All our lectures and seminars are accredited for CPD by both the Bar Standards Board and the Law Society for England and Wales. Any non-members wishing to attend a lecture should apply to the Administrator.

Many of the Association's events take place in Lincoln's Inn. Visitors and guests may find this map of Lincoln's Inn helpful.  (Note that New Hall is also referred to as the Great Hall.)

Seminars and Events 2008
Friday, 18 Jan 2008
CONFERENCE 2008
(ChBA members only)

CPD: 9 hours

Friday, 18 January 2008
(1.30 – 6.15 p.m. followed by a Reception)
Saturday, 19 January 2008
(9.30 a.m. – 1.45 p.m.)
Royal College of Physicians, Regent’s Park

Conference Programme

Tuesday, 22 Jan 2008
New Practitioners’ Programme
CPD: 1.5 hours
Everything you need to know about: Landlord & Tenant Possession Actions
Georgia Bedworth [ see more... ]
Tuesday, 29 Jan 2008
Unconscionability in Estoppel by Conduct - triable issue or underlying principle?
CPD: 1 hour
Mr Justice Handley
Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
6 p.m. followed by a Reception
Royal College of Surgeons, 35 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2
Tuesday, 05 Feb 2008
Cross-Border Insolvency
CPD: 1.5 hours
Chairman: Mr. Justice Mann
Peter Arden QC, William Trower QC, Felicity Toube,
Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn 5.30 – 7.00 p.m.
Followed by a Reception
Monday, 10 Mar 2008
Chancery Bar Association Annual Lecture
CPD: 1 hour
given by
The Rt Hon The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury

"The Conspirators, the Taxman, the Bill of Rights 1688, and a bit about the Lovers"
Great Hall, Lincoln’s Inn 6 – 7 p.m.
Followed by a Reception
Tuesday, 22 Apr 2008
New Practitioners’ Programme
CPD: 1.5 hours
Everything you need to know about: Bankruptcy Petitions
Matthew Smith and Sharif Shivji.  [ see more... ]

Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008
Sacred Cows in Land Law?
CPD: 1.5 hours
Chairman: Mr Justice Morgan
Timothy Harry, Dr Charles Harpum, Dr David Fox
Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn 5.30 – 7.00 p.m.
Followed by a Reception
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Company/Commercial Seminar
CPD: 1.5 hours
In association with the Northern Chancery Bar Association
Chairman:  HH Judge David Hodge QC
Edward Bartley Jones QC, Lesley Anderson QC, Giles Maynard-Connor
Advocates' Suite, Manchester Civil Justice Centre 6 - 7.30 p.m.
Followed by a Reception in the Judges' Dining Room
For more details click here

Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Confidentiality and Privacy
CPD: 1.5 hours
Joint seminar with the Professional Negligence Bar Association
Chairman: Lord Justice Chadwick
Desmond Browne QC, David Halpern QC, Charles Phipps
Great Hall, Lincoln’s Inn 5.30 – 7.00 p.m.
Followed by a Reception
Tuesday, 03 Jun 2008
Unravelling Fraud
CPD: 1.5 hours
Chairman:  HH Judge Charles Purle QC
Panel:  HHJ Charles Purle QC, John Randall QC, Richard Morgan
Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham B1 2NP
Map
Followed by a reception.


Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008
Artificial Transactions
CPD: 1.5 hours
Chairman: Mr Justice Charles (in place of Mr Justice Munby)
Dr Julian Ghosh QC, Daniel Hochberg
Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn 5.30 – 7.00 p.m.
Followed by a Reception
Wednesday, 18 Jun 2008
The Chief Justice of Australia
CPD: 1 hour

The Hon. Murray Gleeson AC: 
"The Privy Council - An Australian Perspective"
Venue:  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y  Map
6-7 p.m.   Followed by a Reception

Held jointly with the Anglo Australasian Lawyers Society and COMBAR.

Monday, 14 Jul 2008
Equity and Power
CPD: 1.5 hours
Chair: Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe
John McGhee QC, Richard Nolan, Jonathan Hilliard, Matthew Conaglen (Trinity Hall, Cambridge),
Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn 5.30 – 7.00 p.m.
Followed by a Reception

Selected Publications
ChBA response to the BSB consultation on the implications for regulation of the Bar in England and Wales of the Legal Services Act 2007
28 May 2008 | Download File
Annual Lecture: Lord Neuberger. "The Conspirators, the Tax Man, the Bill of Rights and a bit about the Lovers"
10 Mar 2008 | Download File
Draft Guidance on Money Laundering Regulations 2007
15 Dec 2007 | Download File
Library | Seminar Notes (members only)
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