British Insurance Law Association  

BILA 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.

The AIDA World Congress will be held in Paris from the 17th - 20th May, 2010. For details and booking please use the link above to the AIDA website

LECTURE SCRIPTS

We would like to remind members that lecture 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   

Insurance Contract Law Reform 

BILA's response to the Law Commissions' Issues Paper on "Reforming Insurance  Contract Law: Micro-Businesses" can be found on the Home page of the Members area of the website. 

Consultation Paper on Insurance Contract Law: Misrepresentation, Non-disclosure and Breach of Warranty by the Insured

A link to BILA's recent response to the Law Commission's Consultation Paper on Insurance Contract Law may be found on the Home Page of the Members'  area of the website. 

Members of the Restatement of the European Insurance Law Project Group presented the public launch of the Restatement of European Insurance Contract Law at BILA's Half Day Conference held on September, 11, 2009. The papers from this presentation together with those presented by the European Group at the BILA Colloquium held on the 24/25 May, 2007 may be found in the Members area. 

The BILA Charitable Trust with the generous support of Lloyd's hosted an event in the Old Library at Lloyd's on the 10 February, 2009. The event entitled "London's future as a centre for effective international insurance dispute resolution" was chaired by the Rt Hon. Sir Anthony Evans QC. The speakers were Ewen Gilmour, CEO Chaucer Syndicates and Deputy Chairman of Lloyd's, Adrian Mecz, partner Chadbourne & Parke LLP, and Ian Hunter QC of Essex Court. Click on the speakers names to access their notes.

 

 

BILA DOES NOT GIVE ADVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NOR DOES IT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND/OR ENDORSE LAW FIRMS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE MEMBERS OF BILA    

 

 
Next Event

Monday 8 February, 2009

BILA EVENING LECTURE AND DRINKS RECEPTION

Rt Hon Lord Justice Aikens will be presenting a lecture entitled :

"The Post Contractual Duty of Good Faith: Is there a problem that needs a solution?''

This will for followed by a drinks reception

Cost £ 40 for BILA Members; £ 50 for non-members and a limited number of places for students in full time education at £ 10 - register at bila@insuranceevents.com

Venue: The Old Library at Lloyd's
Time: 5.30 pm with drinks following at 6.30pm

Full details of registration and cost can be found here
Journal

Current Journals are now posted into the Members area of the website and the latest issue No 117 - July 2009 is available in this area. To access the last three editions of the Journal please log on to the Members area by following the link in the menu on the left hand side of this page to the Members site. If you have mislaid your login details please contact secretariat@bila.org.uk to be reset

ARCHIVE :To mark the Association's 40th Anniversary, the BILA Charitable Trustees launched the "BILA Journal Online", a project to make available, in electronic format, the majority of the back issues of the BILA Journal. This is a seperately hosted site and does require you to register.
This fully searchable archive of previous journals is available by clicking here  

 
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