The new frontiers of law

Conference Date:

23 April 2012
8.30am – 5pm

 

Location:

Bishopsgate, London EC2M

 

Price:

£299 + VAT

SRA CPD: 5.5 hours

Sponsored by

Confirmed Speakers

  • Alan Kershaw, Chair, ILEX Professional Standards

  • David Edmonds, Chair, Legal Services Board

  • Charles Plant, Chair, SRA

  • Michelle Garlick, Partner, Weightmans

  • Ruth Deech, Chair, Bar Standards Board

  • Andrew Grech, MD, Slater & Gordon

  • Anna Bradley, Chair, CLC

  • Michaela Hardwick, face2face solicitors

  • Karl Chapman, Chief Executive, LawVest

  • Jonathan Djanogly MP, Justice Minister

Schedule

8.30am

Registration

1.00 pm

Lunch

9.15 am

David Edmonds

An onstage interview with the Chair of the Legal Services Board

2.00 pm

Christina Blacklaws

Christina Blacklaws from Co-operative Legal Services will outline its vision of the post-ABS world

9.45am

The Regulation Panel

Experts discuss OFR, COLPs/COFAs and referral fees

2.30 pm

Andrew Grech, Slater & Gordon

The MD of the world’s first listed law firm outlines his ambitions following the acquisition of RJW

10.30am

Coffee break

3.15 pm

Coffee break

11.00 am

Jonathan Djanogly MP

The Justice Minister will outline the government’s thinking on key regulatory issues and ABSs.

3.45 pm

The future is here

Closing plenary debate on new entrants and approaches to the law

11.30 am

The Regulators

The Chairs of the SRA, BSB, CLC and IPS debate the big issues.

5 pm

Conference closes

About the Conference

The legal market is already starting to change and the next Legal Futures conference, The new frontiers of law, will focus on the two main elements of this: regulation and alternative business structures (ABSs).

In the morning delegates will hear from those advising on some of the most difficult aspects of regulation and from the regulators themselves on how they expect the regulatory landscape to develop.

In the afternoon, we will turn to ABSs, hearing from non-lawyers already in the legal market, those eyeing it up and from lawyers developing their responses to these threats – including the world’s first listed law firm.

Through a mix of plenary debates and presentations, the conference will stimulate thinking and give delegates a framework from which to make decisions about their practices.

Topics include:

  • The work of the Legal Services Board
  • Outcomes-focused regulation
  • COLPs and COFAs
  • The referral fee ban
  • New entrants to the law
  • The experience of a listed law firm
  • New approaches to the law

The conference will be chaired by Legal Futures editor Neil Rose, one of the UK’s leading legal journalists and commentators on the legal market and the impact of impending deregulation.

Speakers include:

Jonathan Djanogly, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

David Edmonds, chairman, Legal Services Board

Charles Plant, chairman, Solicitors Regulation Authority

Baroness Deech, chair, Bar Standards Board

Anna Bradley, chair, Council for Licensed Conveyancers

Alan Kershaw, chair, ILEX Professional Standards

Andrew Grech, managing director, Slater & Gordon

Christina Blacklaws, director, Co-operative Legal Services

Karl Chapman, chief executive, Riverview Law

Joe Simpson, chief executive, Strategic Client Relationships, Irwin Mitchell

Rob Terry, chairman and group CEO, Quindell Portfolio plc

 

 
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