Last Day In London….
We started off the day by meeting Dr. Joe Horlen, the COSC department head, at the Blackfriars tube station. We made our way to Jones Day law firm. Jones Day LLP has around 650-700 partners with roughly 2300 associates worldwide. The London office is the result of a merger between Jones Day and Goulden’s and
has around 45 partners.
We were greeted by Mr. Craig Shuttleworth, who focuses on construction litigation. He presented the topic on why construction contracts go wrong. Mr. Shuttleworth focused on the three key issues of why
contracts go wrong, those being: projects are late, aspects are not working upon completion, and finally contractors wanting to be paid more. We also had a lot of questions regarding planning which Mr.
Shuttleworth answered very thoroughly. Mr. Shuttleworth said he did have a somewhat jaded view of construction contracts since parties rarely seek legal advice if everything went splendidly but he did tell us it was
possible, using the Emirates Stadium (home to Arsenal football club) as the case study for contracts going well. Mr. Shuttleworth was very entertaining and we really enjoyed his presentation.
After the presentation and questions, we were treated to all kinds of delicious snacks, notably the cakes! Thanks again!
After clearing those tables off, we broke up for lunch and a short break. We met up again for another law firm visit, this time with Cameron McKenna. Mr. Julian Bailey was our lucky presenter. Cameron McKenna LLP is a law firm focusing on commercial law with around 2200 lawyers in 48 cities. Some of you regular blog readers might be thinking, “Julian Bailey…hmmmm, that name sounds familiar.” And you would be right, because we heard him speak on his Hudson award winning paper at the Construction Law Society Meeting earlier this trip.
Though Mr. Bailey’s paper was on adjudication, he kindly refrained from speaking solely on that topic and instead discussed other issues of construction law such as the three steps of contracts, the hierarchy of the English courts and the upcoming changes with the opening of the English Supreme Court. That was also a great presentation!
We said our thank you’s quickly and headed out to grab a quick dinner and then headed to the Palace Theater at West End for Spamalot! Though it had been a long day I think I can safely say everyone thoroughly enjoyed the show and our last day in London! Get ready for our next installment from Scotland!
Jones Day
Students listening to the presentation at Jones Day
Mr. Shuttleworth, Jones Day
Dr Joe Horlen
Aggies in London
Spamalot Play at the Palace Theatre
A Scene with King Arthur in the play
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