Summer Specialism School

Each workshop will be interactive, providing opportunities for case studies and exercises, questions and discussion on the following specialisms including:

Commercial Property

A typical commercial property purchase/case study looking at

• Interactive title review (registered land)
• Negotiating a contract and transfer
• Search review
• Enquiries session
• The exchange/completion process

Contentious Probate

What is Contentious Probate?

• Validity claims
• Inheritance Act claims
• Claims against Executors & Trustees
• Claims re lifetime transfers Interpretation, Rectifications & Variation claims
• Related claims and issues

Procedures

• Probate Registry: caveats, warnings, appearance & summons
• ADR & Mediation
• County Court & High Court: Part 7&8 proceedings

‘A Day in the Life’ of a Contentious Probate litigator

• Draft letters & documents
• Formulating advice & strategy
• Speaking to clients, Counsel, mediators, opponents
• Preparing for mediation & Court
• Advocacy

Wills & Estate Planning

• Introduction to IHT
• Introductions to Trusts
• Estate Planning in action

Quality Risk & Compliance

• What does a COLP do?
• What is Business Risk and how do we assess it?
• Current risk landscape for law firms
• Governance, Procedure & Culture

Commercial Contracts

• What is Contract? Why are they important?
• Mini-contract review
• ‘A day in the life’ of a Commercial lawyer
• What makes a good Commercial lawyer?

Employment

• What is employment law?
• What do employment advisers do?
• Unfair dismissal – the basics
• Discrimination and equal opportunities in practice
• Employment tribunal claims – overview of the process
• Common myths debunked

Family

• Overview
• Pre-nuptial Agreements
• Review of a Financial Application:
  • Form E
  • Valuations -land
  • Valuations- businesses
  • Valuations – pensions
  • Questionnaires
• FDR – Court led or private?

Insolvency

• What is insolvency?
• Introduction to personal and corporate insolvency regimes
• Introduction to contentious and transactional insolvency
• Case study