The River Group
The River Group is made up of employment and partnership specialists from law firms across London who have pooled their energies to put on market-leading training and updates for private practice employment and partnership lawyers. The goal of The River Group is to provide training and legal updates, given by high profile speakers from a range of employment and partnership specialist chambers.
The seminars are aimed at private practice employment and partnership lawyers based in firms near the London Bridge area.
Our 2022/23 programme
Our season has come to an end. To register your interest for future webinars in our 2023/2024 season, please email events@wslaw.co.uk
All webinars will take place online and start at 10.00am. They will last for approximately one hour.
We do not intend to charge for these webinars. Rather, we want this to be an opportunity for employment and partnership lawyers from our respective firms to meet, network and find ways of working together whilst receiving high quality legal updates.
2022-2023 programme sessions:
Pleadings Masterclass
Thursday 28 September 2022, 10.00am
Daphne Romney QC and Carolyn D’Souza of Cloisters Chambers.
Age Discrimination Update
Thursday 27 October 2022, 10.00am
Deshpal Panesar KC and Alex Shellum of Old Square Chambers
The Anatomy of a Confidential Information Claim
Thursday 24 November 2022, 10.00am
Tom Croxford KC and Celia Rooney of Blackstone Chambers
Gender Identity Discrimination
Thursday 26 January 2023, 10.00am
Carol Davis KC and Niran de Silva KC of Littleton Chambers
Bonus Disputes
Thursday 23 February 2023, 10.00am
Daniel Stilitz KC and Jamie Susskind of 11KBW
More Than a Feeling: Pursuing Personal Injury Claims in the Tribunal
Thursday 30 March 2023, 10.00am
Tim Goodwin of 12KBW
Hybrid Working and Discrimination Claims
Thursday 27 April 2023, 10.00am
Martin Westgate KC and Paras Gorasia of Doughty Street Chambers
Employee Directors: Exits and Disputes
Thursday 23 May 2023, 10.00am
Jane McCafferty KC and Michael Lee of 11KBW
Downloads from earlier seminars
Legal Professional Privilege for Employment Lawyers: Some Common Issues
Thursday 14 October 2021, 10.00am
Paul Epstein QC and Charlotte Goodman, Cloisters
Team Moves in the Partnership Context
Thursday 11 November 2021, 10.00am
Diya Sen Gupta QC, Craig Rajgopaul & Zafar Ansari, Blackstone Chambers
Whistleblowing Masterclass
Thursday 9 December 2021, 10.00am
Niran de Silva QC, Littleton Chambers
Discrimination Masterclass
Thursday 13 January 2022, 10.00am
Deshpal Panesar QC, Old Square Chambers
The Expulsion and Forced Retirement of Partners
Thursday 10 February 2022, 10.00am
Jonathan Cohen QC, Littleton Chambers
Equal Pay: Material Factors is the Answer
Thursday 10 March 2022, 10.00am
Andrew Burns QC, Devereux Chambers
Taxies and Takeaways: Employment Status following Uber and Deliveroo
Thursday 12 May 2022, 10.00am
Daniel Stilitz QC, 11KBW
Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations
Tuesday 11 May 2021, 10.00am
Aileen McColgan QC and Elizabeth Prochaska, 11 KBW
Partner Departures and Firm Decision Making post-Braganza, and in the COVID-19 era
Thursday 25 March 2021, 10.00am
John Machell QC and Jennifer Haywood, Serle Court
Flexible and Atypical Working post COVID-19
Thursday 28 January 2021, 10.00am
Simon Cheetham QC, Old Square Chambers
COVID-19 and the Return to Work: An Epidemic of Claims?
Thursday 26 November 2020, 10.00am
Nick Siddall QC, Littleton Chambers
Issues of Remedy in Employment cases
10 September 2019, 8.30am
Paul Nicholls QC and Nathan Roberts, Matrix Chambers
Team Moves; Liabilities and Remedies
8 October 2019, 8.30am
Simon Devonshire QC and Zac Sammour, 11KBW
Concurrent Proceedings in the High Court and Employment Tribunals: Strategies and Practical Tips
12 November 2019, 8.30am
Heather Williams QC and Paras Gorasia, Doughty Street Chambers
The Overlap Between Employment and Personal Injury Claims
3 December 2019, 8.30am
Joel Kendall and Tim Goodwin, 12 King’s Bench Walk
Injunctions – Strategies, Tactics and Pitfalls
10 March 2020, 8.30am
Mohinderpal Sethi QC, Littleton Chambers
Partnerships and LLPs – golden rules for employment lawyers
9 June 2020, 8.30am
Jeremy Callman, Ten Old Square
Current Employment Issues in Financial Services and the Senior Managers Regime
21 February 2018
Richard Leiper QC and Tom Ogg, 11KBW
Remedies for Employee Competition: Damages and Injunctions
2 October 2018
Paul Goulding QC, Blackstone Chambers
Partnership Law Update for Employment Lawyers
6 November 2018
Jennifer Haywood & Eleni Dinenis, Serle Court
Transgender Law: Past, Present and Future
4 December 2018
Robin White, Old Square Chambers
Sexual Harassment Investigations in the Workplace in the ‘#MeToo’ Era
5 February 2019
Naomi Ellenbogen QC & Carol Davis, Littleton Chambers
Whistleblowing – Recent Developments
5 March 2019
Bruce Carr QC & Matthew Sellwood, Devereux Chambers
Information and Data Protection
2 April 2019
Julian Milford & Christopher Knight, 11KBW