Employment Rights Act 2025: What employers must do now - Emma Capper

This session will focus on the wave of changes arriving in October 2026 and January 2027. From new sexual harassment duties and third party harassment obligations, to sweeping trade union rights and the fire and rehire reforms, our expert employment lawyers will set out exactly what is changing, when, and what it means in practice for your organisation. This fast-paced, practical overview will leave you clear on your compliance priorities, and offer a brief look further ahead at reforms still to come.

What makes for a good AI deployment? (and what is the In-House Lawyer’s role in all of this?) - Richard Nicholas

Along with the rest of the business, many in-house legal teams have taken pilots of AI solutions are now using them in practice.  But what makes for a successful deployment? What should you be looking for as the in-house counsel both in terms of the procurement of an AI solution and its ongoing management? And since when did that become your job as well? We’ll be answering questions, giving you a clear roadmap and playbook of what to expect (and what the AI solution providers won’t tell you!) and exploring how you can either be the person the business speaks to about AI or (if you prefer) how you can neatly delegate that role.

4.30pm - 5pm

Immigration: Top three topics every employer and in-house lawyer should know about - Yawar Abbas

With immigration policy never far from the news agenda, this session covers three developments that are making their way onto the in-house lawyer's desk right now. We will give you a practical, no-jargon briefing on the issues affecting employers today. We will look at the expansion of employers' duty to prevent illegal working beyond traditional employment relationships, the rise in Home Office scrutiny and sponsor license enforcement, including why revocations are at a record high, and what good sponsorship compliance looks like in practice. We will also scan the horizon and touch on other topical developments you and your colleagues may come across, and why it is not all doom and gloom.

Five hot consumer and advertising topics in 25 hot minutes - Katharine Mason

Consumer and advertising law is moving fast. and keeping up has never been more important. In this punchy, practical session, our experts will highlight exactly what you need to know right now, separating the nice-to-know from the genuinely business-critical. We will be covering five of the hottest topics on the regulatory agenda: pricing transparency and discount pricing, subscription contracts, green claims, AI, and less healthy food advertising. Whether you are grappling with new rules already in force or trying to get ahead of what is coming, this session will give you clear, actionable insight.