Events

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Date: 7 MAR 2012

WIN Essential Legal Update 2012

Where:

DLA Piper UK LLP
Princes Exchange
Princes Square

Leeds  LS1 4BY

United Kingdom

Register

Speaker(s): Paul Burnley , Iain Bowler , Andrew Dyson , Stephen Atkinson , Mark Lynch , Glenn Sharpe , Mark Chidley , Vikki Massarano , Guy Lamb , Paul Stone

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DLA Piper UK LLP is pleased to announce its forthcoming Essential Legal Update on 7 March 2012.

This free seminar will comprise of various updates on important new cases and includes sessions covering legal issues relating to:

• Employment and pensions
• Litigation and regulatory
• Real estate and planning
• Finance
• Corporate and commercial

Porgramme

8:30am  Registration
9:00am  Welcome address
12:45pm Networking lunch

Regulatory - Paul Burnley, Partner

• The Bribery Act - Eight months on and what have you done?
• Foreseeability of risk and causation of injury in health and safety prosecutions - the Veolia and Tangerine cases. What does the prosecution have to prove ? 
• Director liability - a changing scenario and therefore a change in strategy needed

Commercial - Iain Bowler, Partner

• Contract law update - meaning of 'endeavours' obligations in contracts, 'no waiver' clauses and losing your right to act
• Drafting pitfalls - ineffective 'entire agreement' clause and the topic of 'severence'
• Limitation of liability - are your limitations reasonable?

Information law - Andrew Dyson, Partner

• Understanding the new Data Protection Regulations - a simplified regulatory regime but with new hurdles
• Update on cookies - time is running out to change the way these are deployed 
• Using social media as a business development tool - common legal pitfalls

Corporate - Stephen Atkinson, Partner

• Update on trends and developments in corporate law: the takeover code
• Board composition and effectiveness 
• Reasonable v best endeavours 
• Capital structures

Real estate - Mark Lynch, Partner

• The continuing development of case law regarding Authorised Guarantee Agreements
• Tenant's rights to break leases - pit falls to avoid 
• Rights of light and local authority powers

Energy and planning - Glenn Sharpe, Partner

• Is the UK's planning system capable of delivering safe, secure and affordable energy?
• A review of the latest developments in the planning system relating to the development of energy supply infrastructure.

Finance - Mark Chidley, Partner 

• Recent banking case developments
• Financial regulation update

Pensions - Vikki Massarano, Partner 

• Automatic enrolment 
• The types of 'workers' to be covered by the auto-enrolment requirements
• The levels of employer obligations under the auto-enrolment legislation 
• The requirements to be met by qualifying pension schemes

Employment - Guy Lamb, Partner

• Employment law and tribunal reform
• Social media

Alternative dates and locations
Manchester - 13 March
Liverpool - 21 March
Birmingham - 23 March

For further information, please contact