Previous Events & Seminars
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Commercial law webinar - via Zoom - 28 September 11am
Date: Tuesday 28th Sep 2021 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom. 3PB Barristers are hosting a free Commercial Law Webinar via Zoom on Tuesday 28 September 2021 from 11am to 12pm, presented by Seb Oram and Charles Irvine. Seb Oram on "Reassessing ‘scope of duty’ in Commercial disputes". By restricting a defendant’s liability to those losses within the scope of his duty, the law places limits on a defendant’s financial responsibility for wrongdoing. Following the Supreme Court’s restatement of the principle in Manchester Building Society v. Grant Thornton [2021] UKSC 20, this…
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Litigating in 2021: jurisdiction, service and enforcement post-Brexit and civil procedure in the pandemic - 22 April
Date: Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom Join our Head of Chambers David Berkley QC, and barristers Richard Whitehouse and Jack Webb as they host a Civil Law webinar on 22 April at 11am.
Richard Whitehouse on Civil Litigation post-Brexit: how the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 is expected to operate in practice, and the implications of withdrawal civil litigation specifically jurisdiction, service and enforcement.
Jack Webb will look at how the courts are dealing with pandemic-related cases covering a selection of significant recent decisions.
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Brexit: what just happened? A webinar on intellectual property post-Brexit
Date: Wednesday 24th Feb 2021 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom 3PB Barristers are hosting a free Intellectual Property Webinar via Zoom on Wednesday 24 February - 11:00-12:00pm. Focusing on the impact of Brexit on intellectual property, the webinar will be led by intellectual property specialists Victoria Jones and Nicole Bollard. Nicole Bollard will examine “IPRs post Brexit” - A run through of the changes to intellectual property rights in the UK after 31 December 2020. ‘Nicole has the ability to build strong and personable relationships with clients from the outset,…
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Vicarious liability and reflective loss - 2 December 2020
Date: Wednesday 2nd Dec 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom 3PB Head of Chambers David Berkley QC and barristers Seb Oram and Naomi Webber are hosting a webinar on Wednesday 2 December at 11am to review the developments that have taken place with regards to Vicarious Liability and Reflective Loss in 2020. In this lockdown year the Supreme Court has not been idle. The common law, by nature organic, was, in 2020, significantly developed or at least refined in respect of two key concepts: First, in Barclays Bank v Various…
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2020 Trade Marks Webinar - 3 November
Date: Tuesday 3rd Nov 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Venue: Via Zoom 3PB Barristers are hosting a free Intellectual Property Webinar via Zoom on Tuesday 3 November at 11:00am. Focusing on trade marks, the webinar will be led by intellectual property specialists Victoria Jones and Nicole Bollard. Victoria Jones will review "Protection of shapes in 2020: Trade Marks, Copyright and IPR Cumulation". ‘Extremely strong technically, commercial and has excellent attention to detail. She is a first point of call for all complex soft IP disputes.’ Legal 500 2021/Intellectual Property/Leading Juniors/London Nicole Bollard will…
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Business Interruption Insurance
Date: Tuesday 13th Oct 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom. 3PB barristers David Berkley QC, David Parratt QC (Scot) and Neil Fawcett are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 13 October at 11am to advise businesses on claims for lost profits following a landmark decision in the FCA's Business Interruption Insurance case. The test case of Financial Conduct Authority v Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd. and Ors [2020] EWHC 2448 (Comm) which was handed down last week in a 160-page judgement, provides some interesting points for businesses - and their lawyers - looking to…
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Settlement Negotiations Webinar with Nestor - 1 October
Date: Thursday 1st Oct 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 am Venue: Via Zoom 3PB Barristers and Nestor are hosting a free Settlement Negotiations Webinar via Zoom on Thursday 1 October at 11am. 3PB Barrister Duncan McNair will review the art and method of “Settlement Negotiations”, including how to determine your own valuation; explaining the valuation to the client; negotiation tactics and how to achieve the best result for your client. Duncan McNair practices in personal injury and clinical negligence, enjoying a substantial advisory and court practice handling complex and catastrophic cases. He acts for both…
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Settlement, ADR and costs
Date: Tuesday 16th Jun 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom 3PB commercial barristers David Parratt QC and Rebecca Farrell are hosting a webinar on settlement, ADR and costs. The touchstone of Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) procedure is that parties enter into it voluntarily. However, there is an increasing body of case law that suggests ADR should be seriously considered before and/or in the course of litigation in order to avoid adverse cost consequences. David Parratt QC and Rebecca Farrell consider the development of the case law…
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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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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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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 QC 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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COVID:19 Force Majeure clauses
Date: Tuesday 5th May 2020 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: Via Zoom 3PB barristers David Parratt QC 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…