Venue:  Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Speaker:  Andrew Ayres QC, Maitland Chambers

With several recent key decisions on vicarious liability and more on their way, Andrew will draw together the threads and seek to make sense of them for a better understanding of the law in this important and practical area.

Ticket price:  Members £20.00, non-members £25.00

Enough is enough?  Setting aside a judgement for fraud

Venue: Hogan Lovells LLP

Speakers:  Neil Hext QC and Tom Shepherd, 4 New Square

Unfair prejudice petitions: some tricks of the trade

Venue: Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Speaker: Daniel Lightman QC, Serle Court

Venue:  Hogan Lovells, Atlantic House, 40 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG
Time:  7.00pm for 7.30pm

Securing Costs:  recent developments in litigation funding, DBAs, security for costs and non-party costs orders

Venue:  Hogan Lovells International LLP

Speakers:  Benjamin Williams QC, Stephen Innes and Ben Smiley (4 New Square)

Law Society Hall, Chancery Lane

6.45pm for 7.30pm 

Venue:  Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Speaker:  Patrick Lawrence QC and Paul Fisher (4 New Square)

Wednesday 26 September 2018, 6.30pm to 11.00pm

Venue:  CloudM!    CitizenM Hotel, 40 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4DJ

Join us in CitizenM’s ‘bar in the skies, the best place to have a lovely drink and a nibble while playing a game of ‘guess the building’.

Speakers:  Graham Chapman QC and Shail Patel - 4 New Square

Graham Chapman QC and Shail Patel will discuss reilef and enforcement in commercial fraud cases and provide up to date analysis of recent developments and trends in the Business and Property Courts, in relation remedies, relief and enforcement in commercial fraud litigation.

Lord Neuberger - One Essex Court

Lord Neuberger will discuss the challenges currently facing the judiciary and refelct on his time in the Supreme Court.

Venue:  Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EG

Time: 6-7pm, followed by drinks

Venue:  Hogan Lovells
Time:  7.00pm for 7.30pm
Guest Speaker: Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE

Tuesday 16 January 2018 at Simmons & Simmons LLP  

Venue: Law Society Hall, Chancery Lane
Time: 6.45pm for 7.30pm 

Please note - in order to receive the member rate, the booking must be made with the Member's LSLA registered email address.  If paying by bank transfer, please use the booking reference number as the payment reference.

Wednesday 12 July 2017 at Slaughter and May

“Freezing Orders: Practical guidance on obtaining, resisting, policing and enforcing them"

Nathan Pillow QC – Essex Court Chambers

Wednesday 24 May 2017 at Slaughter and May

Please note - in order to receive the member rate, the booking must be made with the LSLA registered email address of the member and if paying by bank transfer, please use the booking reference number as the payment reference.

We are pleased to announce that the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and JUSTICE will be hosting a panel debate chaired by Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, with closing remarks from the Right Honourable Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (President of the Supreme Court), to consider diversity in the senior judiciary and in the Courts of Eng

Non Members:  £25.00

Law Society Hall, Chancery Lane

6.45pm for 7.30pm, Carriages at 11.30pm

Black tie

Wednesday 21 September 2016 at Simmons & Simmons

Wednesday 6 July 2016 at Hogan Lovells

Laurence Rabinowitz QC – One Essex Court Chambers

“Modern litigation & Disclosure: the explosion of data, the adversarial system and costs management”, the seminar is intended to give practical, experience-based insights from leading practitioners and Master Matthews.

Venue - Inner Temple Parliament Chamber, London EC4Y 7HL.

The Hon Mr Justice Birss and Ed Crosse

Informal dinner after AGM - Guest Speaker: Mr Justice Birss

Monday 22 February 2016 at Hogan Lovells
“Commercial Fraud Litigation: Update”
Paul McGrath QC – Essex Court Chambers

Thursday 14 January 2016 at Hogan Lovells
“The Privacy Paradox: can privacy law cope with emerging technology?”
Timothy Pitt-Payne QC – 11 King’s Bench Walk Chambers

All members and their guests are invited to the flagship event of the Association’s year, the Annual Dinner, which will once again be held at the Law Society Hall in Chancery Lane, WC2 on the evening of Wednesday 25 November 2015.

Nick Bacon QC from 4 New Square will provide us with an Update on Costs. Nick is one of the leading silks in the costs field, and in recent months has been involved in both Coventry v Lawrence  and the Mitchell  litigation, and will provide an update on recent developments in costs.

Tim Lord QC from Brick Court Chambers will provide us with an Update on Banking Litigation.  Tim was Chambers Commercial Litigation Silk of the year last year and has been involved in many of the leading banking, financial and derivatives cases in recent years.

Hodge Malek QC from 39 Essex Chambers will speak about recent developments in Evidence and Disclosure – Hodge is author of leading text books in these areas (he edits Phipson on Evidence, and is also the co-author of Matthews and Malek on Disclosure).

“Well Begun is half Done – How to get off to a Flying Start” 

Jo Box (Brick Court), David Kearns (Expert Investigations), Tom Davey (QLP Legal), Leigh Callaway (Irwin Mitchell LLP) 

Don’t lose out on fees: costs budgeting and how to maximise recovery on assessment

Location:       Inner Temple Hall, London EC4Y 7HL

Speakers:      Senior Costs Judge Gorden-Saker, PJ Kirby QC (Hardwicke Chambers), Mitesh Modha (Kain-Knight Costs Lawyers) and Seamus Smyth (Carter Lemon Camerons)

Tuesday 13 January 2015 at Herbert Smith Freehills

Michael Fealy QC – One Essex Court Chambers

Michael Fealy QC will discuss contractual termination.

All members and their guests are invited to the Annual Dinner of the Association which will be held at the Law Society on Wednesday 26 November 2014.

We are honoured that Lord Justice Jackson has agreed to speak and to make the evening go with a swing, Ali Sephton, singer songwriter, will entertain us after dinner on piano and vocals.

Monday 17 November 2014 at Hogan Lovells

Clive Freedman QC – 7 King’s Bench Walk Chambers

Clive Freedman QC will debunk the myth that cross-examination is the barrister’s domain. The best results are achieved by a collaboration of barrister, solicitor and client. The combination can be a case changer.

Kindly hosted by Stewarts Law LLP, we are pleased to announce the details of a Junior LSLA Workshop as part of our series of events targeted at junior members of the profession.

Thursday 18 September

Clients are from Mars and Solicitors are from Venus