Junior Litigators’ Forum
ConTrA and Informa Connect bring you a brand-new 'Staycation' focused on trusts and estate issues for the junior litigator
Alongside an insightful agenda curated by an advisory board of ConTrA members, enjoy unrivalled networking activities that provide the perfect opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new lasting connections
You're invited
Join us in Birmingham this May to be part of the inaugural Junior Litigators' Forum - two days of content, a packed speaker line-up and a full social agenda!
Agenda highlights:
Our agenda is curated by a 9-member advisory board consisting of practitioners from across the trusts and estate sphere and includes topics such as:
- Debate: Will challenges get easier every year (and so they should)
- Equity isn’t just for artists (and why it’s for trust litigators)
- Professional negligence in wills, trusts and probate
- When the gloves come off: dirty tricks in litigation and how to deal with them
- Trustee blessing applications and other useful directions
- Building your personal brand
Our 2024 speakers include:
Join us to establish your profile and further your career prospects
The speakers
In keeping with ConTrA's ethos of championing up-and-coming speakers, our agenda will be led by a mix of senior industry figures and rising stars.
Our stellar speaker lineup will deliver invaluable insights on complex topics over two jam-packed days.
The networking
Make the most of your experience by joining us for plentiful networking opportunities in informal settings.
Establish connections with our speakers and other delegates over drinks at the hotel and continue the conversation at our games bar networking.
The attendees
Who should attend? Any junior litigator or trustee involved in trusts and estates.
The conference is made for the next generation of the contentious trusts sphere. Join us to establish your profile and further your career prospects.
Previous attendees at ConTrA & Informa Connect events include:
Irwin Mitchell
Mishcon de Reya
Farrer & Co
Boodle Hatfield
Baker & McKenzie
Mourant Ozannes
5 Stone Buildings
Anthony Gold Solicitors
Macfarlanes
Bedell Cristin
Stephenson Harwood
Gatehouse Chambers
Walkers
Forsters
Carey Olsen
Sinclair Gibson
Shoosmiths
Womble Bond Dickinson
Taylor Wessing
Stewarts
Michelmores
Serle Court
Payne Hicks Beach
Collas Crill
Maitland Chambers
Howard Kennedy
Paget-Brown Chambers
Barlow Robbins
XXIV Old Buildings
Charles Russell Speechlys
Gowling WLG
Pennington Manches Cooper
New Square Chambers
Freeths
Evelyn Partners
BDB Pitmans
Bolt Burdon
Radcliffe Chambers
Mills & Reeve
Russell-Cooke Solicitors
Thomas Snell & Passmore
Appleby
Wedlake Bell
Dickinson Gleeson
Kinglsey Napley
Ogier
Stevens & Bolton
Wilberforce Chambers
Harcus Sinclair
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Summit Trust
Moore Barlow
Withers
Collyer Bristow
Outer Temple Chambers
Maurice Turnor Gardner
Grant Thornton
Osbornes Law
Burges Salmon
Ten Old Square
Selborne Chambers
Serjeants' Inn Chambers
Butterfield
CPD Certified
Attendance at this conference may be used to claim CPD from your professional body. The number of hours, or points may vary from body to body. Your attendance will also help you to comply with the CPD requirements for those professional bodies which do not apply a points-based, or hours-based CPD programme. Where your body insists on the undertaking of verifiable CPD, attendance at this conference will help you to meet your verifiable CPD requirement.
Informa is the world’s leading provider of CPD and CPE certification. Attendance at our conferences, courses and seminars will allow you to gain practical and methodical skills to develop your professional knowledge. Upon request, we will supply you with a certificate of attendance to facilitate your CPD submission with your professional membership organisation.