Legal Cheek, the official partner of the COMBAR Social Mobility Mentoring Scheme, will be hosting a seminar for future commercial barristers.

Aimed at students and graduates, the virtual short talks will be held on Thursday 18 July from 4pm to 5pm – Please register your interest here

Panelists:

Alex Wright KC – 4 Pump Court and Chair of the COMBAR Social Mobility Mentoring Scheme
Sheriar Khan –  Atkin Chambers
Isobel Kamber – Keating Chambers
Adam Brown – Future pupil at One Essex Court and former COMBAR mentee

The panelists will offer their top tips for pupillage applications to commercial sets, as well as sharing anecdotes and insights into their personal experience accessing a career at the Bar.  They will also explore the COMBAR Social Mobility Mentoring scheme, which pairs individuals from groups who are under-represented at the Bar with practitioners from COMBAR member sets, and how the scheme can help you to secure a commercial pupillage.

Junior COMBAR will be holding a summer social from 6pm on 17th July at Baranis, Chancery Lane. Pizza, charcuterie and snacks will be available, along with a range of drinks. We will also have use of the pétanque courts.

The event is open to Junior COMBAR Members only. Pupils welcome.

Please sign up here.

A session to discuss (under the Chatham House rule) the practicalities of juggling parenthood and practice.

Panellists:

Philippa Hopkins KC, Essex Court Chambers
Jemma Tagg, CEO Twenty Essex
Philip Hinks, 3VB
Laura Newton, Brick Court Chambers

The talk will take place in rooms at the Ashworth Centre at Lincoln’s Inn from 1pm to 2pm.  This is a change to the original early evening schedule.

The event will be hybrid but NOT recorded. It is open to COMBAR members only and pupils are welcome.

Please register here  for in-person attendance. Those joining online do not need to register. A ZOOM link will be circulated closer to the event.

Those planning to attend in person or online are welcome to submit questions (or topics for discussion) in advance using the registration form, either on a named basis or anonymously.

David Quest KC will give a talk on cryptocurrency disputes to members of Junior COMBAR.

The talk will be held at the Ashworth Centre, Lincoln’s Inn at 17:45.

In person attendance is encouraged.

Registration is now closed.  Those attending online do not need to register. Pupils welcome.

A link will be circulated closer to the event.

On 14 May 2024, Junior COMBAR is holding the first in a series of introductory talks concerning specialist areas of commercial law. The lectures are aimed at those in their first five years as a practitioner, all members of Junior COMBAR are welcome to attend.

Iain Quirk KC will lead an introduction to arbitration-related applications, challenges and appeals before the Commercial Court, including practical advice concerning such matters.

The event will be hosted at Essex Court Chambers in a hybrid format from 17:30 to 18:30 on 14 May 2024. Registration for in person attendance has now closed.

Alison Macdonald KC and Naomi Hart will give a talk followed by questions. Please note this talk has been moved from the 21st to the 20th May 2024.

The talk will take place in rooms at the Ashworth Centre at Lincoln’s Inn from 5:45pm to 6.45pm.

The event will be hybrid and recorded.

It is open to COMBAR members only and pupils are welcome.

Please register here for in-person attendance.  Those joining online do not need to register.

Mr Justice Henshaw will give a talk followed by questions.

The talk will take place in rooms at the Ashworth Centre at Lincoln’s Inn from 5:45pm to 6.45pm.

The event will be hybrid and recorded.

It is open to COMBAR members only and pupils are welcome.

Please register here for in-person attendance.  Those joining online do not need to register.

The Commercial Court Seminar on Professional Negligence will take place In the Ashworth Centre Lecture Theatre at Lincoln’s Inn on the 7th May 2024 at 5.30pm.

Chair: Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr.

Mrs Justice Dias “Scope of Duty in 2024:  Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton and Meadows v Khan three years on”

Professor Janet O’Sullivan, Professor of Private Law, University of Cambridge, “Limitation and professional negligence: where are we now?”

Leigh-Ann Mulcahy KC, Fountain Court Chambers “Hidden Clients”: Recent Developments in Duties owed by Professionals to Third Parties

All are welcome. Please register here. A webinar link will be sent to online attendees just before the event.

Patrick Goodall KC will give a talk followed by questions.

The talk will take place in rooms at the Ashworth Centre at Lincoln’s Inn from 5:45pm to 6.45pm.

The event will be hybrid and recorded.

It is open to COMBAR members only and pupils are welcome.

On 8 March 2024, COMBAR is holding a breakfast for female advocates to mark International Women’s Day. This will provide an opportunity to meet other barristers in an informal setting, network and share experiences. Juniors are strongly encouraged to attend.

The breakfast will be hosted by Gatehouse Chambers from 08:30. A range of continental breakfast options will be available.

The event is open to female COMBAR members, female pupils are also welcome.

Address for Gatehouse Chambers: 1 Lady Hale Gate, London WC1X 8BS