Seminars
Members of chambers regularly lecture and give talks on a formal basis or informally to small groups. When there is a legal topic of current importance to our clients we will organise a seminar of our own (CPD registered) and we would welcome you on our mailing list for this. Please contact our Administrator Annie Girling on agirling@5sblaw.com or telephone number 020 7421 7870 for further details of members availability and engagements.
"Trusts Update" Seminar on 14th July 2010
This 5 Stone Buildings Seminar was on Wednesday 14th July 2010 at the St Brides Foundation in Bride Lane, just off Fleet Street, EC4Y 8EQ. The speakers were Shan Warnock-Smith QC, Mark Herbert QC and Joseph Goldsmith. The titles of the talks were as follows - "The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009", "Hastings-Bass: where are we now?" and "Restructuring Trusts using s.57 of the Trustee Act and its Offshore Equivalents".
Proprietary Estoppel and Recent Cases
On Thursday 13th May Penelope Reed QC and Ruth Hughes spoke at the STEP Central London AGM on Proprietary Estoppel and Recent Cases. The notes are available to download from here.
"The Latest Developments in Family Provision"
This seminar was held on Tuesday 9th February 2010 at the Irish Club. It was chaired by Paul Hewitt of Withers LLP and the speakers were Tracey Angus, Penelope Reed QC and Anna Clarke. The talks had the following titles. "Spouse Claims and the Divorce Cross Check", "Compromising Claims" and "The Law Commission Reforms". It was repeated on Thursday 22nd April 2010, chaired by Alison Meek of Harcus Sinclair.
"Recent Developments in the Court of Protection" 23rd November 2009
This seminar was held on Monday 23rd November and on 30th November with talks from Barbara Rich, David Rees, Joseph Goldsmith and Mark Baxter. It was repeated due to enormous interest.
STEP Annual Tax Conference 2009 - Essential Update for all Practitioners
Christopher Whitehouse was speaking at this series of one-day conferences, details of which can be found here.
Lexis Nexis "Trust and Estates Litigation Conference" 28th September 2009
Penelope Reed QC spoke on proprietary estoppel at this conference in Central London.
"Risk and Negligence in Private Client Work" 17th June 2009
The speakers at this seminar were Penelope Reed QC and Mark Baxter. It was chaired by Martyn Frost and held at the Irish Club, 2-4 Tudor Street, London EC4Y 0AA. It provided an update on latest developments aimed at all private client practioners.
"The Mental Capacity Act 2005 & The Court of Protection" 19th January 2009
Barbara Rich and David Rees spoke at this conference in Manchester organised by STEP.
"Proprietary Estoppel" 13 October 2008
We ran a seminar on Proprietary Estoppel on Monday 13th October at Staple Inn Hall. The speakers were be Karen Walden-Smith, Mark Blackett-Ord and Tracey Angus.
"Contentious Probate" 18 June 2008
The speakers at this seminar were Mark Blackett-Ord, Barbara Rich and Penelope Reed. It was chaired by Sir Alastair Norris and held at Staple Inn Hall.
"The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the New Court of Protection" 29 April 2008
There was a repeat of the highly successful seminar that was run by Chambers on 23 October 2007, entitled "The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the New Court of Protection". The speakers were Penelope Reed, Barbara Rich and David Rees. The repeat of this seminar was on 29 April 2008 at Staple Inn Hall. It was chaired by Sir Launcelot Henderson. The seminar was once again very well received and delegate Martin Terrell of Thomson Snell & Passmore wrote that "5 Stone Buildings have done a great job in making themselves pre-eminent in this area of work."
Please contact Annie Girling as above if you are interested in the speakers running a similar seminar for your firm or for a group of firms.
Tolley's Capital Gains Tax Conference 24 April 2008
Christopher Tidmarsh QC was the keynote speaker at the Tolley's Conference, "Capital Gains Tax Planning under the New Regime" held in London on 24 April 2008.
C5 European Conference in Geneva
Barbara Rich spoke at the C5 European Conference on Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery on 31 March 2008.
Validity of Wills
Penelope Reed recently gave a talk on the validity of wills for the London Central branch of STEP. The notes for this talk can be downloaded here.