Name
Breakout Sessions
Date & Time
Thursday, June 13, 2019, 2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
Description

A) Understanding and Dealing with Difficult People

This interactive break out session, will take participants through the tools necessary to deal with challenging individuals during the litigation process. As a lawyer, how should you treat and respond to such witnesses and claimants?

Breakout Moderator:

Daisy Levay, Managing Director and Head of Corporate Legal, Nomura

Speakers:

Karl Mackie, Founder President and Mediator, Centre For Effective Dispute Resolution 

Josie Cox, Journalist and Communications Consultant

Andrew Williams, Former Global Head of Compliance and Former General Counsel, UBS

B) Retail Banking and Competition

This session will focus on the key developments and cases affecting the retail banking sector, with a particular focus on trends arising out of competition law.

Breakout Moderator:
 
Tom Connor, Partner, Ashurst
 
Speakers:
 
Victoria Wakefield QC, Brick Court Chambers
 
John Taylor, QC, Fountain Court
 

C) Group Actions and Litigation Funding

With group litigation on the rise, gain understanding of the appetite of funders, the cases they are interested in and the current UK trends. How can you minimise the costs and risks associated with group actions, and how should these groups be best managed?

Breakout Moderator:

James Oldnall, Partner, Mishcon de Reya

Speakers:

Lucy Pert, Partner, Hausfeld 

Nicola Chesaites, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Sponsored by Mishcon de Reya