NEWSLETTER Newsletter Archive: Feb 2009

May 2009

Fraud in an Insurance and Commercial Context
Our next CPD seminar will be held on Thursday 14 May 2009 and is on Fraud in an Insurance and Commercial Context.

Jeffrey Terry (Kings Chambers) will open with a talk covering commercial fraud generally (with some particular aspects of relevance to insurance fraud) and he will be followed by Roger Bescoby (Mike India 5 Ltd) with a talk about surveillance activities and covert observation "on the ground" and in infiltration scenarios. Roger’s remit covers insurance fraud, but also employment (absence management), commercial fraud and copyright. He will explain the effect of privacy laws on operations, and discuss new technological advances - with video footage of his successes!

The seminar will be held at the Radisson Edwardian Manchester, commencing 6.00pm (with registration from 5.30pm).

Please reserve a place by emailing our Administrator, Sara Brett (admin@nccba.org.uk) promptly as demand is sure to be high for what promise to be a couple of fascinating and useful talks.

This seminar will carry 1 ½ hours CPD

June Talks
Our June CPD seminar on Thursday 11 June 2009 is on Sports Law, and will be presented by David Casement QC and Mark Harper. This will be held at Kings Chambers, commencing 6.00pm (with registration from 5.30pm), and will be followed by a Drinks Reception.

On Thursday 25 June 2009 we will be hosting the next event in our New Practitioners’ Programme. HHJ David Waksman QC and Mark Cawson QC will be talking on Applications to the Judge, Case Management, Applications Day, Applications by Order and Interim Injunctions. This will provide a practical and detailed introduction to the work of the Mercantile Court. This will be held at the Radisson Edwardian Manchester, starting at 6.00pm (with registration from 5.30).

Each of these events will carry 1 ½ hours CPD.

Northern Chancery Bar Association Company Seminar
Members who are also members of the NCBA are reminded about the NCBA Company Law Conference to be held on Saturday 9 May 2009 at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre. This is the NCBA’s first annual conference, and the guest speakers include the Vice-Chancellor, Mr Justice David Richards, Professor David Milman and Professor Graham Virgo.

Contact Lesley Anderson QC at Kings Chambers, or Giles Maynard-Connor at Exchange Chambers for further details.

Questionnaires
Members should have received questionnaires by email to complete so that we can put individual member details on the NCCBA web site with links to members’ respective Chambers’ web sites.

If you have not already completed your form could you please do so as soon as possible so that we can open up that section of the NCCBA web site.

Mark Cawson QC