Daniel Lewis, Sara Ibrahim, Helen Pugh, Rowan Pennington-Benton and Alexander Halban have been invited to speak at the forthcoming Commercial Litigation Conference 2013 at the School for African and Oriental Studies on Wednesday 27th March 2013.
The conference is a two-day event, held as part of the Solicitors Group’s Law 2013 exhibition of conferences and networking events in London (visit their website here for more information).
The following topics will be discussed (in chronological order):
Disputes over non-compete clauses - Sara Ibrahim
09:30 - 10:30am<
Restraint of trade versus acting in good faith – an overview
Common problems
Garden leave
Team Moves
Injunctions and other interim remedies
Injunctions in Commercial Litigation - Alexander Halban 12:45 - 13:45
Interim injunctions
Freezing injunctions
Procedure and practice for injunction applications
The duty of full frank disclosure
Evidence in support of injunctions
Aspects of Civil Fraud and Debt Recovery Litigation: Enforcement of Judgments and Preservation of Assets - Rowan Pennington-Benton and Daniel Lewis
13:45 - 14:45
1st session, Rowan Pennington-Benton
Recognition and enforcement of UK judgments abroad
Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgment in UK courts
Practical examples of recognition and enforcement
2nd session, Daniel Lewis
Freezing injunctions – worldwide freezing injunctions and issues that arise
Freezing injunctions – in the UK in support of foreign proceedings
Particular issues that arise with offshore companies (for instance, Jersey or BVI companies)
Domestic Sale and Supply of goods cases - Helen Pugh
15:00 -16:00
Domestic sale and supply of goods cases
Recap on the key provisions with a focus on business purchases not consumer purchases (unless asked otherwise), namely implied terms & passing of property
Difference sale & supply of goods
Working examples
Update on caselaw
Supply of services
Recap on the key provisions
Working examples
Update on caselaw
Professional negligence
Overlap with the law on the supply of services
Working examples
Update on caselaw
Fraud claims in insolvency context - Daniel Lewis
16:00 - 17:00