Hugh James webinars: Full series

Construction Law update| July 2023

A webinar overview of the latest construction law updates, where Matthew Stevens discusses supplier liability and the battle of the forms. He is joined by Iwan Jenkins who looks at the concept of ESG and lastly Alun Tobias who looks at tackling Co-Insurance.

Commercial Property Management for Housing Associations

Many housing associations own commercial properties, such as retail units and office space, as part of their property portfolios. The webinar will guide you through a reset on existing tenancies and renewal leases to maximise the opportunities these properties can bring and increase the income that can be reinvested into your other activities.

Diligence and tactics for Contractor Insolvency

A step by step guide to preventing these issues through due diligence as well as helping you navigate the legal minefield of contractor insolvency.

Employment Law Update | April 2023

This update covers case law developments likely to be of interest to HR practitioners as well as the key legislative changes that lie ahead in 2023 and beyond, including the new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill. We also briefly consider the potential implications of the draft statutory code of practice to stop ‘fire and rehire’ practices recently published by the government.

Procurement Bill Deep Dive

The third webinar in our procurement reform webinar series, providing an overview of the Procurement Bill. Emily Powell, Partner & Head of Procurement is joined by Carl Thomas, Procurement Reform Stakeholder & Policy Lead at Welsh Government, providing a holistic session that covers not only the legislation but key tips for what you, as contracting authorities, will need to do to comply with the anticipated requirements of the Bill in practice.

Construction Law Update | March 2023

A webinar overview of the latest construction law updates, where Matthew Stevens discusses how to get JCT Contract Terminations Notices right. He is joined by Tom MacSwayne who covers the Notice of Dissatisfaction mechanism contained within the NEC suite of Contracts and Alun Tobias who looks at claim limitations.

Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill deep dive

The second webinar in our procurement reform webinar series. Deep dive into the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) (SPPP) Bill. Matt Detheridge, Solicitor at Hugh James, is joined by Sue Hurrell, Head of Fair Work Procurement at Welsh Government, providing a holistic session that covers not only the legislation but key tips for what you, as contracting authorities, will need to do to comply with the anticipated requirements of the Bill in practice.

The future of public procurement

The first webinar in our procurement reform webinar series, providing an overview of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill and Procurement Bill. Emily Powell, Partner & Head of Procurement & Matt Detheridge, Solicitor at Hugh James, set out the aims of both of these bills and their current anticipated timetable. They cover an overview of what is anticipated from them and what this may mean for contracting authorities and tenderers.

Utilising regulation 72 PCR to respond to the challenges of inflationary pressures

A webinar discussing how contracting authorities might respond to challenges they are facing in their public contracts in light of on-going inflationary and supply chain pressures.

Emily Powell, Partner and Head of Procurement discusses options available to contracting authorities to amend public contracts in reliance on regulation 72 PCR and how this can assist contracting authorities to manage their public contracts in light of increasing costs and changes to the market.