14th ANNUAL BICBA LAW FORUM & DINNER
The Laws of Contract and Unjust Enrichment
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MORNING PROGRAMME

SEE SPEAKER PROFILES
9.00 to 9.30
Coffee & registration

9.30 to 10.00
Welcome
HHJ Pearce (Head of the Circuit Commercial Court in Manchester)
Mr Justice Henshaw (Head of the Commercial Court in England & Wales)

10.00 to 10.30
Mr Justice Séamus Woulfe
(Supreme Court of Ireland)

Money had and received following BOI v Murray [2025]

10.30 to 11.15
PANEL:
Contractual duties of good faith
SPEAKERS:
:: Mr Justice Mark Cawson, High Court of England & Wales
:: Susan Ower KC, Scottish Bar
:: Mr Justice Mark Sanfey, High Court of Ireland
:: David Dunlop KC, Northern Irish Bar
Curated by Ian Cooper of Kings Chambers and Caitlin Corrigan of 18 St John Street Chambers

11.15 to 11.30
Coffee break

11.30 to 12.15
PANEL:
Agents, fiduciaries and commissions: is your contract safe?
SPEAKERS:
:: Professor James Lee, King’s College London
:: Gavin MacColl KC, Scottish Bar
:: James Turner, Solicitor-Advocate, Northern Ireland
:: Imogen McGrath SC, Irish Bar
Curated by Ben Lafferty and Jodie Wildridge of Kings Chambers

12.15 to 12.30
BICBA
The BICBA Annual Bursary update; and introducing the BICBA Moot

Comfort Odesola & Micheál Murphy

12.30 to 1.00
Lord Sandison
(Senator of the College of Justice, Scotland)
An introduction to Unjustified Enrichment in Scotland

1.00 to 2.00
Lunch served in the Whitworth Suite

AFTERNOON PROGRAMME

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2.00 to 2.30
Dame Siobhan Keegan
(Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland)


2.30 to 3.15
PANEL:
Remedies in contract and restitution
SPEAKERS:
:: His Honour Judge Pearce, Judge in Charge of Circuit Commercial Court in Manchester
:: Hannah Shaw, Solicitor, Ireland
:: Tanya Surgeon, Solicitor, Northern Ireland
:: Lynsey Walker, Solicitor, Scotland
Moderated by Mr Justice David Barniville, President of the High Court of Ireland
Curated by Brad Pomfret KC and Micheál Murphy of 23ES Chambers

3.15 to 3.30
Coffee break

3.30 to 4.15
Lord Burrows JSC
(UK Supreme Court)

The relationship between Contract and Unjust Enrichment

4.15 to 4.30
Closing address
Mr Justice Tom Leech, Vice Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster

6.30 for 7.00

Drinks reception and dinner
Speech Mr Justice Humphreys
BICBA
British Irish Commercial Bar Association
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