Legal researchers are often asked to help find Parliamentary debates and background materials on legislation, but how is this material used and what sources are admissible to help interpret the law?   CLIG is delighted to welcome Daniel Greenberg, lawyer, author and former Parliamentary counsel, to demystify this complex topic.  Issues discussed will include: the basic rules of statutory interpretation and the conflicts which arise; Pepper v Hart and external aids to construction, the developing case law on statutory interpretation and the position with the devolved parliaments and assemblies.

There will be an opportunity to network over a glass of wine after the seminar.

Date: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, St Magnus House, 3 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6HE  
Cost: £10 for members, £20 for non-members

Following a very successful seminar in 2010 on international taxation, Anne Fairpo will return once again to speak to CLIG members - Anne aims to cover the basics of National Insurance, taxation of benefits, share incentives, bankers bonus, and how directors' tax issues can affect M&A deals etc. 

This seminar will be followed by networking drinks, kindly sponsored by BNA International, one of the leading providers of cross-border tax information: www.bnai.com

Further details and information on how to book are available on the flier below.

The business of the AGM will include giving you a brief overview of the success of CLIG over the past year, and a glimpse of future events and seminars in the pipeline. We will also welcome the new Chair and Committee members.

The AGM will then be followed by networking drinks and nibbles, with an opportunity to play some games of pool and darts too!

For details for how to book, please download the flier available below.

Have you ever wondered what really happens inside Lloyd's insurance market?  CLIG is delighted to offer two tours to get a behind-the-scenes look.  The tour will last up to an hour and a half and will include an introductory talk on the history, development and present-day activities of Lloyd's, with plenty of time for questions, followed by a tour of the iconic building including the underwriting room to see business in progress.

Places are limited to 8 per group so early booking is advised.  This event is limited to members only.

For more details and a booking form, please download this form.

We are very grateful to our sponsors 7side, Hammicks and Westlaw, who have allowed us to run this event free of charge for members to attend. Non-members are welcome to attend for just £15.

The booking form is available below.

Please note that you must be a current member of CLIG at 6th May for free entry to the party.

You can find out more about the history, art and architecture of the RCJ, together with learning about who does what and where in court by taking a guided tour and talk.

The tour will start at 2pm and last for up to two hours.

The deadline for bookings is Friday, 11 March 2011.

• Date – 1 April 2011
• Time – meet at 13.45
• Venue – Royal Courts of Justice, inside building, report to Reception in Main Hall, The Strand, London WC2A 2LL, http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk.
• Cost: £10 members/ £20 non members

To register please send a cheque made payable to 'CLIG' for £10 / £20 and your details on the form below by 11 March 2011 to: Tracey South, TFPL Intelligent Resources, 160 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4BF, tracey.south@tfpl.com.

The presentation will be given by Carrie-Anne Holt, Managing Editor of Debtwire Europe, and will be held at the Debtwire offices on The Strand. There will be networking drinks afterwards.

To book on this seminar please complete the booking form.

The City Business Library and the Guildhall Library are probably names that you know well - but don't have a clear view of what they can offer the Law Librarian or where they are based in the City. Now is your chance to find out by joining our visit to their newly opened premises in Aldermanbury!  City Business Librarian Considine Goretti and Principal Librarian Dr Peter Ross will be our guides.

For more information, please download the booking form.

Barry took us through an overview of several jurisdictional requirements, illustrating the inconsistencies between jurisdictions.  It was key to note that in jurisdictions where we find it difficult to locate information, there are often minimal filing requirements within those jurisdictions (such as the Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda), or that there is potentially no registry or online searchable registry (parts of Africa, for example).  

We are very lucky in the UK, that companies are obliged to file comprehensive information under legislative requirements, and that we have a freely searchable online registry (although comically Companies House is obliged to file documentation, even if it has been filled out incorrectly). In Russia there is no central company registry.  In Cyprus there is no easy access to company information without going through an agent and waiting 5-8 days.  In Malta annual reports are compulsory, but annual accounts are not always.

These are just a handful of the jurisdictions covered throughout the event.  In addition to this, Barry talked the attendees through the enigma that is USA company filings.  The 51 jurisdictions of the USA all have different filing requirements, and many companies will file in Delaware because of their lack of obligation to lodge company information, allowing companies to disclose minimal information and be established anonymously.  Companies can also incorporate in one US state, yet do business in another.

Most interestingly we were shown an example of how it is possible to make a company disappear.  It is possible, given the minimal filing requirements between jurisdictions, to incorporate a company in Delaware, have subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands, BVI and the UK, but due to the (lack of) filing requirements for companies in Delaware and the BVI (where companies are not required to keep business accounts, and any information filed is not required to be publically available) it is possible that the subsidiary in the Cayman Islands would never be connected to the parent company in Delaware nor the other subsidiaries.

In addition to the fantastic presentation by Barry and Peter at 7Side (successfully completed without a single shameless promotion of 7Side’s product, which was perhaps due to the threat of Jas sounding the rather loud ‘shameless-promotion-horn’!) there was ample opportunity to imbibe fine wine and nibbles and network pre and post event.  It was an enjoyable and quality seminar and event indeed.

Kristel Petrou
Mayer Brown International LLP
Information Officer

For more information, and to book, please click here.

http://clig.org.uk/event-details/events/understanding-international-taxation-what-you-need-to-know.html

BIALL 2010 Conference Bursaries

Invitation for Applications

Risks and Opportunities: Managing information in difficult times, 10 - 12 June 2010, Brighton

CLIG is please to offer assistance to one member towards the cost of attending the 2010 BIALL Conference.

The bursary will cover the ‘early bird’* conference fees and may also contribute towards travel and accommodation costs.

The CLIG Committee will also consider applications for assistance with Day Delegate places - in these instances, accommodation and conference dinners will not be reimbursed.

If you would like to be considered for the full bursary, or apply for a Day Delegate place, please complete the attached form and attach a document of no more than 500 words in support of yourapplication detailing the following:

• Why you would like to attend the BIALL Conference
• How attendance would benefit your professional development
• The contribution (if any) your employer will be making towards your attending the conference
• Your involvement with CLIG to date, such as seminars attended and / or committee postsheld

A condition of accepting the bursary is that you write a piece of no more than 1,000 words on the conference for the CLIG website.

Please return the attached application form and your supporting document to Olwen Walker, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, 30 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8AF

The closing date for applications is 16th April 2010.

The successful applicant will be chosen by majority vote of the CLIG committee. All applicants willbe contacted by 23rd April 2010 to confirm whether or not their application was successful.

*To qualify for early bird booking rates, an application must be made by 30th April 2010. The bursarydoes not cover the costs of the pre-conference seminar.

For further information and how to book a place, please see this event entry.