CLF Year Planner 2026

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The CLF committee presents the following programme for 2026:


January 2026

Thurs
15
Jan

Addleshaw Goddard-hosted dinner with Cornerstone Research

Will the Credit Suisse Life v Ivanishvili judgment open the floodgates for securities litigation in the UK? Everything you need to know.

Weds
21
Jan

Blackstone-hosted breakfast with Ogier, Mintz and opentext

Cross-border disputes in a turbulent world

February 2026

Weds
4
Feb

Slaughter and May-hosted breakfast with Epiq and Lighthouse

The Hidden Threat Within: Information Governance: Legal Strategies for Data Security and Insider Risk

Weds
11
Feb

Stewarts-hosted breakfast with Balance Legal Capital, Harbour Underwriting and Menzies

The Settlement Sweet Spot: leveraging negotiation strategy and timing to optimise outcomes for all stakeholders in funded litigation

March 2026

Thurs
5
Mar

CLF Associates Breakfast Event: Beyond borders: navigating the maze of multi-jurisdictional litigation

Hosted by RPC, with CLF sponsors attending

Tues
10
Mar

Committee meeting & spring drinks

Hosted by McDermott Will & Schulte

April 2026

Tues
28
Apr

CLF Student Pro Bono Evening

Hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

May 2026

Tues
5
May

AGM & summer drinks

Hosted by Freshfields

Weds
13
May

CMS-hosted dinner with Crimson

Beyond the hype: What is AI actually good (and bad) at? · A hard look at where AI truly helps—and where it quietly harms. · What we should automate, what we shouldn’t, and how to tell the difference.

Weds
20
May

Clifford Chance-hosted dinner with Relativity

Topic TBC

June 2026

Mon
8
Jun

BCLP-hosted dinner with Kain Knight

How might Mazur affect not only our litigation practice but your firm's entire business model?

Weds
24
Jun

Summer reception at the Royal Courts of Justice

Thurs
25
Jun

Travers Smith-hosted breakfast with Grant Thornton

From Code to Courtroom: Making Sense of Crypto Valuation in Disputes

July 2026

Weds
15
Jul

Private breakfast/dinner

September 2026

Tues
22
Sep

Monckton Chambers-hosted dinner with Cornerstone Research

Topic TBC

Weds
23
Sep

Private committee dinner

Venue tbc

October 2026

Date to be confirmed, Oct
Early
TBC
Oct

Private dinner

Hausfeld, at 67 Pall Mall

Date to be confirmed, Oct
Early
TBC
Oct

In House Pro Bono Fair

Weds
21
Oct

Private breakfast

Hosted by Lewis Silkin

November 2026

Date to be confirmed, Nov
Early
TBC
Nov

GC100 breakfast

Thurs
19
Nov

Brown Rudnick-hosted dinner with LevelBlue

Topic TBC

Date to be confirmed, Nov
Mid
TBC
Nov

House of Lords dinner

Tues
24
Nov

Committee meeting & Xmas drinks

Hosted by Debevoise & Plimpton

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