Events, Courses & Seminars

State Control of Corporate Conduct: The Colliding Worlds of International Civil and Criminal Liability

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Location: Upper Hall, Loch Promenade Church, Douglas.

Our ACSP seminar sponsored by DQ on Thursday 15 January is with two UK barristers Jonathan Ashley-Norman and Simon Farrell QC, both of Three Raymond Buildings, Grays Inn, on the subject of "State Control of Corporate Conduct: The Colliding Worlds of International Civil and Criminal Liability."

The talk will cover civil and criminal aspects of 1) directors' duties, 2) corporate especially financial conduct, 3) banking and tax enforcement and 4) dealing with fraud and State enforcement in those fields.

Jonathan Ashley-Norman is a specialist in law enforcement in a corporate setting, defending, prosecuting and advising those ensnared in the complexities of business crime. He has advised and defended people from all walks of corporate life and all manner of businesses, from oil traders to corporate raiders, from mobile phones to mobile homes, from rural industrial waste to city centre Compulsory Purchase Orders. He is Standing Counsel to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and a member of the Attorney General's A List of Prosecutors, and consequently is instructed to prosecute in the most serious of cases. His criminal work leads him to other tribunals. Recently he has appeared in the High Court, the Lands Tribunal, the Employment Tribunal and the VAT tribunal. He has acted and advised in various insolvency proceedings and Company Director Disqualification proceedings.

Simon Farrell QC is recommended by The Legal 500 and Chambers UK 2014 as a leading Silk and is described as "an exceptionally bright lawyer" and a "very good advocate". After his appearance in a case for which he received an award he was praised by the Director General of SOCA "for exemplary duty to the Court and outstanding advocacy". He is acknowledged as an expert in corporate crime, commercial and tax fraud, bribery, corruption, money laundering and confiscation. He also has expertise in international cross border commercial disputes in which these issues arise. He advises on a wide range of commercial/civil and criminal issues in these areas in High Court, arbitral, Crown Court and Appellate proceedings. He is frequently consulted in cases with an international dimension including those involving commercial disputes, extradition and mutual assistance and in restraint, receivership and civil/cash recovery proceedings under Part V of the Proceeds of Crime Act.

This Thursday 15th January session will be at the Upper Hall, Loch Promenade Church, Douglas, with coffee and registration from 12 noon for a prompt start at 12.30 pm. It is anticipated that this event will finish at around 1.30 pm, subject to the number of questions and contributions from the audience.

If you would like to attend this event, please send me an e-mail stating clearly which seminar you are booking for and who from your firm would like a place. All bookings will be confirmed with an e-mail from me.

This seminar is sponsored by DQ and is free to staff of member firms and associate members of the ACSP.