Companies Bill 2012 Seminar 03/07/2014

This Seminar on the Companies Bill is designed as an introductory seminar for practitioners interested in company law, insolvency law, banking law and other related areas. The Companies Bill represents an ambitious consolidation and reform of company law in Ireland. It is due to be passed later this year. In conjunction with the Southern Law Association, the Faculty of Law has organised this seminar as an initial survey of this reform and consolidation project. The practitioner oriented element of the seminar will be preceded by a lecture on the legal concept of independence as it applies to company directors and to the judiciary. It is proposed that a discussion at the end of the seminar will focus on future topics which might be of interest to practitioners as the Bill progresses to enactment.

The Companies Bill is now expected to be enacted in November 2014.

This event is kindly sponsored by the Southern Law Association and by the College of Business and Law Graduate School Invited Speakers Fund.

Conference convenors: Professor Irene Lynch Fannon and Dr. Mary Donnelly, Faculty of Law.

Enquiries to be made to Noreen Delea, UCC Law Dept. 021 490 3220

Venue: Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Room G02

Programme:

This seminar will be chaired by Gillian Keating of J.W. O’Donovan Solicitors.

1.30 pm Registration Brookfield Health Sciences Complex

2.00-2.05pm Opening Remarks, Gillian Keating.

2.05-2.45pm Dr Suzanne Le Mire, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
'Company Directors and the Judiciary: Can Independence, expertise and Accountability Co-Exist?’

2.45-3.00pm Questions and Discussion

3.00-3.30pm Teas/Coffees Brookfield downstairs cafe

3.30-4.10pm Professor Irene Lynch Fannon, Faculty of Law, UCC
‘Overview of the Companies Bill 2012: Change and Consolidation’

4.10-4.20 Q & A

4.20-5.00 Dr Mary Donnelly, Faculty of Law, UCC
‘Companies Bill 2012: An outline of the implications for secured lending.’
5.00-5.30 Q & A and General Discussion

Continuing Professional Development: 3. hours General CPD Group Study.

The Faculty of Law reserves the right to substitute and to rearrange presentations as necessary.

Venue & Parking:
The venue is located in the UCC Brookfield complex on College Road
http://143.239.128.67/en/visitors/

Parking at the main UCC campus, and at the Brookfield complex, is limited. For visitor parking please access the following link http://www.ucc.ie/en/visitors/parking/

Registration Options:
Seminar Fee:€60
Reduced Fee:€30. The reduced fee is available to barristers in their first five years in practice, trainee solicitors and solicitors with up to three years post qualification experience.