Seminars

13 KBW runs regular seminar programmes on issues of importance and interest in their practice areas. Seminars are provided for solicitor clients and others and are conducted in London and Oxford as well at other venues, on request. We pride ourselves on the range and quality of these seminars that we have given for many years. All seminars are accredited by the Law Society and the Bar Council and attract Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.

If you would like us to come and speak in your offices, or have any ideas for suitable topics, please do not hesitate to contact our senior clerk, Kevin Kelly

Seminar papers

Outline papers of some of the seminars given previously may be obtained on application to seminars@13kbw.co.uk

Recent seminars have included:

• The Personal Injury Team presented a seminar in house: 'Expert Immunity' by Adrian Higgins and 'OGDEN 7 - A rational approach or damn lies and statistics? - a review of recent developments and caselaw' by Deirdre Goodwin.
• The Property Team presented a seminar in house: 'Overriding interests under the Land Registration Act 2002 Rights to Light - an update' by Edmund Walters and Edward Bennion-Pedley.
• The Employment Team presented a seminar in house: 'The Agency Workers Regulations 2010' by Timothy Brown.
• The Commercial Team presented a seminar in house: 'Duties of Agents To Their Principals' by Nigel Woodhouse and 'Rights of Agents Against Their Principals' by Edward Bennion-Pedley.
• The Criminal Team presented a seminar at Worcester College in September 2011.  Our guest speaker was Mr David Wurtzel, Barrister and Senior Lecturer, Specialist in the Intermediary Scheme, 'Intermediaries and Vulnerable Witnesses and Defendants'.  Followed by Alistair Grainger: 'Shall I Go Private: An Introduction to The Law of Private Prosecutions'.
• 'The Employment Team presented a seminar in house: 'The Price of Equal Opportunities: Cost as a Justification for Discrimination' by Sinclair Cramsie and 'Whistleblowing Updated' by Timothy Brown.
• The Personal Injury Team presented a seminar inhouse: 'Legal By-Passes: Recent Developments in Illegality and Credit Hire' by Sarah Lippold and Murray Grant.
• The Commercial Team presented a seminar inhouse: 'Banks - Where They Go Wrong: Sales At Undervalue, Guarantees, and To Whom Do They Owe Duties?' by Gabriel Buttimore and 'Administrators - Schedule B1 Powers and Obligations' by Sarah Lippold.
• The Criminal Team presented a seminar at Worcester College in May 2011.  Our guest speaker was Dr. John Manlove, Forensic Scientist, Manlove Forensics: 'Forensic Science - It's Not All Black and White'.  Followed by Nicholas Syfret QC: 'Corporate Manslaughter: The Offence and Sentencing'.
• The Employment Team presented a seminar in house: 'Contractual Remedies for Recovering Losses for High Earners' by Richard Owen-Thomas and 'Equal Pay - Is it Discriminatory?' by Murray Grant.
• The Property Team presented a seminar in house: 'A Pentad of Property Problems' by Nigel Woodhouse and 'Cohabitation Claims - A Property Lawyer's Perspective' by Edward Bennion-Pedley.
• The Personal Injury Team presented a seminar in house entitled Health, Happiness and Harassment: Employer's Liability.  Sarah Lippold spoke on An update on stress at work and PI claims under the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 and Paul Gurnham spoke on Employer's liability for personal injury and death: who is an employee?
• The Commercial Team presented a seminar inhouse: 'Non-Reliance and Entire Agreement Clauses - An Update' by Neil Vickery and 'The Bribery Act 2010 - An Introduction' by John Clargo.
• The Criminal Team presented a seminar at Worcester College in September 2010.  Our guest speakers were Ms Sara Thornton QPM, Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police: 'The Challenges of Policing in the 21st Century'.  Followed by HHJ Hall who gave 'Some Thoughts on Children and the Courts'.
• The Personal Injury Team presented a seminar in house entitled Credit Hire: Recent Developments from the Court of Appeal.  The speaker was Stuart Nicol.
• The Employment Team presented an afternoon of seminars and workshops in Cambridge, followed by a subsequent seminar in house entitled Four Grievances and a Dismissal: The Problem of the Serial Griever.  The Seminars were given by Clare Harrington, Richard Owen-Thomas and Murray Grant, while Sarah Lippold organised the workshop.
• The Commercial Team presented a seminar inhouse on the subject of Insolvency - The Adjustment of Prior Transactions.  Gabriel Buttimore spoke on Directors' duties to creditors; and Christopher Mann spoke on Transactions at an undervalue and preferences - a potted guide and recent developments.
• The Criminal Team presented a seminar at Worcester College in March 2010.  Our Guest speaker was Dr Michelle Cowley, A Katzenbach Research Fellow, Oxford University: 'A Bag of Tricks: The Psychology of the Jury's Mind'.  This was followed by Andrew Pote's lecture on 'Court Martial: Changes in Law, Practice amd Procedure - A Brief Overview'.
• The Employment Team presented a seminar in-house: 'Holiday Pay: implications of the Stringer and Pedreda decisions' Susan Chan and 'Disciplinary, Dismissal & Grievance, Procedure- what procedure?' Murray Grant.
• The Personal Injury team held a West Country Seminar at Exeter on 1st October 2009 covering 'Pitfalls of Litigatibg Acquired Brain Injury Claims' Richard Cropper of PFP, Deirdre Goodwin and Sinclair Cramsie; 'Limitation, Knowledge and Discretion' Mark Maitland-Jones and Richard Owen-Thomas; 'Limitation' Sarah Lippold; 'Credit Hire' Stuart Nicol and Murray Grant; and 'The Effect of Insolvency on a Personal Injury Claim Adrian Higgins.
• The Criminal Team: 'Achieving Best Evidence from your Expert: a guide for practitioners seeking psychological reports' Dr Linda Meina, Consultant Forensic & Clinical Psychologist, and 'Case Management in the Magistrates Court: an overview of recent case law' Jennifer Edwards.
• The Personal Injury Team: 'Loss of a Chance' by Mark Maitland-Jones; 'Recent Developments in Occupiers Liability by Sarah Lippold
• The Criminal Law Team at the Said Business School in Oxford presented talks on Recent Updates in Driving Law by Tim Boswell; ASBOs by Jane Malcolm; and The Criminal Justice & Immigration Act 2008 by Jennifer Edwards.
• The Employment Practice: 'Fiduciary Duties of Senior Employees' by Sinclair Cramsie; 'Secondary Liability in Discrimination Cases' by Richard Owen-Thomas
• The Criminal Practice 'Sexual Offences Prevention Orders' - Jane Brady; 'The International Criminal Court' - Hugh Williams; 'The Consequences of Convictions for Non UK Citizens' - Nicholas Syfret QC
• The Criminal Practice: 'Joint Trials, Character and the Law of Evidence' presented by Professor Tapper and 'Succeeding in the Crown Court - A View from the Bench' presented by His Honour Judge Peter Ross.
• The Personal Injury Practice: 'The Motor Insurers' Bureau - recent developments in this field' presented by Sinclair Cramsie and 'Costs post Trustees of Stokes Pension Fund v Western Power Distribution Plc - the Court's discretion; costs capping', presented by Stuart Nicol
• The Property Practice: 'Charges: rectification for mistake under the Land Registration Act 2002' presented by John Clargo and 'Mortgage shortfalls: recovering the balance' by Sinclair Cramsie
• The Company and Commercial Practice: 'Avoid being Compromised' This seminar was given by Tony Higgins and Stuart Nicols at our Chambers in London and Oxford.
• The Family Practice: 'Care Proceedings and the Disclosure of Documents to and From Criminal Investigations' by Andrew Pote and 'Changes to the Family Law Act 1996 and the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004' by Richard Owen-Thomas. These seminars were presented at our Chambers in London and Oxford.
• The Criminal Practice: 'Disclosure: Recent Developments' by Ian Mann; 'Youths and the Crown Court' by Timothy Boswell and 'Dangerous Offenders' by Henry James. These seminars were presented at Worcester College, Oxford
• The Employment Practice 'The Burden of Proof in Discrimination Claims' and 'Bullying and Harassment'. These lectures were given by Neil Vickery and Richard Owen-Thomas, at our Chambers in London and in Oxford.
• The Employment Practice: ‘Compromise Agreements’ and ‘Stress at Work Claims’ presented by Ian Mann and Richard Owen-Thomas to Messrs Speechy Bircham’s Employment Team as part of the firm’s in-house training program. These seminars are available to other firms upon request.
• The Family Practice: ‘Developments in Protection from Harassment’ by Mark Maitland-Jones and ‘Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act & Schedule 1 Children Act applications’ by Martina van der Leij
• The Employment Practice: ‘Practical Use of Case Management Discussions & Orders’ and ‘Seeking and Resisting Costs Orders in Employment Tribunals’
• The Property Practice: ‘Collective Enfranchisement and Joint Ownership’
• The Criminal Practice: ‘Serious Organised Crime & Police Act 2005: New Investigatory Powers’; ‘Indecent Photographs: Advice to the Client at the Police tion’; ‘Dangerous Offenders: 12 months on’