11th ANNUAL BICBA COMMERCIAL LAW FORUM
ESG & Diversity in Commercial Law
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Date:
Thursday 30 March 2023

Venue:
Dublin Dispute Resolution Centre, Church Street, Dublin 7.
BICBA Conference

MORNING

09:00 - Registration


09:30 - Welcome / Opening Address

  • Mr. Justice Denis McDonald, Commercial Court of Ireland

09:45 - Panel Session: The Commercial Court in Operation in Ireland, England and Northern Ireland

  • Chair of Panel: Kelley Smith SC
  • Mr. Justice Denis McDonald, Commercial Court of Ireland
  • Madam Justice Denise McBride, Commercial Court of Northern Ireland
  • His Honour Judge Richard Pearce, Manchester Circuit Commercial Court of England

10:15 - Ethics in Litigation

  • Rossa Fanning SC, Attorney General of Ireland

10:30 - Panel Session: Ethics in litigation

  • Chair of Panel: Madam Justice Denise McBride
  • Rossa Fanning SC, Attorney General of Ireland
  • His Honour Mr. Justice Michael Humphreys, Judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland
  • The Hon. Judge Richard Pearce
  • Margaret Gray SC KC

11:15 - Coffee Break


11:45 - Panel Session: Restructuring & Insolvency

  • Speaker: Lyndon MacCann SC
  • Chair of Panel: Mr. Justice Michael Quinn, Commercial Court of Ireland
  • Andrew O'Leary, Managing Director, Interpath Advisory
  • Toby McMurray, Partner, Tughans LLP
  • Lisa Smyth, Partner, McCann Fitzgerald LLP
  • Gordon Hollerin, Partner, Harper Macleod LLP

12:45 - Lunch

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AFTERNOON

14:00 - Panel Session: Arbitration Funding – New developments and learnings from Ireland and the UK

  • Speaker: Colm Ó'hOisín SC
  • Chair of Panel: Mr. Justice David Barniville, President of the High Court
  • Susan Dunn, Founder, Harbour Litigation Funding
  • Maurice MacSweeney, Director of Litigation Funding and Sales Planning, Harbour Litigation Funding
  • John McElroy, Partner and Head of Commercial Disputes, Hausfeld LLP, London

15:00 - Break


15:30 - Panel Session: Diversity Workshop

  • Chair of Panel: Dame Siobhan Keegan DBE, Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
  • Andrew Singer KC, Kings Chambers
  • Sean O'Sullivan BL, Law Library of Ireland
  • Joy-Tendai Kangere BL, Law Library of Ireland

16:30 - BICBA Bursary Launch


16:45 - Closing

  • The Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Humphreys, Judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland

18:00 - BICBA AGM

  • VENUE: The Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 VY24

18:30 - Drinks Reception

  • VENUE: The Law Society

19:15 - Conference Dinner

  • VENUE: The Law Society

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