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Wed 9 September 2026
9.00am - 10.00am
Effective 1 January 2027, the changes to unfair dismissal law will have the biggest day-to-day impact of all the reforms introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025. The reduction of the qualifying service requirement from two years to six months, combined with the removal of the compensation cap, will materially increase the number of potential claims and raise claimants' expectations around severance. For UK employers, this means a fundamentally different risk landscape for managing performance, conduct, and exits - one that requires consideration and preparation well before the change takes effect.
Two leading voices to help you formulate your response to this shift:
• Stewart Gee, Head of Individual Dispute Resolution at ACAS, will discuss the current state of play, what ACAS expects as the changes take hold, and the consultation on the revised ACAS Code of Practice on Discipline and Grievance Procedures.
• Ben Willmott, Head of Public Policy and Practice at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), will share insights from CIPD's dialogue with its membership on how HR and People professionals are preparing to respond to this change.
We will close the session by sharing the practical solutions and strategies we believe will help employers minimize the risks and liabilities these changes create.
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Wed 30 September 2026
2.00pm - 3.00pm
The opportunities arising from adopting AI tools across businesses are abundantly clear. AI tools are transforming how teams operate, enabling faster analysis and drafting, and document review at scale.
An important question for businesses looking to use these tools is how to manage legal privilege/professional secrecy and to understand the impact of the documents being created. Recent court decisions in both the U.S. and England suggest that incautious use of AI tools can lead to a loss of privilege or mean that no claim to privilege arises in the first place, potentially exposing sensitive documents to scrutiny by adverse parties, regulators, and prosecutors.
With perspectives from the U.S., England, the UAE and Germany, this seminar is designed to help organizations navigate this evolving area whilst continuing to benefit from using AI.
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Wed 7 October 2026
12.30pm - 1.30pm
A review of developments in banking and finance law that have taken place in the last six months.
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