Events

Keeping you up to date

Below are details of recent and upcoming seminars and workshops.

Upcoming events

Below are details of Henmans LLP’s free employment, corporate and property law seminars for autumn and winter 2010.  

You are warmly invited to these seminars which take place at 12.30pm for a sandwich lunch and a 1pm start, finishing by 2pm.  All seminars are held at our offices at 5000 Oxford Business Park South, Oxford OX4 2BH where there is ample free parking. 

Seminars are by registration only.  If you would like to register for any of the seminars, please email seminars@henmansllp.co.uk or call 01865 781000 to indicate which seminars you would like to attend.

2 Sept: Changing terms and conditions of employment

  • Explaining how to make changes, including in TUPE transfers and a review of Bateman v Asda Stores Ltd
  • Speaker: James Anderson, associate, employment department

16 Sept: Greasing palms - an assessment of the scope of the Bribery Act 
(NOTE - this is a change to the previously published schedule - the seminar on limitation clauses is now on 18 Nov)

  • Speakers: Malcolm Sadler, partner, corporate department and James Simpson, partner, employment department

7 Oct: Legislation and case update

  • A summary of the Equality Act and other topical cases
  • Speaker: Peter Linstead, barrister, Tanfield Chambers

21 Oct: Repairing covenants, schedules of condition and dilapidations claims

  • A practical guide with particular reference to recent case law
  • Speakers: Lesley Pollock, partner, Shree Hindocha, solicitor, Clare Bellis, associate, property department

4 Nov: Mock tribunal workshop: unfair dismissal case.

  • Covering procedure evidence and practical tips on effective presentation of a course
  • Speakers: Employment department

18 Nov: Does your limitation clause work? 

  • A review of recent developments in the law relating to damages and the enforceability of limitation clauses in business contracts
  •  Speakers: Stephen Brett, associate, Rachel McCullough, partner, corporate department

2 Dec: Discrimination workshop

  • A workshop on practical examples of how to deal with discrimination in the work place
  • Speakers: James Simpson, partner, employment department, Viv Matthews, head of HR

9 Dec: A guide to the impact of insolvency on commercial landlords and tenants

  • Speakers: Patrick Whetter, partner, property department, Esther Stirling, solicitor, dispute resolution department and Clive Everitt of Shaw Gibbs, accountants and business advisers

Recent seminars

  • TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006).
  • Problems with contaminated land: dirty sites and what to do with them.
  • Harassment in the workplace, recognising and dealing with it
  • Essential property update: roundup of recent case law of particular interest to landlords and tenants
  • Agency workers regulations
  • A review and update of family friendly provisions
  • Ten things you need to know about exploiting your intellectual assets
  • Legislation and caselaw update
  • Employee share schemes before the election
  • Compromise agreements and settling claims
  • Trustee duties and responsibilities
  • Engaging Workers and Employing Employees - Immigration and Vetting requirements
  • Christmas parties
  • Part II – Focus on landlords and tenants
  • Your website - 10 problems you didn't know you had
  • Managing sickness absence
  • Successful IT contracts
  • Part I – Focus on landlords and tenants
  • Subcontractors have all the fun
  • Case and legislation update
  • The new equality legislation