Past Events
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2022 Spring/Summer Lectures: Dishonest Assistance and Knowing Receipt – where are we now?
28th June 2022 Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EG This session discusses the new test for Dishonest Assistance following the Court of Appeal judgment in Group Seven v Notable Services LLP and the latest word on the law of Knowing Receipt, following the CA decision in Byers v Saudi National Bank.
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2022 Spring/Summer Lectures: Ukraine and Sanctions: recent developments in sanctions, and their impact on litigation and the legal market
8th June 2022 Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EG This lecture will address the impact of sanctions on litigation and the London legal market.
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The Disclosure Pilot Scheme – all the juicy details
7th June 2022 Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EG The Junior LSLA is pleased to announce that it will be holding a Disclosure Pilot Scheme panel discussion and networking evening.
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2022 Spring/Summer Lectures: Contractual termination and express termination clauses
23rd May 2022 Hogan Lovells International LLP, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG Express termination clauses can be seen as convenient tools in a crisis but are false friends.
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2022 Spring/Summer Lectures: The Commercial Court Guide: updates for 2022
4th May 2022 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 100 Bishopsgate, London EC2P 2SR Mr Justice Baker and Ms Justice Cockerill will provide an overview of the updates to the new edition of the Commercial Court Guide published on 3 February.
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LSLA AGM Dinner 2022
5th April 2022 Hogan Lovells International LLP, Atlantic House, 40 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG LSLA members are invited to the AGM Dinner on 5 April 2022.
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Competition Litigation: panel discussion
3rd March 2022 Online The landscape for class actions in the UK is growing and evolving, with recent decisions in Lloyd v Google (currently the subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court) and Merricks v Mastercard. This discussion considers the key tactical battlegrounds for claimants and defendants in group actions as to the choice of collective action regime, using these cases to explain the issues: What are the costs and benefits of using the opt-out mechanism? How might these decisions shape the collective action framework more broadly (including outside of the competition sector)? How might the procedural regime impact/be impacted by the litigation funding market? How likely is reform of the traditional Group Litigation Order class actions regime?
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Professional negligence: A review of recent cases on scope of duty and recoverable loss
26th January 2022 Online This talk primarily considers the impact of two Court of Appeal cases, AssetCo in 2020 and Manchester Building Society in 2019, and the interesting light they shed on scope of duty and remoteness issues.
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Climate Litigation Summit
23rd November 2021 Online John McElroy represented the LSLA at this timely summit.
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ACEDS UK – Navigating the Turbulence Experienced by the Disclosure
15th November 2021 Zoom Ed Crosse, Former President of the LSLA and LSLA committee member, and Charlotte Hill, President of the JLSLA, are speaking at a panel event to discuss the recent changes made to the Disclosure Pilot
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