Dismissal and re-engagement - David Reade QC, Littleton Chambers
Using practical examples, how do you control - and overcome - the risks of running a dismissal and re-engagement process, e.g. when a pay scheme is changing?
What counts and what would move a tribunal?
Trigger points - Gareth Brahams, Brahams Dutt Badrick French
When, and by how much, do you amend trigger points and progress warnings for frequent short-term absences and or under-performance because of a difficult mental health condition?
Open justice - Catrin Evans QC, Matrix
What is realistic and achievable for non-parties seeking to access court documents under the principle of open justice following Cape Holdings v Dring?
What is the significance for practice?
Context - Jonathan Price, Doughty Street Chambers
How has Stocker v Stocker changed existing thinking on context, when determining meaning in a libel action?
What counts and what will sway a court?
Jurisdiction - Aidan Eardley, 5RB
How do you persuade the English Court to hear a libel claim where there is an international element; how do you persuade it not to?
Quantum - Adam Wolanski QC, 5RB
Against a backdrop of recent and live cases, how do you quantify - with accuracy - damages in (1) privacy cases and (2) data post GDPR?
What can you achieve?
Serious harm - Heather Rogers QC, Doughty Street Chambers
What are the unresolved issues - legal and practical - and ramifications for clients of the Supreme Court's decision on serious harm in Lachaux v IPL?
Social Media - Dan Tench, CMS
What is the potency of techniques for taking down defamatory posts or ones that infringe privacy from social media?
Is Voller v Facebook going to make a difference?
Economic disadvantage - Alison Edmondson, SKO Family
What is the current climate in courts in awarding more than 50% in a division of matrimonial property in favour of a spouse who has given up a career and looked after the family?
EOT - Fiona Bell, RSM
Drawing on real life examples, how do you overcome the difficulties associated with EOT transactions?
How do you structure them, fund them, repay the funding and unwind them?
