White (1st) and Lara Hassell (3rd) (Lara completed the GDL at City in the previous year) and BPTC alumnus James Beeton (2nd) in 2014 * GDL students Andrew Lomas (1st) and Lara Hassell (2nd) in 2013 * GDL and BPTC alumni James Potts (1st) and GDL student Thomas Coates (2nd) in 2012 * GDL student Anthony Pavlovich (1st) in 2011 * GDL student Anita Davies (1st) in 2010. Anita's winning essay was described by Jack Straw as "an engaging, erudite piece of prose" * GDL student Amy Rogers (1st) in 2006 * GDL student Sarah Love (joint 1st) in 2005 * BVC student James Brilliant (1st) in 2004 * GDL student Mathew Guillick (1st) in 2002 *

The Graham Turnbull Memorial International Human Rights Essay Competition

An annual competition named after Graham Turnbull, an English solicitor who did much to promote respect for human rights. Graham was killed in 1997, working as a human rights monitor on the United Nations Human Rights Mission in Rwanda.

Until 2023, the competition was administered by the Law Society but is now managed by the Graham Turnbull Memorial Fund independently.

The competition is open to law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and all solicitors/barristers within 3 years of admission/call. It asked for essays of no more than 2000 words in length and awards the winner of this prestigious award, £500. The title for the 2023 competition is:

What are the human rights implications of the failure of a state to take action to prevent global temperature rises which threaten the health or lives of their citizens?

Previous winners include Niall Coghlan (2013 competition) and Nick Jones (2019 competition), who were both on the GDL programme at City. You can read the winning entries all the way back to 2010 on the Law Society page for inspiration in the meantime...

Entries should be sent to [email protected] prior to the deadline - 5pm on the 20th October 2023. I've put the full rules on the Lawbore blog for you.

Bar Council Law Reform Essay

Sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarship Trust, this competition is open to students and pupils and requires entrants to write a piece of less than 3000 words proposing the case for a law reform which is desirable, practical and useful. Top prize is £4000 which could come in very handy for funding some part of your legal education.

City GDL students have won in previous years: Daisy Ricketts (2011) and Calum Docherty (2010) were both successful. Calum proposed the reform of copyright law in Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Reforming Fair Dealing in English Copyright Law and Daisy with Strengthening the Rule of Law: Reforming the Scope on Parliamentary Privilege . In 2012 City student Mek Mesfin was runner-up in the CPE category and in 2013 Ross Beaton , a City GDL alumni won the overall prize. You can see all previous winners and read their essays via the Bar Council website .

Phoebe Whitlock won in the GDL category for 2016's competition with an entry entitled Rivalling Silicon Valley: The case for the reform of Software Patents. Take a look at the CityNews story about this. For the 2017 competition, GDL student Clarissa Wigoder won first prize with her essay Spare the rod: Why the law on corporal punishment needs to be reformed, and Daniel Fox was named runner-up with his piece: I hate being idle: Asylum seekers and the right to work. In 2020 BPTC alumnus Oliver Brewis won for his piece: Unravelling the Sleeve of Care: Fair Remuneration for Employer-contracted Sleep . In 2021, GDL student Annika Weis won with her entry: Licence to sanction - Stopping Environmental Crimes through UK Magnitsky legislation . Last year, GDL student Raphael Marshall was first runner-up in the competition.

Take a look at their entries (and other winners back to 2018) via the Bar Council website . The competition information usually comes out in April and the deadline for entries for 2023 is 23rd October at 5pm.

JLD Essay Competition

Open to its members, the Junior Lawyers Network of the Law Society , have an annual competition for those registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. This includes LPC students and those qualified and working as paralegals. The deadline is normally around the end of November each year and they generally ask for essays of no more than 2000 words. I can't currently find any information about this year's competition, so have fired off an email to the organisation. Update soon!

Essay titles from previous years include:

Is there a role for the legal profession in environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations?

What’s in a name? Is the title of solicitor still relevant??

How will the rule of law be affected by advances in legal technology?

UKELA Andrew Lees Prize

Named for a former Friends of the Earth Campaign Director (Andrew Lees, a leading environmental campaigner who died unexpectedly in 1994) this prize has been going many years. You can view previous winners on the site and the winner normally receives support for travel and attendance at the UKELA annual conference as well as see your work published in their members' journal.

The deadline for submissions is usually around early April of each year. The 2024 competition is likely to launch in January 2024.

Find out more about the competition and associated rules on the UKELA website , as well as essay winners from past years.

The 2023 competition pivoted around the following statement: 'If we are to meet the challenges of the climate and nature crises, it is essential to strengthen current approaches to environmental governance. Discuss'. You can read the winning entry via the UKELA website.

ARDL Marion Simmons QC Essay Competition

Annual essay competition from the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers . Students are asked to write no more than 1500 words on a topic. The competition asks applicants to submit an essay on a regulatory law or disciplinary law topic of their choice.

First prize winner takes home £2000, second prize winner £1000 and third prize £500. Details of the competition are normally released in February, with a deadline for submission in late April.

Entry is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK and a wide range of early practitioners too. You can see full eligibility details via the competition website .

FIDE Essay Prize

The UK Association for European Law also run an essay competition, with the winner securing a bursary to attend the biennial FIDE CONGRESS Conference, which usually takes place in May.

Students are generally asked to write no more than 2000 words (including footnotes) on the topic provided.

Submissions are judged by a panel from the UKAEL committee, who will award the winner registration at the conference in addition to £600 towards accommodation and travel. The winner of this prize in 2018 was William Spence, GDL student at City. In 2014 another City student (BPTC) took the prize, Niall Coghlan. You can read both their essays via the UKAEL website. Niall has had a great year for developing his European Law expertise - he was also part of the team that won the European Human Rights Moot in Strasbourg.

Sadly the competition has been on pause in recent years and will likely not run in 2024.

Future Legal Mind Award

Launched in 2014 by the National Accident Helpline the winner of this competition will receive £1500 towards their career development, as well as gain access to mentoring and a work experience placement.

There are separate awards for undergraduates and postgraduates. The last time the competition ran was 2022. You can find out more about the competition and see the winning entries via the National Accident Helpline competition website . The organisers have confirmed that it will run again in 2024.

The 2015 winner in the postgraduate category was Lukas Hamilton-Eddy (City GDL student). In 2016 the prize was again won by a City GDL student, Tom Phillips. He wowed judges with his essay on the future of legal services for firms and consumers. Another City student, Pavlos Artemios Xagoraris also made the finalists stage. Pavlos is in the first year of his Graduate Entry LLB. Katherine Strange (GDL) was a finalist in 2017. We're overdue another City winner!

Property Bar Association Essay Competition

This competition was launched in November 2015 and asks students each year to write a 1000-word essay, with the winner taking home £1000, a copy of Megarry & Wade AND their essay published in the Estates Gazette .

The question for 2023 was Has equity been taken too far in enforcing informal promises of interests in land?

The question is normally released in November each year and the essay deadline in early January.

Arabella Adams (City GDL) won the 2017 competition and Elijah Granet (City GDL) won first prize in the 2020 competition .

SCL Student Essay Prize

The Society for Computers and Law annual essay competition asks entrants to write a maximum of 2000 words in order to be in with a chance of winning a free place at the annual SCL Conference, publication of your essay in the SCL Computers and Law magazine and £300. The competition honours the memory of the amazing Sir Henry Brooke, a former President of SCL.

The 2021 competition (deadline was in November of that year) asked students to address the following question in fewer than 2500 words:

There is increasing concern that machine learning tools embed bias in their operations and outputs. To what extent does the law currently provide adequate protection from or adequate redress in respect of any such discrimination?

We've contacted the SCL to find out if this competition will run in 2024.

Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law

This competition was launched in 2020 by SpicyIP , in honour of their founder Professor Shamnad Basheer. Excitingly this competition asks for submissions on anything related to intellectual property rights – the more creative the better. The call generally comes out in May of each year.

The word limit for submissions is 5,000 words (inclusive of footnotes) and the deadline for submissions is June 30, 2020 (23:59 IST).

All submissions and any queries should be e-mailed to [email protected].

The competition is open to students currently enrolled in any LLB program (or its equivalent – meaning students enrolled in J.D. programs can take part) across the world.

We are awaiting information on the 4th annual essay competition but you can see the winners of the 2022 competition and their essays via the SpicyIP website .

UK Centre for Animal Law Essay Competition

The details of the 2024 competition will be released in November 2023.

Last year's competition title was:

Can the UK’s hunting legislation be reformed to ensure practical protection for UK wildlife? .

The inaugral competition was won by City GDL and BVS student Sam Groom. You can see a fantastic video of Sam speaking about the competition on the competition website.

First prize is a £150 book voucher and the chance to get your essay published in the UK Journal of Animal Law.

The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law Essay Competition

The organisers state that the aim of their competition is to:

...encourage students to explore the fascinating questions that animals rights raise, and to discuss these questions in an original piece of writing that may inspire them to engage further with the topic in the future.

No information regarding the 2024 competition yet but in 2023 the question was as follows:

Richard Ryder once wrote: “Since Darwin, scientists have agreed that there is no ‘magical’ essential difference between human and other animals, biologically-speaking. Why then do we make an almost total distinction morally?” Assuming that is correct, how does this affect the arguments for and against animal rights laws?

The winning essay in the university category receives £750. You can read winning essays from the previous years of the competition via the competition website .

Littleton Chambers Sports Law Essay Competition

This annual competition from Littleton Chambers offers young lawyers the chance to get their ideas out to the wider sporting community and various monetary prizes, plus a sports law mini-pupillage. First prize is £1000, second prize £500 and third place receives £250.

The 2023 competition deadline was end of February 2023, so we anticipate a similar one for the 2024 competition. Entrants were asked to submit a piece of work between 1,500 and 2,500 words, on the following title:

Transparency has been prized as foundational to good governance in sport (see, for instance, the International Olympic Committee’s Basic Universal Principles of Good Governance, principle 2). To what extent (if at all) are sport regulators justified in using confidential procedures, such as arbitration, to deal with participant misconduct?

Until we get the info for the 2024 competition, have a look at the information on the 2023 competition pages .

Human Rights Essay Award

The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competition (sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Washington College of Law) that seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law.

The Academy will grant two Awards, one for the best article in English and one for the best article in Spanish. The Award in each case will consist of:

• A full scholarship to the Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for either the Diploma or Certificate of Attendance options.
• Travel expenses to and from Washington D.C. (if the competition is not virtual)
• Housing at the university dorms
• Per diem for living expenses
• The best articles may also be published in the American University International Law Review

It is open to all lawyers around the world regardless of their nationality, but participants must already have a law degree Juris Doctor, (J.D.), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or equivalent by the submission due date to be eligible. They must also have a demonstrated experience or interest in international human rights law.

The 2022 topic was Climate Change and Human Rights: Impacts, Responsibilities, and Opportunities and the deadline was the end of January.

We are awaiting information on the 2024 competition.

FSLA Essay Competition

The Financial Services Lawyers Association runs an annual essay competition, normally with a deadline of early October each year. First prize is a generous £1500 and a legal internship at the FCA.

The 2023 competition title is Can the risks and opportunities of AI in financial services be managed by fine-tuning existing regulation, or is a new approach required? You need to get your entries in by midnight on 6th October 2023.

Look at the FSLA website for full details/rules. Note that membership of the FSLA is free to students!

ITSA Essay Competition

Open to students members of the Inner Temple, the 2023 competition asks entrants for essays of 2500 words maximum (including refs) on the following topic:

Is the Cab Rank Rule now redundant at the self-employed Bar?

Deadline is 4pm on Monday 6th November 2023 and first prize is £150 and publication of your essay in the Inner Temple Yearbook. Look at the competition website for full rules of the competition .

Most recent meetings

Temporary disconformity unpacked – when is a defect not a breach.

(photo Wgtn meeting 20March2024: L to R)

Matt Maling standing, Hayden Struthers left profile to camera far right

presentation slides and recording (courtesy Lane Neave) posted to members only area

CPD attendance record sheets posted to members only area

Flyer introducing Matt and Hayden and their discussion

February 2024

Panel discussion on the new form of contract nzs3910:2023.

(photo courtesy Anderson Lloyd Chch: L to R)

Steve O’Dea (moderator) Lauren Whitehead, Paul O’Brien and Dr Naseem Ameer Ali. (ack John Hemi Wgtn panellist)

presentation slides and recording (courtesy Dentons) posted to members only area

Flyer  introducing our panellists and discussion Wgtn Flyer

ABOUT THE NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF CONSTRUCTION LAW

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2024 Essay Prize Competition

Society of construction law essay prize competition 2024, first prize: $4,000 second prize $2,000.

The SCL New Zealand’s essay prize is modelled on essay prizes offered by other Societies of Construction Law, such as the Hudson Prize offered by the UK Society. The competition is designed to encourage an interest in construction law amongst undergraduate or recently graduated students and is open to those who have graduated within the last 5 years.

Eligibility

2024 call for entries now closed, dates to watch.

entry now closed 2 April 2024 Essays to be received June/July 2024 Prize Winners announced (at AGM or annual dinner)

Essay Documents

Conditions of entry and all competition information

Congratulations to our 2023 winners George Sabonadière and Oscar Ji who presented their essays during August.  Visit our members only area for their essays and presentations

Previous years' winning essays published in Members Only Area

Upcoming scl(nz) meetings, 10 april 2024.

Lunchtime webinar 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Construction Law Caselaw Updates

Join polly pope, simon zhao, daniel maier-gant and charlene fairnie.

as they discuss caselaw which covers various aspects of construction law

Register here

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Now in Members Only Area

Temporary disconformity unpacked – when is a defect not a defect, matt maling and hayden struthers.

Flyer introducing our speakers and their topic

Livestream recording (courtesy Lane Neave) and presentation, CPD attendance sheets now in members only area

NZS3910:2023 panel discussion on its implementation

a summary of the key changes, and how it may change construction contracting practices in NZ

Lauren Whitehead, Dr Naseem Ameer Ali, Paul O'Brien & John Hemi 

Livestream recording (courtesy Dentons), presentation and CPD record sheets now in members only area

2023 Members Only Area for meetings and presentations

2022 Members Only Area for meetings and presentations

2021 Members Only Area for meetings and presentations

2020 Members Only Area for meetings and presentations

2019 Members Only Area for meetings and presentations

Congratulations 2023 Essay Prize Winners

First prize - george sabonadière.

Regulation and the Race for Robots - Opportunities and regulatory challenges in adopting smart construction robots in New Zealand

Second Prize - Oscar Ji

Inflation in the construction industry: is a cost fluctuation clause the right solution?

Essays published in Members Only Area

New Members Welcome

The society welcomes new members.

Visit our Become a Member page for membership benefits, application form and subscription information

New SCL(Intl) papers are continually added to the SCL International website

SLC(NZ) members can access these papers on the SCL(Intl) website . 

Need help accessing the members area of SLC(Intl)? 

Contact SCL(NZ) Manager Melanie Whittaker

WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS

The New Zealand Society maintains ties with its sister societies in other parts of the world so that members are kept up-to-date about news and upcoming events in the construction industry in those jurisdictions.

New Zealand members have access to papers published on the SCL(International) website.

2019 SCL Fundamentals of Construction Law – the project lifecycle Conference

2019 conference delegates

2017 SCL Wellington Transmission Gully site tour

Transmission Gully site visit 

2015 Christchurch Key Projects in the Christchurch City Rebuild tour

Christchurch Town Hall site visit 

SCL 2015 Christchurch city tour participants

SCL(NZ) HOSTS A BIENNIAL CONFERENCE

2021: SCL(NZ) was proud to host the 9th International Society of Construction Law 'Building for Change' Conference

4-5 November 2021

Virtual (due to Covid-19 restrictions international and domestic NZ travel was prohibited), Auckland, New Zealand

9th International Conference Papers and recording

2019: Fundamentals of Construction Law – the project lifecycle - Auckland conference papers

23 July 2019 (preceded by SCL AGM)

Level 5 Lounge, North Stand, Eden Park, Auckland.

This conference covered themed project lifecycle stages of a construction project, from procurement, insurance, performance, to termination and resolving disputes.

2017: Identifying and Managing Obligations, Wellington - Wellington conference papers

15 June 2017: Site Tour - Transmission Gully

16 June 2017:  Conference at Te Papa, Wellington (keynote  Richard Wilmot-Smith QC of 39 Essex Chambers, London)

2015 : Best Practice Procurement and Contracting in NZ Construction & Infrastructure - Christchurch conference papers

13 August 2015 : City Tour- Key Projects in the Christchurch City Rebuild (photos above)

14 August 2015 : Conference at The Chateau on the Park (photos below)

2014 : When the Contract Gets Dirty – applying the contract to on-site reality - Auckland conference papers

2012 : Construction Law Core Skills Seminar, Fundamental Topics in Construction Law presented by Leading Industry Practitioners - Auckland conference papers

2019 SCL Fundamentals of Construction Law – the project lifecycle Conference - Auckland

2017 Identifying and Managing Obligations - Wellington

2015 Best Practice Procurement and Contracting in NZ Construction & Infrastructure Conference - Christchurch

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The SCL Hudson Prize

This article explains the background to this annual prize.

Introduction

The Society of Construction Law is well-known to most of those involved in construction procurement, contract claims and dispute resolution. Founded in 1983, it comprises over 3000 members from all sections of the construction industry and associated legal practices. Lord Justice Coulson is its President and Hamish Lal is the current chair. Its mission is to promote and encourage the study of construction law and the exchange of information and ideas concerning it. This is done in a number of ways, including the giving of papers by invited speakers at the monthly meetings in London and the regions, publishing papers and supporting educational activities in the construction law field in universities and colleges.

The idea of an essay prize

In the mid-1980s, Leonard Fletcher and other leading members of the Society at that time conceived the idea of an annual prize to be given for the best essay on a construction law topic. The name was chosen in honour of Alfred Hudson, who was virtually the founding father of the subject and author of what was for many years the only comprehensive principal text. Thus the Alfred Hudson Prize, as it was then known, came into being.

After a decade as the Alfred Hudson Prize, the competition was re-launched with a slightly different format as the SCL Hudson Prize in 1996, in order to encourage the widest possible range of participants and topics. A maximum limit of 5000 words was introduced and the emphasis placed on originality of thought or approach. The Society has periodically increased the prize money, which currently stands at £2,500 for 1st Prize and £1,250 for 2nd Prize. Entrants can also be Highly Commended or Commended. All who are awarded prizes or commendations receive a year' free membership of the Society.

Topics for entry

The Society' Council set out an early formulation of appropriate subject matter for entries: 'The subject matter for entries for the SCL Hudson Prize shall be: A topic which is part of, or closely related to, construction law, including (but not restricted to) Construction and Engineering Contracts, Contract Administration, Claims, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Construction Litigation, The law of Torts, Company Law, Property Law, Taxation relating to construction and any other aspect of law or procedure relevant to the construction industry'.

This was an attempt to express the extent of the range of appropriate topics for entry. The scope has always been wide. In the last ten years, there have been prize-winning entries on liquidated damages, costs in adjudication, insurance, performance bonds, payment legislation, concurrent delay, privilege, EU procurement, defective premises, unforeseen ground conditions and variations.

Rules and guidelines can be found here .

Judging the entries

Because of the eclectic choice of topics submitted, it has been seen as important to have a judging panel with a variety of backgrounds. It is our policy to have both lawyers and non-lawyers as panel members. At different times, the panel has included barristers (both QCs and juniors), solicitors, arbitrators, engineers, chartered surveyors and academics.

As already indicated, the judging panel will give considerable weight to the freshness of the ideas and the value of the work: especially to originality of thought/approach and contribution to the study or practice of construction law or its application. Naturally, the substance of the submission is important and so explanation of the basic information and the quality of the discussion/analysis are at a premium. Marks are also awarded for clarity of presentation, grammar, spelling, punctuation and referencing.

A strict approach is taken to the 5,000 word limit. While footnoting or other method of referencing sources does not count towards this total, and is encouraged, recent attempts to avoid the word limit by loading footnotes with matters of substance have almost always been counter-productive.

Papers with a maximum of two authors will be accepted, although any prize obtained in this way would be shared between the authors.

Entrants and winners

Just as the Society' members represent many disciplines related to construction, so the entrants and winners of the SCL Hudson Prize have come from a wide range of backgrounds. Unsurprisingly, the legal profession is well represented, with three pupil barristers and a Queen's Counsel amongst past prize-winners. Solicitors, including a trainee solicitor, have been numerically the most successful grouping, with two prizes for local authority solicitors since 2008 to add to those won by private practitioners, both associates and partners.

Although Philip Britton, with four First Prizes and a Second Prize, has been the most successful competitor in the history of the SCL Hudson Prize, academics have been less dominant than might have been expected, with seven wins (four Firsts, three Seconds) since 1996. Quantity surveyors have won two major Prizes.

Reflecting the geographical spread of SCL membership, there have been a number of wins from outside London, from Scotland, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong and most notably from Australia. Australian-based entrants have won five major Prizes (one First, four Seconds) and Australians based in the UK a further three Prizes, Julian Bailey being only the second ever competitor to win First Prize on two occasions.

Past winners

A list of past winners can be viewed on this website.

Publication of winning papers

The Society publishes the prize-winning entries and many are also published in prestigious journals such as the International Construction Law Review or the Construction Law Journal.

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Yale Library invites students to submit senior essays for three annual prizes

Yale Library has opened its application process for its three senior essay prizes, awarded annually: The Diane Kaplan Memorial Senior Essay Prize, the Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award, and the Library Map Prize.

Each prize winner receives a $500 award, and the winning essays are published on Eli Scholar, the library’s open-access publishing platform for Yale researchers. Any senior essay submitted to a Yale academic department during the 2023–24 academic year is eligible for consideration. Applications are due in early May.

• The Diane Kaplan Memorial Senior Essay Prize is awarded for an essay based on research in any of Yale Library’s special collections. These include the Beinecke Library (including Manuscripts and Archives), Arts Library Special Collections, Divinity Library Special Collections, Lewis Walpole Library, Medical Historical Library, Music Library Special Collections, and the Yale Film Archive. Faculty and others may encourage students to apply, but students must submit the essays themselves.  Review the Kaplan Prize submission guidelines  and submit the essay by Monday, May 1 .  
• The Harvey M.   Applebaum ’59 Award  is awarded to a senior essay that relies on materials from any of the government depository collections. These collections encompass government documents and information for Canada, the European Union, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the United Nations, and the United States. Essays may be submitted by the student author or a faculty advisor.  Review the Applebaum Award submission guidelines  and submit the essay by Wednesday, May 10 .  
• The   Library Map Prize is awarded for the best use of maps in a senior essay or its equivalent. Essays may be submitted by the student author or a faculty advisor.  Review the Map Prize submission guidelines  and submit the essay by Wednesday, May 10 .

The Yale Library senior essay prizes are presented during Commencement ceremonies at the residential colleges. 

Read more about last year’s winners of the Kaplan Prize , the Applebaum Award , and the  Map Prize .

—Deborah Cannarella

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Atrocities on Camera: Solutions to Admissibility Issues with Digital Evidence at the International Criminal Court

Due to the proliferation of mobile phones with built-in cameras, the volume of information on potential Rome Statute crimes perpetrated by oppressive regimes has risen exponentially. However, as was highlighted as far back as 2017 in a report by Global Rights Compliance LLP (GRC), a law firm founded by influential human rights lawyer Wayne Jordash QC, this exponential rise in information has not necessarily translated into a rise of usable evidence. [1]

Investigations into such crimes often look to bring cases before international tribunals, or the International Criminal Court (ICC). Bringing such cases is crucial to transitional justice efforts around the globe. Transitional justice, defined at the UN as the process by which societies emerge from civil conflict and human rights abuses, require both truth-seeking efforts, and accountability for those responsible in order to reinvigorate the rule of law for persecuted populations. [2] Being able to use all available information to ensure successful prosecutions is thus a key issue.

The November publication of Washington D.C-based Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG)’s needs assessment identified a number of current issues with digital evidence in meeting the evidentiary standards of the ICC. The report highlighted that these standards are complex, and thus without proper training, digital information obtained by grassroots documenters can have problems being used in court. The report proposed developing digital tools to aid human rights documenters in meeting these standards. [3]

Issues with admissibility have become even more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic, where investigations by civil society organisations into atrocities and crimes committed by oppressive regimes are more difficult to conduct due to travel restrictions. [4] Indeed, more than ever, small grassroots human rights defenders (HRDs) are the ones who document the acts. HRDs have varied levels of training and data literacy, and can have limited resources, but ensuring their documentations meet evidentiary standards is needed to hold human rights abusers to account. [5]

What are Rome Statute crimes?

The ICC is one of the key judicial mechanisms for transitional justice and has the power to charge leading individuals in regimes with one of the four crimes under the Rome Statute (perhaps soon to be five, with the recent attempts to amend the Statute to include ‘Ecocide’). These crimes are outlined in the Statute as being, a) Genocide, b) Crimes against humanity, c) War crimes and d) Crimes of aggression. [6] In order to establish these crimes, vast amounts of testimonial and physical evidence are often collected, but with the increase in smartphone usage, documentary evidence, such as footage recorded or pictures taken, are growing in importance. [7]

What Are The Current Issues With Admissibility?

Under rule 69(4) of the ICC Rules of Procedure and Evidence, judges can admit evidence by taking into account the probative value of the evidence and whether it may prejudice a fair trial. [8] The probative value of the evidence is where the admissibility issues often occur, since the court will consider two distinct factors. First, whether the evidence is authentic, or may have been tampered with. [9] Second, whether the evidence is reliable, that is, whether it is what it says it is. [10] Digital information has often failed to meet evidential standards in four key ways, as highlighted by the GRC report: Chain of Custody, Hearsay, Authentication and Preservation. [11]

Chain of Custody

Having a strong chain of custody requires that the handling of the digital data must be carefully documented from capture to presentation. [12] Failing to do this can lead to reliability issues. When videos and photos are directly uploaded to the internet purporting to show crimes, the ease with which these may be fabricated has meant that this information is often largely relegated to the role of corroborating stronger evidence or to provide general context, if admissible at all. [13] Even when data collected by HRDs on the ground can show a careful documentation of chain of custody, there is still the danger that a lack of encryption when storing the data or the use of cloud storage, will raise concerns that this chain has been broken, since it could have been tampered with in the intervening period between being sent and being received. [14]

Solutions to this have been suggested, such as the automatic upload of video and photo evidence to a secure centralised server, such as used by the tool eyeWitness. [15] This method of direct transfer of documented evidence appears to radically simplify the chain of custody, making data much more viable as evidence before the ICC. However, the PILPG report does point out two key issues with this: the maintenance of the server and the fact that the HRDs then have access issues to their own collected evidence. [16]

Hearsay refers to statements which are related by a documenter, of things which they personally did not witness. This may occur when digital evidence is submitted anonymously, perhaps because the HRD wanted to maintain secrecy. [17] The statements are typically relayed by a grassroots organisation to a larger human rights organisation, which then analyses it and presents the case to the ICC, meaning significant distance between the original witness and the final piece of evidence. The ICC has previously only admitted hearsay evidence to the extent that it corroborated other evidence, and so the admissibility of anonymous documentations, collected by human rights organisation, may be compromised. [18]

The PILPG report suggests that an app, or recording tool, which allows direct capture may also remedy this issue, since it would be much more closely connected to the originating source. The GRC report backs this up, noting that a complete chain of custody, and detailed log of meta-data to accompany the evidence, can strengthen it to overcome the sometimes-required level of distance between the anonymous HRD and the civil society organisation bringing the case to the ICC. However, the report also highlights a key trade-off between verifiability and human security. That is to say, the presence of a human rights documentation app may endanger a human rights documenter if found on their phone by government forces. [19]

Authentication

In an age where “deep fake” videos and photos can be created to appear genuine, the issue of authenticity also arises when admitting digital evidence to international criminal tribunals such as the ICC. This is particularly the case with open source investigations, which are acutely vulnerable to manipulation. [20]

The PILPG report highlights the need for digital evidence to have a detailed trail of metadata, and a complete chain of custody in order to admit such evidence. Again, it seems as if apps, which directly upload from the phones of documenters, would be of greatest assistance here, since deep fakes are harder to use when there is a concise and secure record from the capture of the information to the end.

However, as before, a crucial problem is that the more verifiable an app becomes, with the associated meta-data trail, the more chance there is of governments being able to identify the recorder on the ground. This is something developers looking to help document evidence for human rights proceedings have found to be incredibly complex, leading many grassroots NGOs to view such apps as a security risk, and diminish their uptake. [21]

Emerging technologies such as blockchain may have a role to play in solving this issue. Certification through pseudonymised distributed ledger technology has the power to render the recorder at least pseudonymous while also identifying the material as genuine.

Preservation

Finally, digital evidence also presents preservation challenges. If the data is stored without encryption, or transmitted without encryption, it leaves open questions of authenticity, and potentially breaks the chain of custody, and may be rendered inadmissible. The PILPG report suggests that the importance of secure digital archiving will be crucial to preserving the evidentiary value of digital evidence for use in future criminal tribunals.

A secondary issue in this regard is the sheer volume of data that is available, given the proliferation of smartphones with cameras. It has been suggested that machine learning may make the sorting and archiving process of this data easier, but techniques such as Natural Language Processing (NLP) have been highlighted as problematic due to the lack of technology that incorporates the languages of victims, especially regional dialects, in which interviews may be conducted. [22]

The Gap between Digital Evidence and Admissibility: A Need for Solutions

Our world is on camera more than ever but turning that deluge of information into an increase of verifiable evidence that stands up in pre-trial admissibility hearings at the ICC is crucial to increasing accountability and deterrence. Lawyers and developers have the ability to resolve these issues and empower grassroots HRDs to document in a way that is easy to use, secure, and also protective of those documenting, and direct upload apps seem the emergent solution, but must be balance with a need to protect HRDs on the ground and work closely with them to build bespoke solutions.

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Eyewitness <www.eyewitness.global/welcome> accessed 12 December 2020

Finalized draft text of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. Addendum to the Report of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, UN Doc. PCNICC/2000/INF/3/Add.1 of 12 July 2000.

Global Rights Compliance LLP, ‘Standards of Digital Evidence’ (2017), 7 <www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/84f9281491a3a444312a0fed594157df.pdf> accessed 12December 2020

PILPG, Human Rights Documentation by Civil Society – Technological Needs, Challenges, and Workflows (2020), 46 <static1.squarespace.com/static/5900b58e1b631bffa367167e/t/5fb58bcb67862d7d964cf27a/1605733350976/PILPG+-+HR+Doc+Solutions+-+Assessment+Report.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

Rome Statute (adopted 17 July 1998, entered into force 1 July 2002) 2187 UNTS 38544 (Rome Statute) art 5

UNSC, ‘United Nations Approach to Transitional Justice’ (2010), 2 <www.un.org/ruleoflaw/files/TJ_Guidance_Note_March_2010FINAL.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

[1] Global Rights Compliance LLP, ‘Standards of Digital Evidence’ (2017), 3 <www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/84f9281491a3a444312a0fed594157df.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

[2] UNSC, ‘United Nations Approach to Transitional Justice’ (2010), 2 <www.un.org/ruleoflaw/files/TJ_Guidance_Note_March_2010FINAL.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

[3] PILPG, Human Rights Documentation by Civil Society – Technological Needs, Challenges, and Workflows (2020), 40 <static1.squarespace.com/static/5900b58e1b631bffa367167e/t/5fb58bcb67862d7d964cf27a/1605733350976/PILPG+-+HR+Doc+Solutions+-+Assessment+Report.pdf> accessed 12December 2020

[4] ibid. 44

[5] ibid. 47

[6] Rome Statute (adopted 17 July 1998, entered into force 1 July 2002) 2187 UNTS 38544 (Rome Statute) art 5

[7] Global Rights Compliance LLP, ‘Standards of Digital Evidence’ (2017), 1 <www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/84f9281491a3a444312a0fed594157df.pdf> accessed 12December 2020

[8] Finalized draft text of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. Addendum to the Report of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, UN Doc. PCNICC/2000/INF/3/Add.1 of 12 July 2000.

[9] Global Rights Compliance LLP, ‘Standards of Digital Evidence’ (2017), 6 <www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/84f9281491a3a444312a0fed594157df.pdf> accessed 12December 2020

[10] ibid. 6

[11] ibid. 6

[12] PILPG, Human Rights Documentation by Civil Society – Technological Needs, Challenges, and Workflows (2020), 66 <static1.squarespace.com/static/5900b58e1b631bffa367167e/t/5fb58bcb67862d7d964cf27a/1605733350976/PILPG+-+HR+Doc+Solutions+-+Assessment+Report.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

[13] Global Rights Compliance LLP, ‘Standards of Digital Evidence’ (2017), 7 <www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/84f9281491a3a444312a0fed594157df.pdf> accessed 12December 2020

[14] PILPG, Human Rights Documentation by Civil Society – Technological Needs, Challenges, and Workflows (2020), 67 <static1.squarespace.com/static/5900b58e1b631bffa367167e/t/5fb58bcb67862d7d964cf27a/1605733350976/PILPG+-+HR+Doc+Solutions+-+Assessment+Report.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

[15] <www.eyewitness.global/welcome> accessed 12 December 2020

[16] PILPG, Human Rights Documentation by Civil Society – Technological Needs, Challenges, and Workflows (2020), 66 <static1.squarespace.com/static/5900b58e1b631bffa367167e/t/5fb58bcb67862d7d964cf27a/1605733350976/PILPG+-+HR+Doc+Solutions+-+Assessment+Report.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

[17] ibid. 34

[18] Global Rights Compliance LLP, ‘Standards of Digital Evidence’ (2017), 11 <www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/84f9281491a3a444312a0fed594157df.pdf> accessed 12December 2020

[19] PILPG, Human Rights Documentation by Civil Society – Technological Needs, Challenges, and Workflows (2020), 46 <static1.squarespace.com/static/5900b58e1b631bffa367167e/t/5fb58bcb67862d7d964cf27a/1605733350976/PILPG+-+HR+Doc+Solutions+-+Assessment+Report.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

[20] Global Rights Compliance LLP, ‘Standards of Digital Evidence’ (2017), 7 <www.globalrightscompliance.com/uploads/84f9281491a3a444312a0fed594157df.pdf> accessed 12December 2020

[21] PILPG, Human Rights Documentation by Civil Society – Technological Needs, Challenges, and Workflows (2020), 46 <static1.squarespace.com/static/5900b58e1b631bffa367167e/t/5fb58bcb67862d7d964cf27a/1605733350976/PILPG+-+HR+Doc+Solutions+-+Assessment+Report.pdf> accessed 12 December 2020

[22] ibid. 45

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Yale Library invites students to submit senior essays for three annual prizes

Yale Library has opened its application process for its three senior essay prizes, awarded annually: The Diane Kaplan Memorial Senior Essay Prize, the Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award, and the Library Map Prize.

Each prize winner receives a $500 award, and the winning essays are published on Eli Scholar, the library’s open-access publishing platform for Yale researchers. Any senior essay submitted to a Yale academic department during the 2023–24 academic year is eligible for consideration. Applications are due in early May.

The Diane Kaplan Memorial Senior Essay Prize is awarded for an essay based on research in any of Yale Library’s special collections. These include the Beinecke Library (including Manuscripts and Archives), Arts Library Special Collections, Divinity Library Special Collections, Lewis Walpole Library, Medical Historical Library, Music Library Special Collections, and the Yale Film Archive. Faculty and others may encourage students to apply, but students must submit the essays themselves. Review the Kaplan Prize submission guidelines and submit the essay by Monday, May 1.

The Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award is awarded to a senior essay that relies on materials from any of the government depository collections. These collections encompass government documents and information for Canada, the European Union, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the United Nations, and the United States. Essays may be submitted by the student author or a faculty advisor. Review the Applebaum Award submission guidelines and submit the essay by Wednesday, May 10.

The Library Map Prize is awarded for the best use of maps in a senior essay or its equivalent. Essays may be submitted by the student author or a faculty advisor. Review the Map Prize submission guidelines and submit the essay by Wednesday, May 10. The Yale Library senior essay prizes are presented during Commencement ceremonies at the residential colleges.

Read more about last year’s winners of the Kaplan Prize, the Applebaum Award, and the Map Prize.

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2024 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies for Undergraduate Students

• Publication date April 5, 2024
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Take advantage of this upcoming opportunity, and apply via CARAT:

We are pleased to announce that the CARAT application portal has opened for The Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize which is awarded for an outstanding essay in Jewish studies by a Harvard undergraduate. This is a $2,500 prize.

REMINDER:  The deadline for applying to the Weinstein Prize is  Monday, April 22, 2024 . Entries must not exceed 25 pages and should be submitted with the online application.

For more information go to our Fellowships and Prize Opportunities webpage .