Dr Meloria Meschi will give a talk followed by questions.
The talk will be hosted by FTI consulting at 3 Verulam Buildings
from 5.30pm to 6.30 pm
It is open to Combar Members only. Pupils are welcome.
The event was hybrid and recorded and the presentation and slides are now available to be viewed in the members’ area of the website.
Mr Justice Jacobs will give a talk followed by questions.
The talk will take place in rooms at the Ashworth Centre Lincoln’s Inn from 5.45pm – 6.45pm.
It is open to Combar Members only. Pupils are welcome.
The event will be hybrid and recorded. Please register your in-person attendance at admin@combar.com
An open discussion involving the judiciary, the bar and clerks on the range of wellbeing issues affecting the modern commercial bar and possible responses. The panel will consist of:
Mrs Justice Cockerill DBE (Judge of the Commercial Court)
David Joseph KC (Chair of COMBAR, Essex Court Chambers)
Oliver Caplin (barrister, Twenty Essex; advisory board member, Wellness for Law)
Lucy Burrows (Deputy Senior practice manager, 3VB; committee member, Wellbeing at the Bar)
The event is intended to be the beginning of a conversation about wellbeing over a number of COMBAR events. Discussion with the audience will be welcomed by the panel.
The seminar will take place in rooms 6-8 at the Ashworth Centre at Lincoln’s Inn at 5:45pm and will be hybrid, but not recorded. Pupils welcome.
Please register your in-person attendance with admin@combar.com, those attending by zoom do not need to register.
Charles Dougherty KC and Patrick Lawrence KC will give a talk on recent decisions relating to the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978.
The talk will take place in rooms at the Ashworth Centre, Lincoln’s Inn and will now be hybrid.
Please also note the slightly later start time of 5.45pm
Please register your in-person attendance with admin@combar.com
The COMBAR Gulf Committee is pleased to announce that the COMBAR Gulf Meeting will take place in Dubai, on Thursday 23 February 2023. The conference itself will be hosted at The Capital Club in the DIFC.
The meeting will involve an afternoon of seminars, with an emphasis on collegiate discussion between professionals across a number of jurisdictions, followed by a drinks reception in the evening.
Further details – including how to book – will follow in due course. But, in the meantime, we invite you to save the dates and invite you to get in touch with George Spalton KC if you are interested in speaking: g.spalton@4newsquare.com.
Combar, TecBar, and the ChBA will be holding an event to launch the report of the Black Inclusion Group, which will take place in the Large Pension Room at Gray’s Inn at 6pm on Monday 5 December 2022.
The Black Inclusion Group cross-SBA working group, was jointly set up by ChBA, Combar and TecBar to investigate and issue an advisory report with recommendations on enhancing outreach to and recruitment, retention, and progression of ethnic minority barristers, with a focus on Black (African and African Caribbean and mixed heritage) barristers in the Commercial, Chancery and Technology and Construction Bar.
At the event on 5th December, we propose to discuss the findings of the Black Inclusion Group as well as outlining some of the initiatives that the SBAs have been undertaking to tackle the equalities addressed in their Report.
Please confirm your attendance by emailing: admin@combar.com
Alex Potts KC, Rosalind Nicholson and Matthew Hardwick KC will give a presentation, followed by a discussion.
The event will be hosted online at 5.30pm UK time and a link will be circulated to the membership closer to the event. Members do not need to register their attendance.
The Annual Lecture will be delivered by
The Chancellor of the High Court, The Rt. Hon. Sir Julian Flaux PC
on Wednesday 16th November at 5.30pm, Gray’s Inn Hall
“Is commercial litigation going green?
Environmental and greenwashing claims and how they will shape the law.”
Wine will be served after the lecture – All welcome
The lecture is now oversubscribed to be added to the reserve list, please email admin@combar.com
Maya Lester KC and Stephen Horan will give a presentation, to be followed by discussion. The event will take place in Lincoln’s Inn Ashworth Centre at 5.30pm. To register your attendance in person please email admin@combar.com
This event has now taken place and a recording is available in the members’ area of the website.
This is a Junior COMBAR Joint Event with the Junior LSLA and a brilliant opportunity to network (in person finally) with the next generation of civil litigators in the City says Junior COMBAR Chair Kira King.
Tickets are £10 and available for purchase on the LSLA website. See link below:
https://www.lsla.co.uk/events/the-new-witness-statement-rules-the-highs-and-lows-one-year-on
6:00 pm registration for a 6:30 pm start
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis
Pupils welcome.
