From Chancery Bar Association

When the Chancery Bar Association visits another jurisdiction it will usually run a seminar aimed at the local legal profession with a number of UK based members speaking on topical legal issues.

The next ChBA international event will be in the Cayman Islands in May 2014 and will be held at Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort from Monday 5^th May 2014 – Tuesday 6^th May 2014

PROGRAMME

Monday 5t May 2014

1.30 – 2.00 pm           Registration

2.00 pm                      Welcome from Timothy Fancourt QC, Chairman of the Chancery Bar Association of England & Wales.

2.00 – 3.30 pm           SESSION 1 Good faith and forgiveness                                                        Exoneration and relief from liability for directors and trustees

●  Andrew Clutterbuck QC, 4 Stone Buildings: Forgiveness before and after the event – the position of directors

●  Shantanu Majumdar, Radcliffe Chambers: Forgiveness before and after the event – the position of trustees

●  Robin Hollington QC, New Square Chambers: Shareholders’ disputes – what use can be made of good faith as a sword or a shield?

3.30 – 4.00 pm           Tea

4.00 – 5.30 pm           SESSION 2 Avoiding some elephant traps in commercial litigation

●  David Halpern QC, Four New Square: Illegality and clains by companies

●  Matthew Morrison, Serle Court: Avoiding frustration at the end of the rainbow – asset preservation and disclosure orders in offshore jurisdictions

●  Jonathan Crow QC, 4 Stone Buildings: Legal professional privilege in company and commercial litigation

5.30 pm                      Address by the Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, the Hon. Anthony Smellie QC.

6.00 pm                      Poolside Cocktail Reception, with canapés.

Tuesday 6^th May 2014

9.00 – 9.30 am           Registration

9.30 – 11.00 am         SESSION 3 New insights into perennial trusts questions

●  Penelope Reed QC and David Rees, 5 Stone Buildings: Removing troublesome trustees

●  Eason Rajah QC, 10 Old Square: Trusts and exclusive jurisdiction clauses – very recent developments

●  Mark Herbert QC, 5 Stone Buildings: Beddoes applications today

11.00 – 11.30 am      Coffee

11.30 am – 1.00 pm  SESSION 4 Creditors and insolvencies

●  Orlando Fraser QC, 4 Stone Buildings: Will Cayman companies be Prest by Litigators? The effect of the Supreme Court decision on offshore companies seeking to defend their assets from their principal’s creditors

●  Catherine Newman QC, Maitland Chambers: Is there a presumption of modified universality in the Caribbean Insolvency Courts?

●  Hugh Jory QC, Enterprise Chambers: Assignment of claims by liquidators

1.00 pm                      Closing remarks