The Society of Construction Law in the UK has long enjoyed considerable success; an Australian society - SOCLA - is now being launched in all the mainland states. The South Australian launch is due to take place on 9 June 2009 in Adelaide.
The initial officers are as follows:
| Chair | Ian Bailey SC |
| Vice-Chair | Phillip Greenham |
| Secretary | Rashda Rana |
| Treasurer | Phillip Blunden |
| Assistant Treasurer | Don Charrett |
Robert Fenwick Elliott's involvement continues a long history of association, he has chaired a number of meetings of the Society in London, and both Nicholas Gould and Richard Bailey of Fenwick Elliott LLP are presently on the SCL Council.