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1.45pm Registration & Coffee
2.15pm Welcomes by Amanda Tipples QC, Vice Chair of the Chancery Bar Association, and
the Minister of Justice, the Hon Gilbert Licudi QC MP
2.30pm PART ONE
Chair: Adrian Jack, Justice of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar
(1) Simon Johnson, Enterprise Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn:
The implementation of UNCITRAL Model Law in Gibraltar
• Background: UNCITRAL Model Law
• Overview of the Insolvency (Cross-Border Insolvencies) Regulations 2014
• Practical points arising from English case law on Cross Border Insolvency Regulations 2006
(2) Conn MacEvilly, 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn:
Recognition of Gibraltar insolvency proceedings in English courts - practical steps
• Why apply – the benefits of a recognition order
• The legal framework
• The requirement for sanction
• Making the recognition application in England and Wales
(3) Elspeth Talbot Rice QC, XXIV Old Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn:
It's Freezing here!
• Can freestanding injunctions in support of foreign proceedings be granted?
• And against respondents against whom no cause of action is alleged?
4.00pm Refreshment Break
4.30pm Chief Justice of Gibraltar - Address
4.45pm PART TWO
Chair: Keith Azopardi QC, Chairman of the Gibraltar Bar Council
(1) Tom Leech QC, Herbert Smith Freehills:
Looking After Leviathan: Setting aside trustee decisions on the grounds of mistake
(2) Oliver Marre, Tax Chambers, 15 Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn:
The Status of Gibraltar under EU Law – a question for referral to the CJEU “par excellence”
• Recent UK cases, including Fisher v HMRC and The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association litigation
• European / Human rights case law
• The current reference to the CJEU
• Relevance and impact for those in practice in Gibraltar and those doing business in Gibraltar
(3) Nicholas Le Poidevin QC, New Square Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn:
Challenges to trusts internationally and firewalls
• Enforcement and jurisdiction
• Gaps in firewalls
• Divorce
• Confidentiality and disclosure
6.15pm Closing Remarks
6.20pm Champagne & Canapés Reception
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