Upcoming Events
If you are interested in hosting an event, and would like to discuss your ideas, please get in touch with the Events committee at info@actaps.com
20 November 2025
ACTAPS Regional Event - North of England
Time: 18:00-21:00
Location:
The Queens Hotel, New Station Street, City Square, Leeds, LS1 1PJ
ACTAPS Members: FREE | Non-Members: FREE
You are invited to join members of the ACTAPS Committee for an evening of drinks and refreshments.
This is a great opportunity to:
- Hear about the Association’s objectives and the benefits of membership
- Share your thoughts on what you would like to see from ACTAPS in the North of England
- Network with fellow professionals in a relaxed and welcoming setting
6 November 2025
The ACTAPS Annual Lecture 2025 & AGM
Time: 17:00-19:30
Location:
International Dispute Resolution Centre, 1 Paternoster Lane, St. Paul’s, London, EC4M 7BQ
ACTAPS Members: FREE
Arrival & Registration: 17:00-18:00
Seminar: 17:30-18:00
Lecture: 18:15-19:15
The event:
The ACTAPS Annual Lecture 2025 by Justice Leech
To be preceded by the Association’s AGM
7 October 2025
ACTAPS London Event
Time: 17:30-19:30
Location:
Serle Court Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn, 6 New Square, London, WC2A 3QS
ACTAPS Members: FREE
Arrival & Registration: 17:30-18:00
Seminar: 18:00-19:00
Networking & Refreshments: 19:00-19:30
The event:
Hirachand: a panel discussion and Q&A with...
Sir Nicholas Francis
Master McQuail
Christopher Wagstaffe KC, 29 Bedford Row
Constance McDonnell KC, Serle Court
Sophia Rogers, Radcliffe Chambers
An interactive panel discussion focusing on the future of funding, settlement options and practical implications for practitioners in 1975 Act claims post-Hirachand v Hirachand. The audience will hear from the counsel team for the Respondent in the Supreme Court case and have the rare opportunity to hear from the bench on these issues including Sir Nicholas Francis (former High Court Judge of the Family Division) and Master McQuail (Chancery Master).
We hope you can join us on the day. With wine and canapés served afterwards, it will be a great opportunity to meet the speakers and continue the conversation. Please note that this session will take place in person and will also be streamed online for those unable to attend.
Livestream Link
16 September 2025
ACTAPS Regional Event - Cambridge
Time: 16:30-19:00
Location:
Mills & Reeve, Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB1 2PH
ACTAPS Members: FREE | Non-Members: £10
Arrival & Refreshments: 16:00-16:30
Seminar: 16:30-17:30
Drinks & Nibbles: 17:30-19:00
Panel discussion and Q&A:
And the Kitchen Sink? When and how to set limits in probate disputes
Varying and amending trusts to make them fit for 2025: illegitimate children, extended perpetuity periods, problematic administrative powers and other pitfalls.
Panel:
Tiffany Scott KC, Wilberforce Chambers
Simon Atkinson, Wilberforce Chambers
Michael Ashdown, Wilberforce Chambers
Chaired by:
Lucinda Brown, Mills & Reeve
8 July 2025
ACTAPS Summer Party
Time: 18:00-21:00
Location:
Amazing Grace London Bridge, 9a Saint Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RY
Please join the committee and fellow members for our Summer party: an evening of drinks and canapés and a chance to network with fellow members.
26 June 2025
ACTAPS Guernsey Event
Time: 17:00
Location:
Collas Crill LLP, Glategny Court, Glategny Esplanade, St Peter Port
Please join members of the ACTAPS committee for drinks, a lunch light and a presentation of the Association's objectives and the benefits of membership.
This invitation is open to all members of the Guernsey Bar and non-locally qualified lawyers, who are substantially engaged in contentious trust and probate law and practice.
25 June 2025
ACTAPS Jersey Event
Time: 17:00
Location:
Collas Crill LLP, Gaspé House, 66-72 Esplanade, St Helier
Please join members of the ACTAPS committee for drinks, canapes and a presentation of the Association's objectives and the benefits of membership.
This invitation is open to all members of the Jersey Bar and non-locally qualified lawyers, who are substantially engaged in contentious trust and probate law and practice.
11 June 2025
ACTAPS London Central
Time: 12:45-17:30
Location:
Charles Russell Speechlys, 5 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RD
Registration and coffee: 12.45 to 13.10
Seminar sessions: 13.15 to 16.25
Networking, canapes and drinks: 16.25 – 17.30
ACTAPS Annual Half Day Seminar
Speakers:
1.15pm - 1.45pm
Thomas Dumont KC, Radcliffe Chambers
A practical seminar session: How to lose, or rather not lose,
your case: what you need to focus on to avoid disaster
1.45pm - 2.30pm
Alexander Learmonth KC, New Square Chambers
An update on the Law Commission’s Draft Bill on Wills
2.50pm - 4.20pm
Louise Corfield, No 5 Chambers
with Millie Rai, New Square Chambers and Priya Wagjiani, 5 Stone Buildings
A practical workshop centred around a problem scenario ‘Estates with assets out of the Jurisdiction'
21 May 2025
ACTAPS Birmingham Event
Time: 17:00-20:00
Location:
No5 Chambers, Birmingham
ACTAPS Members: FREE | Non-Members: £10
Arrival & Refreshments: 17:00 - 17:30
Seminar: 17:30-19:30
Drinks & Nibbles: 19:30-20:00
Seminar: An insider’s guide to Hirachand and Howe and the implications going forward
An interactive panel discussion bringing to life elements of the recent 1975 Act decisions in Hirachand v Hirachand [2024] UKSC 43 and Howe v Howe. Come and listen to the lawyers behind these high profile decisions, who will tell you about some of the lesser known elements of the cases and discuss the possible implications for future 1975 Act claims.
Panel Session with:
Brie Stevens-Hoare KC, Gatehouse Chambers
Cameron Stocks, Gatehouse Chambers
Martin Oliver, Wright Hassall LLP
Andrew Bishop, Rothley Law
James McKean, New Square Chambers