Previous Events & Seminars
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Informalities - Execution of documents in the time of Covid-19
Date: Wednesday 3rd Jun 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom In recent years, the courts and the Law Commission have been grappling with the formality requirements for documents (especially deeds). In the age of virtual meetings and the rise of electronic communications, 3PB commercial barristers Cheryl Jones, Charles Irvine and Christopher Edwards are hosting a timely webinar on those issues, covering: A brief summary of the position on formality requirements; Electronic signatures and attesting in light of Wood v Commercial First Business Ltd (in liquidation)…
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COVID:19: Employment law update
Date: Tuesday 2nd Jun 2020 Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom 3PB barristers Craig Ludlow and Sarah Bowen bring you the second part of their employment webinars focused on COVID-19-related employment law issues. It will include developing employment law issues and guidance flowing from COVID-19 such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, changing employees terms and conditions, equality and discrimination issues, rotation of employees, whistleblowing, redundancy and termination of employment.
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Family Law Brunch - 21 May
Date: Thursday 21st May 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom The 3PB family team is hosting brunch via Zoom on Thursday at 11am in a series of weekly informal get-togethers. On 21 May Amy Beddis and James Legg will discuss 'Intervenors in financial remedy proceedings: Case Law and Procedure'.
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Lockdown lessons for litigators
Date: Tuesday 19th May 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom Lockdown lessons for litigators 3PB barristers Joseph Giret QC, Alexander Whatley, Oliver Ingham and Rebecca Farrell are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 19 May at 11am. Our 3PB commercial barristers will bring you a round-up of the latest judgments from the courts arising during the coronavirus period. They’ll draw out the implications for litigators running cases during COVID:19 and for those looking ahead to see how judgments may play out over the next few months. What do recent…
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Family law brunch - 14 May
Date: Thursday 14th May 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom On 14 May we will be talking about 'Communication and Resolving Disputes for Families'. 3PB's Vanessa Meachin QC will speak briefly about arbitration and we will also be joined by James Evans from Our Family Wizard. James will talk about: “OurFamilyWizard: Improving communication and keeping parents accountable in moderate and high conflict cases.” OurFamilyWizard.co.uk and its mobile applications are often made part of the parent agreement in an effort to reduce litigation and improve co-parent…
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Business Interruption Insurance Claims
Date: Wednesday 13th May 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom Businesses with insurance policies covering business interruption have increasingly found that insurers are reluctant to pay out under the terms of their cover in order to meet growing costs which threaten the survival of businesses nationwide and the livelihoods of those they employ. 3PB Commercial Barristers David Berkley KC and Neil Fawcett are hosting a webinar covering: Introduction to BII claims. Which businesses can make claims? How much can businesses claim? How to make a claim. Funding…
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Family law brunch - 7 May 2020
Date: Thursday 7th May 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 am Venue: Via Zoom Family barristers Michael George and Antonida Kocharova will host this week's brunch. Michael's talk is entitled: 'May you live in interesting times: economic disruption and financial remedy claims - how not to catch a cold', and Antonida will provide a case law update.
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COVID:19 Force Majeure clauses
Date: Tuesday 5th May 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom 3PB barristers David Parratt KC and Richard Owen-Thomas host a webinar on Force Majeure Clauses and COVID:19. They will cover: What is a force majeure clause? What are the constituent elements? Anticipation and forseeability What kind of things constitute force majeure? Causation and impact Proof? What does the Party have to do to make the Claim? The consequences for the Contract if there is a valid Claim Does the claiming party have to mitigate? Is…
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Family Law Brunch - 30 April
Date: Thursday 30th Apr 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom The 3PB family team is hosting brunch via Zoom this Thursday at 11am in a series of weekly informal get-togethers. Family barristers Hamish Dunlop and James Legg will host this week's brunch. Hamish will speak about: 'The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill: Divorce in the Modern Age’ and James will cover 'COVID-19 = a Barder event? The discussion'. Please register below so that we know we have enough Zoom spaces available. We will send a…
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COVID-19: Changes to insolvency law - Tuesday 28 April
Date: Tuesday 28th Apr 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom Cheryl Jones, Charles Irvine and Rebecca Farrell invite you to their COVID-19 insolvency law and practice update. The format of the update is a webinar. The team will focus on various groups operating in the insolvency sphere currently and challenges they face during the pandemic, including: Directors and in particular the suspension of wrongful trading provisions; Companies; employees and creditors in a potential administration, using the decision of Re Carluccio’s Limited [2020] EWHC 886(Ch) as…
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Employment Law COVID-19 Update - 23 April 2020 - Live Webinar
Date: Thursday 23rd Apr 2020 Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am Venue: Live Webinar 3PB Barristers' Employment and Discrimination Group invites you to our virtual employment case law update on Thursday 23 April from 10:00am until 11:00am. Craig Ludlow and Sarah Bowen will be hosting a live COVID-19 Webinar. It will include an update on employment issues and guidance flowing from COVID-19 such as furlough, equality and discrimination issues, rotation of employees and termination of employment. Further details will be circulated next week. Please click the link below to…
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Family Law Brunch - 23 April
Date: Thursday 23rd Apr 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom The 3PB family team is hosting brunch via Zoom this Thursday at 11am in a series of weekly informal get-togethers. Family barristers Emma Griffiths, Gemma Chapman and Nathalie Bull will speak about 'Private Law Working Group 2: the case for radical change'; and give a 'Case Law Update'. Please register below so that we know we have enough Zoom spaces available. We will send a link to join the virtual brunch the day before the…