British Insurance Law AssociationBILA is a unique organisation, its membership being drawn from Insurers, Insurance Brokers and other intermediaries, Academic Lawyers, Solicitors and Barristers. In addition to UK members, there are many from all over the world. BILA is not only a domestic organisation, it is also the British Chapter of the Association International de Droit des Assurances (AIDA) and is an active participant in its quadrennial world congress. WHITHER INSURANCE CONTRACT LAW REFORM?A joint one day conference with BILA, The Law Commission and the University of Southampton; The conference will be followed by an Evening Reception When: Tuesday 26th June, 2012 Where: The Auditorium, Willis Ltd, 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ Click on the Flyer for details of the Topics, speakers and panellists. The event costs £ 165 (no VAT) for BILA Members and £ 195 (no VAT) for Non-Members.To attend please register at registration@bila.org.uk We also have limited places for students in full time education at a discounted price of £ 25 (no vat) - please contact registration@bila.org.uk to determine whether any discounted places are still available.. We wish to acknowledge the generous contributions made by Willis Ltd and Lloyd's to the Conference and Cocktail Reception. AIDA The AIDA Presidents report may be found here IVth AIDA Europe ConferenceSAVE THE DATE: Thursday September 13 and Friday September 14 , 2012 Title: Testing Times, Uncertain Outcomes: How Are Insurers and Reinsurers Expected to Measure Up? Venue: Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, 45 Prescot Street, London E1 8GP Further details of the Agenda, costs and hotel deals can be found by on the AIDA Europe website at http://www.aida.org.uk/AIDAEurop/Forthcoming-events.asp Please register directly with the organisers via the link. Early booking is recommended to obtain early bird discounts. L ECTURE SCRIPTS AND VIDEOSLecture scripts, handouts and other materials provided for Lectures, the Colloquium and Conferences are now posted in the Members area of the website. If you have difficulties in accessing these please contact us on secretariat@bila.org.uk . There is a separate video page with videos of some of our events. Cyber Liability presentation and mock trialWEDNESDAY 22 June, 2011 BILA in Association with the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) held a CYBER LIABILITY MOCK TRIAL followed by a GARDEN PARTY on Wednesday June, 22, 2011. Participating were Ken Munro, Pen Test Partners, Rick Welch of ANV, Patrick Donolley and David Nayler from Aon Financial Services Group, Jacquetta Castle, Fishburns, Christine Williams, Xchanging Claims Services. The Rt Hon Lord Justice Aikens presided over the Mock Trial held in Court 4 of the Royal Courts of Justice. Counsel representing the Policyholder and Insurers were Michael Douglas QC and James Leabeater - 4 Pump Court and Tom Weitzman QC and Nick Craig - 3 Verulam Buildings. Programme, scenario, witness statements Avery, Frye, Hancock, Jarvis, Rolland, Cybersafe argument and Just Card argument.The Rt Hon Lord Justice Aikens judgment can be found here. Follow the link to the Video page to view the video of the Mock Trial itself - video page."The Bribery Act - are you ready?" At the BILA Lunchtime lecture held on 17 June, 2011, Raj Parker, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Chris Newby, General Counsel, Chartis Insurance Uk Ltd gave a talk. This talk was videoed by agreement with Raj Parker and Chris Newby and also with the full co-operation of Lloyd's. The video of the talk is accessible to members on the video page .
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