The Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King’s College London (working in collaboration with The Adjudication Society) produced the report ‘2022 Construction Adjudication in the United Kingdom: Tracing trends and guiding reform’ which found that only 7.88% of Adjudicators are women. The Centre and the Adjudication Society are committed to improving this statistic as a first step to increasing diversity in construction adjudication more generally.

Join us for an evening where we will discuss the problems and look at potential solutions. The event will launch two key initiatives aimed at achieving the goal of dramatically increasing the number of women acting as Adjudicators over the next three years:

The Equal Representation in Adjudication Pledge

AND

Women in Adjudication

The Launch will be followed by a drinks reception. Attendees will be invited to sign the Pledge and join Women in Adjudication.

5:30pm – Welcome

Professor Renato Nazzini, Conference Chair, Director of the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution

5:35pm – Keynote address

The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Carr DBE, Court of Appeal

5:55pm – Launch of the Equal Representation in Adjudication Pledge and Women in Adjudication

• Susan Francombe, The Business of Building
• Claire King, Fenwick Elliott

6:10pm – Panel discussion

Chair: Hamish Lal, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

• Anneliese Day KC, Fountain Court Chambers
• Morwenna Crichton, Yelland Savage
• Rashda Rana SC, RANA IDRS
• Joanne Williams, Capital Consulting International

6:45pm – Signing up to the Equal Representation in Adjudication Pledge and Women in Adjudication

7:00pm – Drinks reception