BSLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

BSLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE - PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
PALMA DE MALLORCA 14 – 16 May 2015
Balearic Bar Association
Ramblas 10
07003
Palma de Mallorca
Baleares (Spain)
Conference Language: English
Why attend?
The interactive two and a half day event has been designed to provide delegates
with the up to date knowledge and tools needed to successfully look after their
international Anglo-Spanish clients.
Case studies, panel discussions and networking with leading practitioners will give
delegates an experience-driven learning opportunity.
Who should attend?
All solicitors and professionals involved in English Welsh/Spanish legal systems.
Thursday, 14th May 2015
18.30: Welcome reception at the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Islas Baleares (Balearic Bar
Association)
20.00: Cocktail at Es Baluard, Plaça de la Porta de Santa Catalina, 10, 07012, Palma.
Friday, 15th May 2015
09.00 – 09.30: Registration at the Balearic Bar’s headquarters
09.30 – 09.45: Opening of the conference
Welcome by Alberto Perez Cedillo, chairman of the British Spanish Law Association, and
Representative of Balearic Law Society
09.45 – 10.30: Pride and (without) Prejudice: inter-partes communications in England &
Wales and Spain
Speakers:
David Gordon Hughes Barrister Thirty Park Place Chambers
Carlota Fernandez Messrs Lexland
10.30 – 11.15: Until the pre nup tears us apart
Speakers:
Sarah Lucy Cooper Barrister Thomas More Chambers
Paula Piquer Ruz Messrs Alberto Perez Cedillo Spanish Lawyers and Solicitors
11.15 – 11.30: Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.15 Private Client Session: Are you ready for the new European Regulation on
Succession?
Speakers:
Alvaro Aznar Azcarate Messrs Alberto Perez Cedillo Spanish Lawyers and Solicitors
12.15 – 13.00: Personal Injury Session: European Updates
Speakers:
Macarena Cañada del Real Messrs Alberto Perez Cedillo Spanish Lawyers and Solicitors
Jennifer Lund Messrs Irwin Mitchell
13.00 – 13.20: Introduction to ENASEDI
Speaker:
Montse Gómez Ferreres Coordinator of the International Section of the Murcia Bar
Association of Lawyers
13.20 – 15.50: Lunch at Restaurante Buscando el Norte, Calle San Miguel, 77, 07002 Palma,
Islas Baleares, Spain. Speed dating.
15.50 – 17.50: Breakout sessions: British and Spanish lawyers will discuss recent
developments and hot topics in roundtable discussions. Delegates will be able to choose 2 of
the topics below which are of most interest
1) Hague Convention session Child Abduction
Speakers:
Carolina Marín Pedreño Messrs Dawson Cornwell
Caroline Korah Messrs Dawson Cornwell
2) Balancing Borders: Human Rights in Extradition Proceedings
Speaker:
Martha Baselga Messrs Kaim Todner
3) Taxation updates
Speaker:
Antoni Murt Prats Messrs Ernst & Young Abogados
20.30: Dinner at Restaurante Caballito de Mar, C/ Paseo Sagrera, 5, 07012, Palma.
Saturday, 16th May 2015
10.00 – 11.00: Insolvency in the UK and Spain: a comparative study
Speakers:
Amparo Arbáizar Messrs Amorós Arbáizar
David Bowman Messrs Royds LLP
11.00 – 12.00: International Asset Forfeiture: The Cross-Border Recovery of the Proceeds
of Crime and Corruption
Speaker:
Richard Saynor Barrister 23 Essex St Chambers
12.00 – 12.15: Coffee break
12.15 – 13.15: Employment updates
Speaker:
Bharat Nahar Messrs Royds LLP
Jorge Caballero Alvarez Messrs Ernst & Young Abogados
13.15: Closing of the Conference
In collaboration with:
The Conference will be CPD accredited for 7.5 hours both by the SRA on
behalf of the Law Society and by the BSB on behalf of the Bar Council
THURSDAY 14th –SATURDAY 16th MAY 2015
PALMA CONFERENCE 2015
I would like to attend the BSLA Conference in Palma, Spain
Thursday 14th of May to Saturday 16th of May 2015
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Booking Conference (Please tick)
I am a Lawyer registered with the ICAIB and will only be attending the conference sessions:
£0
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I am a Member of the BSLA or a Lawyer registered with the ICAIB and will be attending the
Conference sessions and social programme (cocktail on 14 May and lunch and dinner on 15
May):
£200
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I am not a Member of the BSLA and will be attending the Conference sessions and social
programme (cocktail on 14 May and lunch and dinner on 15 May):
£250
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Please return together with a cheque payable to the BSLA (British Spanish Law Association)
at 1 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3SA. Tel: 020 3077 0000 Fax: 020 7404 7821,
E-mail: cedillo@apcedillo.com
Alternatively Bank Payment by bank transfer to:
British Spanish Law Association
Bank: NATWEST
Branch: Bloomsbury, 214 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7BX
IBAN: GB19 NWBK 6030 0626 7176 89
BIC: NWBK GB2L
Please quote “PALMA and your name”
Suggested Hotel
Inside Palma Centre (Melia) (4*)
Font i Monteros, 23
Mallorca – Palma 07003
Phone: 0034 971 17 02 00
Preferential rates conference:
Room only:
117€ double room
Room and Breakfast:
150€ double room
135€ single room
For discounted rate please email Carolina.darder@melia.com and indicate that you are
attending the British Spanish Law Association Conference