BILA AGM (via Zoom) - access details

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 The Annual General Meeting of BILA for 2020 will take place on Monday, 8 February 2021 at 6.00 pm at the offices of Druces LLP, Solicitors, Salisbury House, London Wall, London EC2M 5SP.

 

NOW VIA ZOOM – coordinates follow:


https://druces.zoom.us/j/88450977993?pwd=Ni9OeTlpMTQvcWp6Y2NxaE51aTZudz09

Meeting ID: 884 5097 7993

Passcode: 004012

 

Please advise the Hon. Secretary if you have any comments to make on the below Agenda.

The Annual General Meeting of the Association will have the following Agenda:

1.             Approval of Minutes of the last AGM held on 10 February 2020

 

2.             President's Report on last year's activities and planned new activities

 

3.             Hon. Treasurer’s Report and approval of accounts

 

4.             Hon. Secretary’s report on membership

 

5.             Appointment of Officers

 

President                           _          Roy Campbell

Hon.Treasurer                   _          Francesca Rossi

Hon. Secretary                  _           Pat Deeley

 

6.             Appointment of Committee Members. At present these are:-

 

Roy Campbell, Francesca Rossi, Pat Deeley, Rocco Franco, Paul Dipré, Fabio Vitiello, Tina Villarosa, Caterina Iodice, Maria Memoli, Ugo Palazzo,  Chiara Muston, Emily Di Cesare, Suzanne Todd

 

6.1          Not seeking re-election to the Committee: Andrew Godfrey, Ugo Tanda

6.2          New Members wishing to be co-opted to the Committee: Beatrice De Burgh

 

7.             Any Other Business.

Winner of BILA Award 2020 announced

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We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2020 edition of the BILA Award is Ms Anna Pani of Pisa University.

The panel of judges were impressed by Ms Pani’s ability to cover the subject “A comparison of the concepts of domicile and residence in the UK and Italian systems” so cogently.

Ms Pani’s essay can be downloaded from the BILA Award web page.

Regrettably, because of Covid restrictions, BILA will not be holding its annual dinner in January 2021, which would otherwise have been the occasion when a formal presentation of the Award would have taken place.

Insolvency law webinar: speakers' notes and slides

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Following our webinar on 2 December concerning insolvency law, our speakers have kindly provided their notes and slides. They can be downloaded by BILA members here:

Judge Giacomo Lucente:

Evolution of Italian Insolvency Law (slides)

Evolution of Italian Insolvency Law (notes)

If you have questions for Judge Lucente, please address your queries to: giacomo.lucente@giustizia.it

Lino Di Lorenzo: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020

Brexit follow-up

Please click here to download a paper on Cross-border Insolvencies: Recognition and Enforcement in EU Member States from 1 January 2021 published by the Government.

Settled Status and Brexit: slides and notes of Laura Devine's webinar

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On 5 October 2020 BILA hosted a webinar on Settled Status and Brexit, presented by Laura Devine and Francesca Sciberras, of the prestigious immigration boutique law firm Laura Devine Immigration (LDI).

Laura and Francesca have kindly agreed to make their presentation available to our members. Please click on the below links to download their slides and accompanying notes.

Brexit and the new points-based system PPT slides.

EU Settled Scheme briefing

Brexit briefing

New BILA events announced

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We are pleased to announce that BILA will host the following virtual events:

A webinar on Brexit and Immigration with Laura Devine and Francesca Sciberras (Monday 5 October 2020 at 6.00pm)

A virtual Dinner Debate with Nazir Afzal OBE (Thursday 15 October 2020 at 6.30pm).

A webinar on crypto currencies with Christopher Lundie, Julia Schtulman and Lauren Rapeport (Tuesday 10 November 2020 at 6.00pm).

A webinar on the changes in insolvency law across Italy and the UK, with Lino di Lorenzo and Judge Giacomo Lucente (Wednesday 2 December 2020 at 6.30pm).

Please register your interest with Pat Deeley at pat.deeley@bila.biz.

Webinar: Force Majeure in relation to contracts

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You are invited to join a webinar on the subject of “Force Majeure in relation to contacts” by Ben Zelenka Martin, barrister at One Essex Court.

When: at 1.00 pm on Friday 17 July 2020 (UK time)

A link will be circulated before that date so that you can join via Zoom.

Please find here a comprehensive note on the subject matter.

Ben Zelenka Martin practices in both contentious and non-contentious matters. His contentious experience is in complex commercial litigation, particularly shareholder disputes and civil fraud claims. He works as part of counsel teams of various sizes, and has appeared as sole counsel in the High Court and various County Courts. 

Please note that One Essex Court intends to record the webinar.

Webinar: Brexit e diritti dei cittadini europei nel Regno Unito

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L’Ambasciata d’Italia in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Londra invita ad un approfondimento sul tema “EU Settlement Scheme e Diritti dei Cittadini UE in UK: future scadenze ed emergenza COVID-19”.

Il webinar si terra’ il 24 giugno 2020 alle ore 11.00 (BST).

Interverrano: l'Ambasciatore d'Italia a Londra - Raffaele Trombetta; il Console Generale d'Italia, Marco Villani; l'Avvocato Manuela Travaglini - Studio Belluzzo International Partners, consulente dell'Ambasciata d'Italia sui diritti dei cittadini UE.

Per partecipare seleziona il seguente link a Webex: https://bit.ly/2ADVR1h

Password: eventobre2020

L'evento si svolgerà in lingua italiana. Il flyer dell’evento e’ scaricabile qui.

L’evento non e’ un evento BILA

Equal Pay Act 50 years on: a debate on what has been achieved and what lies ahead

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. BILA will celebrate this milestone by organising a virtual debate on Monday 29th June at 6.00pm (BST).

The format will be that of a friendly conversation of 30-40 minutes, followed by Q&A and debate with the audience. Interventions and question from the virtual floor are welcome and encouraged.

Please register by emailing Pat Deeley at pat.deeley@btinternet.com (copy to pat.deeley@bila.biz) by Sunday 28th June. On the day of the event you will receive an email with the link to the zoom event.

Please note that BILA will record the event and publish the video on the website.

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BILA Award 2020

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The British Italian Law Association is pleased to launch the BILA Award for Italian law students. The aim of the prize is to encourage students of Italian Universities with interests in the British legal system to explore relevant themes and topics by researching, considering and developing an argument in a short essay written in English about any matter of law in particular with regard to cross-border legal practice issues This year students are asked to write an essay on the following topic:

“A comparison of the concepts of domicile and residence in the UK and Italian systems”.

Applications for the prize will be accepted until 15 October 2020. Please visit the BILA Award web page for further information.