Midlands Region Inaugural Meeting

Some eighty people attended the meeting on January 30, 2001, held at The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

A brief introduction was given by Philip Harris and Tim Willis joint convenors for the Region followed by a very interesting talk by Her Honour Judge Frances Kirkham the TCC Judge in Birmingham. The Judge chose as her theme the difficulty of the task faced by the adjudicators in dealing with the speed and unusual nature of the adjudication process without falling foul of the Courts requirements that they observe “Natural Justice”.

The talk provided the basis for a lively debate touching on such diverse matters as whether adjudicators are there to do justice, to the role of the Society in “quality control”.

The evening ended with drinks and a buffet and was generally enjoyable and informative for all involved. A note of the talk can be found in the article section.

Tim Willis