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Pathfinder and the Sunflowers

Nov 01, 2024
In today’s episode of FortyTwo Talks, Family Law Practitioner, Rachel Chan, is joined by Estella Newbold-Brown, Partner of Amphlett Lissimore to discuss the Private Law 'Pathfinder' and Estella’s new book, Isla and Quinn The Sunflowers.

A-Z Family Law

Nov 01, 2024
You asked, we answered! As part of our ongoing podcast series, we are pleased to present the first of our A-Z Family Law podcasts.

Whistleblowing: Detriment and Dismissal Cases

Nov 01, 2024
In the second session of our Autumn/Winter Employment Series, Nick Bidnell-Edwards and Safia Tharoo provide a concise review of whistleblowing law for detriment and dismissal claims, including recent developments, followed by practical tips on how to bring and to defend the claims.

Wiping the slate clean - tips and tactics on how best to achieve settlement in the ET

Nov 01, 2024
In this webinar Nick Singer and Karolina Zielinska consider how to get the most out of negotiation and judicial mediation for your clients. Given the ever-increasing cost and stress associated with Tribunal proceedings, settlement firmly remains an attractive option when considering how best to resolve a claim for claimants and respondents alike.

Foiling the fraudsters - how to detect and collect evidence of tenancy fraud

Nov 01, 2024
In this webinar, Angela Piears and Karolina Zielinska consider what to do if you suspect that a tenant has made fraudulent representations about who they are or where they are living, and offer their tips and tricks on preventative measures that can be used to prevent or discourage tenancy fraud from the outset of the landlord-tenant relationship.

​Unlawful sub-letting: the "Only or Principal Home" test

Oct 31, 2024
Stefan Liberadzki and Andrew Carter introduce our Social Housing Webinar series by discussing the keystone of any unlawful sub-letting case: whether the tenant is no longer using the property as their only or principal home. They review the established case law, explore how the case law is applied in practice, and discuss how best to present the evidence in Court.

Unpicking the Procurement Act Episode 4: Challenges and Remedies

Oct 01, 2024
39 Essex Chambers Barrister Katherine Barnes is joined by Laura Thornton, Associate Director at Osborne Clarke, to discuss challenges and remedies under the Procurement Act 2023. Having identified the main changes, the speakers go on to consider the significance of the changes.

Unpicking the Procurement Act Episode 3: Contract Modification

Oct 01, 2024
In this episode, 39 Essex Chambers barrister Katherine Barnes is joined by Jonathan Davey, Partner at Addleshaw Goddard specialising in procurement and commercial law, to discuss the rules for the modification of contracts under the Procurement Act 2023, the extent to which these represent a substantive change in practice and possible difficulties arising.

Unpicking the Procurement Act Episode 2: Exclusion and Debarment

Oct 01, 2024
39 Essex Chambers barrister Katherine Barnes and Parishil Patel KC is joined by Lucy James, partner and National Head of Commercial Litigation at Trowers & Hamlins, to discuss the grounds on which suppliers can be excluded under the Procurement Act 2023, the new debarment list and the implications of these for procurement practice and litigation.

Unpicking the Procurement Act Episode 1: Overview and New Procedures

Oct 01, 2024
In the first episode of this series, Katherine Barnes and Rose Grogan of 39 Essex Chambers introduce the Procurement Act 2023 and its new procurement procedures. Over multiple episodes, Katherine Barnes, public, procurement and planning barrister at 39 Essex Chambers, will discuss the key changes to public procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 with various expert speakers. The podcast takes listeners through the key changes that will apply to new procurements from 25 February 2025, analyses the significance of the changes in practice and identifies possible pitfalls/difficulties that may be experienced under the new regime. Speakers include Parishil Patel KC and Rose Grogan of 39 Essex Chambers, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins, Jonathan Davey of Addleshaw Goddard and Laura Thornton of Osborne Clarke.

TOLATA Update 2024

Jul 30, 2024
In our latest Financial Remedies webinar, Jeremy Hall and Desmond Kilcoyne discuss recent developments and case updates in TOLATA cases.

Financial Remedies Update 2024

Jul 30, 2024
In this finanical remedies webinar, Siân Smith and Hannah Justiva discuss the most recent developments in financial remedies, including case law and procedure.

Disclosure: An absolute duty or not?

Jul 30, 2024
To conclude the Family Law webinar series, Gemma Taylor KC and Ann Osborne explore the duties of Local Authorities to notify parents and foreign authorities of proceedings, to disclose papers within proceedings to parents, how/when those duties can be discharged/limited and the procedure for applying to restrict/discharge a Local Authority’s duty to notify or provide disclosure.

Beyond Parental Control. Is anyone to blame?

Jul 30, 2024
When proceedings commence because a child is ‘beyond parental control’ to what extent is it necessary or helpful to pursue in addition threshold findings that a child has also suffered significant harm as a consequence of the care they have received?

Public Law Update

Jul 30, 2024
In the second webinar in our public law series, Amanda Jepson and Carolina Bax provide a concise round up of the most relevant cases to have been reported in the last 12 months.

Private Law Update 2024

Jul 30, 2024
Siân Smith and Catrin Howells conclude 42BR's private law webinar series by reviewing the latest news and key decisions in private law proceedings of 2024.

Covert Recordings in Private Law Proceedings

Jul 30, 2024
For the second episode in our private law webinar series, Jennifer Youngs and Lee Kelleher present a practical summary to covert recordings within private law proceedings.

Can't you make it stop?

Jul 30, 2024
To kick start our Private Family Law Series 2024, Eléonore Berthelsen and Krishma Patel discuss barring orders under s.91(14) of the Children Act 1989.

Judicial Review/Commercial Litigation

Jul 24, 2024
Sarah Whittle, Trish D’Souza and Daniel Taylor provide insights for the public sector on the latest developments in relation to judicial review and commercial litigation.

Rent Repayment Orders: Assessing the Amount

Jun 27, 2024
Mathew McDermott and Karolina Zielinska sit down to discuss how the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) is currently approaching the assessment of the amount of rent repayment orders that are made in a tenant’s favour.

Local Authority Insight Series: Taxi Licensing

Jun 05, 2024
A fascinating discussion between Taxi Licensing experts Stephen Turner and James T H Button who outline and analyse the latest issues concerning taxi licensing for local authorities.

Public Sector Insights – Disability discrimination in education

May 01, 2024
Trish D’Souza, a Legal Director in the Education sector, and Jo Corbett-Simmons, a Legal Director in our Commercial Litigation team, delivered a session for schools, local authorities and academy trusts on Disability discrimination – how to recognise potential claims.

Restructure and redundancy

Mar 27, 2024
Christian Grierson provides a refresher on the key principles around restructuring and redundancy.

Webinar: Varying a public contract

Mar 18, 2024
In this webinar, DWF's public procurement experts delivered a practical guide on how contracting authorities can vary a public contract in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Employment law round up and preview

Mar 12, 2024
Join Julie Bann, David Leach and Christian Grierson as they review the key cases for employers from 2023 as well as a look ahead to the new laws coming in during 2024 and how these will impact your workforce.

The way the wind works

Jan 16, 2024
Accompanying their article, 'The Green Steves' of Sharpe Pritchard discuss on-shore wind power in this webinar

Drafting local authority constitutions

Oct 20, 2023
Local authority governance experts Simon Goacher and Paul Feild examine the role of council constitutions in the effective governance of local authorities.

What now for deprivations of liberty?

Jul 18, 2023
What will the effect of the postponement of the Liberty Protections Safeguards be on local authorities? Local Government Lawyer asked 50 adult social care lawyers for their views on the potential consequences.

Public Law Update

May 30, 2023
For the fourth installment of 42 Bedford Row's Family Law Webinar Series, Amanda Jepson and Mark Chaloner present a public law update, in which they examine the latest cases and research.

Biodiversity Webinar

Apr 26, 2023
Sharpe Pritchard's 'Green Steves' discuss developments in relation to biodiversity, including biodiversity net gain in the planning context. They also look at local authority biodiversity projects and how they can be financed.

LPS on the shelf – what to do now: video

Apr 10, 2023
In light of the announcement on 5 April that a delay in the implementation of the LPS “beyond the life of this Parliament,” Alex Ruck Keene has recorded a presentation on what this means, and trying to think through what can be done now.

Energy efficiency webinar

Mar 23, 2023
Steve Gummer, Steve Cirell and Jo Dicks consider the delivery of energy efficiency at local authorities.

Local Authority Insight Series: Local Authority Companies – How to Make Them Work

Feb 01, 2023
In this webinar, three highly experienced public commercial lawyers explore the background and future of local authority-owned companies, examining the pressures and complications they face, the factors behind their creation and look at how councils can best manage their external companies to avoid the pitfalls that have led some to fail.

Protest Injunctions

Jan 31, 2023
This is a recording of the webinar to launch Yaaser Vanderman’s “Manual on Protest Injunctions: Practice, Procedure and Persons Unknown”.

Local Authority Insight Series: Monitoring Officers

Dec 12, 2022
Everything you wanted to know about being a monitoring officer but were afraid to ask. Philip McCourt and Suki Binjal, two of the profession’s most experienced MOs, look at how the nature and the profile of the role is changing.

Planning Case Law Update

Dec 07, 2022
Sarah Sutherland and colleagues discuss recent case law in the field of planning law and round off Burges Salmon's 2022 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Webinar series.

Data Protection Essentials

Nov 01, 2022
The Hugh James team provide a guide of need-to-know information about the field of Data Protection law.

Freedom of Information Essentials

Nov 01, 2022
The Hugh James team provide an insight into the essentials of freedom of information law and environmental information law.

Construction Law Update

Nov 01, 2022
This Hugh James Webinar discusses the latest news in the field of Construction Law, including the Building Safety Act 2022 and recent case law.

Preparing Particulars of Claim in Possession Cases

Oct 10, 2022
42BR members Samuel Davis and Krishma Patel present this webinar, aimed at junior solicitors and practitioners, on particulars of claim in possession cases, and possession cases generally.

Construction Webinar: Autumn Update '22

Sep 20, 2022
Birketts' construction and engineering experts are joined by insolvency expert Matthew Weston to deliver their Autumn update webinar. They discuss collateral warranties vs third-party rights, insolvency in construction contracts and covered case law updates.

Why do you need to use Heat Networks?

Sep 16, 2022
Steve Gummer of Sharpe Pritchard LLP explores all you need to know about Heat Networks and why they are important for local authorities.

The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Jul 20, 2022
In this webinar we discuss the wide range of Government proposals contained within the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill that impact on planning and compulsory purchase issues.

The Procurement Bill: an expert briefing

Jun 29, 2022
This briefing by Burges Salmon and Institute for Government outlines the Government’s new Procurement Bill, and asks what the changes mean in practice for both the public and private sector.

The Procurement Bill Explained

Jun 24, 2022
Join experienced procurement experts Kieran McGaughey and Andrew Millross for this on demand webinar as they outline the changes outlined in the Procurement Bill and how they might work in practice for contracting authorities.

Environment Act and Biodiversity Net Gain

May 18, 2022
In this webinar Susan Sutherland and Cathryn Tracey provide an overview of the Parts of the Environment Act 2021, focussing on the provisions which impact the planning and compulsory purchase regime, particularly Biodiversity Net Gain and conservation covenants, and provide tips for issues to think about for projects which are being consented this year during the piecemeal introduction of all the provisions.

Local Authority Insight Series: Elections

Apr 14, 2022
Join electoral law experts Mark Heath and Emyr Thomas as they look at the challenges faced by returning officers when running elections and look forward to how the new Elections Bill might change the landscape in future.