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LONDON BRANCH EVENTS:

SEMINARS
There is no charge for seminars but you must book in advance,
email the branch administrator elinor@thevirtualpartnership.co.uk


20 MAY 2009 (6pm for 6.30 pm)
WHICH SEAT TO CHOOSE - LONDON, STUTTGART, PARIS OR EDINBURGH?

A multijurisdictional, multilingual panel of speakers will consider the relative
merits of their home jurisdiction, as well as their experience in other jurisdictions.
Chair: David Brynmor Thomas, Partner, International Arbitration Group, Herbert
Smith LLP
Speakers:
Professor Dr. Gerhard Wegen, Rechtsanwalt: Partner, Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart.
American Attorney, practice area M&A, corporate law, capital marketsandrelated international arbitration.
Stephen BickfordSmith, Barrister and Chairman of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators, London Branch. Specialises in propertywork, arbitrator and adjudicator.
Maître Laurence Kiffer, Avocat, partner at Teynier Pic & Associés, Paris, 20 years specialisation in internationalarbitration andrelated proceedings, arbitrator
in international arbitrations.
Hew Dundas, Chartered Arbitrator and Past President (2007) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, closely involved in the Arbitration (Scotland) Bill 2009 and principal author of the CIArb’s extensive submissions on the Bill.
Refreshmentskindlyprovided byHerbert Smith LLP to follow
Venue: HerbertSmith LLP, ExchangeHouse, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2HS


10 JUNE 2009 (6 pm for 6.30pm)
ADJUDICATION IN THE CREDIT CRUNCH – How to make the pips squeak

Chair: Andrew Kasriel – Mitre Chambers
Speakers:
The Hon. Mr. Justice Coulson (Queen’s Bench Division –Technology & Construction Court)
Kim Franklin – Crown Office Chambers
Simon Tolson – Fenwick Elliott Solicitors.
Sponsors: Fenwick Elliott
Venue: Quadrant Chambers, 10 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1AU

1 JULY 2009
ANNUAL MEDIATION SEMINAR

Venue: Clyde & Co, 51 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1JP

10 SEPTEMBER 2009
JOINT SEMINAR WITH THE LCIA

Chair: Juliet Blanch
Speakers: Hilary Heilbron QC, Prof. Cathérine Kessedjian, Penny Madden, Sophie Nappert
Venue: Skadden Arps

SOCIALS (Booking forms on the EVENTS) page

25 JUNE 2009: THAMES RIVERBOAT TRIP

17 NOVEMBER 2009: ANNUAL DINNER
Keynote Speaker: Sir Bernard Rix, Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal
Venue: The Worshipful Company of Cutlers Hall, Cutlers' Hall, Warwick Lane, London, EC4M 7BR



PAPERS

PROPERTY ARBITRATION & RENT REVIEWS SEMINAR
Stephen Bickford-Smith's paper is now in the PAPERS section

WHITHER COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION?
Papers from this joint seminar with the LMAA, held on 8 October 2008, are now in the PAPERS section

5TH ANNUAL MEDIATION SEMINAR
A report from Hew Dundas on this sell-out event can be found in the News section

PRESENTATIONS FROM THE LECTURE
"Deciding on the right dispute resolution process: Arbitration, mediation or an alternative way of resolving the dispute"
and from the IVTH ANNUAL MEDIATION SEMINAR
ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE

GO TO PAPERS TO READ JUSTIN MICHAELSON'S VIEWS ON ARBITRATION AND PHILIP HOWELL-RICHARDSON, DAVID CORNES & JANE ANDREWARTHA ON MEDIATION

Missed the London Branch Dinner at the Crypt in November 2007? We can't reproduce the food and wine on this site but you can read Commander David Johnston's speech on HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION just go to the PAPERS tab.

ADR- A THREAT TO ARBITRATION? Read The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Moore-Bick's thought provoking presentation to London Branch's 2008 AGM.

NB: All papers on this website are copyright and should not be reproduced without the permission of the author.

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The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators London Branch -
Hon. Secretary: Irvinder Bakshi, c/o KSB Consultants Limited, 15 Woodcote Valley Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3AL.
Tel 00 44 20 8763 6909 email: londonciarb@googlemail.com
Branch Administrator: Elinor Pritchard, Tel: 00 44 20 8546 2613 email: elinor@thevirtualpartnership.co.uk