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The Scottish Competition Law Forum is delighted to invite you to its second anniversary gathering to be held at 29 Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow on Thursday 24 January 2008. The event is being kindly sponsored by Dundas & Wilson LLP and the Office of Fair Trading.
The evening will be an occasion for members to reflect on the second successful year of the Forum and to look ahead to the 2008 events.
It is also an opportunity to introduce new faces to the Forum and we would encourage you to extend this invitation to any contacts who may be interested. A formal invitation which you may forward to your contacts is attached to this email.
The evening will commence with a drinks reception at which we will report on the past year’s successes and outline our plans for 2008.
We are also delighted to welcome Richard Whish as our keynote speaker. Richard Whish is Professor of Law at Kings College, London and is renowned for his work in the field of competition law. He has written extensively on competition law matters and is also a non-executive member on the OFT’s board.
We will then move onto an extremely convivial dinner where you will meet new and old friends. We will also have an after-dinner speaker - whose identity is a well-guarded secret
Programme
18.30: Drinks reception
18:50: SCLF review and plans for 2008
19:15: Speech from Richard Whish (plus question & answer session)
20.00: Dinner
To register please email dawn.hendry@shepwedd.co.uk
The cost of the event is £40. A concession rate is available on request.
All cheques should be made payable to Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP and sent to Dawn Hendry, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, 155 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5NR.
Please note: numbers are limited and will be allocated on a first come basis.
Flyer: SCLF Second Anniversary Gathering
November 19th, 2007
Scottish Lawyers’ European Group & In-House Lawyers Group
“The Mystery of the Undertaking”
Speakers: Jim McLean, Burness LLP
Date & Time: Wednesday 20 February 2008 at 6:00pm (presentation at 6:30pm)
Venue: The Law Society of Scotland, 26 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh
Please click here for further details
November 18th, 2007
The consumer interest in competition topic seems to have struck a chord. Following the debate at the Consumers Choice and Competition event we are pursuing the theme in one of our “SCLF lite” sessions. On Thursday 29 November, Professor Jenny Hamilton from Strathclyde University Law School will unpick themes concerning the real consumer interest and lead informal discussion. We will meet from 5.30 - 7.00pm at OFT’s office at 23 Walker Street, Edinburgh. If you would like to join in please email dawn.hendry@shepwedd.co.uk so we can line up enough glasses.
The Planning Committee will also be shortly be holding a brainstorming session for next year’s events so if you have any ideas for future events, speakers or general comments on the SCLF please send them to either dawn.hendry@shepwedd.co.uk or Kyla.Brand@oft.gsi.gov.uk
November 2nd, 2007
Competition and Financial Services
The autumn meeting of the Scottish Competition Law Forum will be taking place on the evening of Monday 29 October in Edinburgh. Standard Life is kindly providing us with a venue for the occasion. Due to popular demand the topic of the evening is competition law and financial services. We are delighted to be joined on the night by Mr Christopher Clarke, deputy Chairman of the Competition Commission, who chaired the Northern Irish Personal Banking Inquiry, and Mr Sean Greenaway, from the Financial Services Unit of the European Commission, who will be providing us with unique first hand experience of the UK and EU regulators’ work in this area.
A complete programme of speakers is yet to be confirmed and contributions will be welcome if you have particular suggestions for our panel.
Financial services and competition law – a hot topic of conversation…
The financial services industry keeps finding itself at the receiving end of regulatory scrutiny, by both national and European regulators and in relation to competition as well as consumer law issues.
The last year has seen studies and investigations conducted into store cards, SME banking, Northern Ireland personal banking, credit card interest rates, retail banking, unauthorised overdraft charges, payment protection insurance, interchange fees, business insurance, and the list goes on.
Our speakers will share with us some of the issues they have encountered as a result of their involvement in these investigations.
Date: 29 October 2007
Registration: 17:30
Meeting: 18:00 – 20:00
Venue: Standard Life
Standard Life House
30 Lothian Road
Edinburgh
EH1 2DH
RSVP: To register please contact Charlotte Sjostedt at
charlotte.sjostedt@shepwedd.co.uk.
Please click SCLF Autumn 2007 event.pdf for further details.
September 21st, 2007
A Scottish Competition Law Forum event organised by the Office of Fair Trading in partnership with the Scottish Consumer Council and the Europa Institute.
We shall be considering the reforms in Europe and the UK which place consumer interests at the heart of competition law.
We are delighted to welcome a broad range of speakers from the EC, Which?, Menzies Distribution, Scottish Council Foundation, SCOTSS, the organising partner and others for a morning of lively discussion.
Date: Friday 6 July 2007
Time: 09.15 to 13.00
Venue: Surgeon’s Hall Complex, (Symposium Hall), Nicholson Street, Edinburgh
Full programme (click Programme.doc), will include presentations and panel discussion with consumer and competition experts.
To register please contact Tony McLaughlin at Tony.McLaughlin@oft.gsi.gov.uk.
April 27th, 2007
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