Conference on the Regulation of Partnerships and Closely Held Corporations
Joint Conference of the Partnership, LLP and LLC Law Forum and the Centre for Business and Insolvency Law
10 January 2019
Nottingham Trent University, UK
9.30-10am - Registration and coffee
10-10.10am - Welcome
Elspeth Berry, Reader in Law, Nottingham Trent University, UK
10.10-10.30 – Opening Remarks
The Hon. Mr Justice Michael Twomey
10.30 – 11am – Keynote Address
The Partnership Influence Upon Corporate Law - Professor David Milman (University of Lancaster)
11-11.20am – refreshments
11.20-12.20 - Session 1: the insolvency persepctive
The Application of Corporate and Individual Insolvency Law to Partnerships and LLPs - Elspeth Berry and Professor Rebecca Parry (Nottingham Law School)
The Shifting Balance of Power in UK Insolvencies - Professor Rebecca Parry
12.20—1pm – lunch
1-2pm - Session 2: the practitioner perspective
Issues that arise in partner/LLP member exits – a practitioner’s eye view - Jeremy Callman (Ten Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn)
Scottish partnerships and how they differ from English partnerships - Stephen Chan (Harper Macleod LLP, Edinburgh; author of A Practical Guide to Partnership Law in Scotland)
2-2.20pm – coffee
2.20-2.50pm - Session 3: the historical perspective
Bovill’s Act 1865: much ado about nothing? - Gary Wilson (Nottingham Law School)
2.50-3.20pm - Session 4: the public perspective
Richard Smith (freelance journalist) - Abuse of UK Limited Partnerships and the Outlook for Reform
3.20-4pm - Round table discussion about issues arising from papers, and the development of the Forum
4pm – closing remarks and thanks