8.30 Registration and Refreshments

9.00 Chairman’s Welcome and Introduction Edward Smethurst, Legal Director of the Latium Group of Companies and Chairman of the C&I North West Region

9.15 What’s New in Company Law and Corporate GovernanceThis session will provide an overview of the main developments in company law over the past 12 months including:■ The Companies Act 2006- provisions coming into force in October 2009 and developments in relation to provisions already in force ■ Disclosure and Transparency Rules- directors granting security over their own shares ■ Execution of Documents- implications of Mercury Tax Group v HMRC for completions ■ Case round upPaul Ellaby, Hill Dickinson LLP

10.00 Intellectual Property Update

This session will provide an overview of some of the year’s most important developments in intellectual property including:

■ Cipriani - Own name defence - any defence at all? ■ Outstanding!-Patentsofoutstandingbenefit–employees share the gain... ■ ECJ Case Round Up - from NASDAQ to DIORJonathan Moakes, Halliwells LLP

10.45 Refreshments

11.00 Competition Law ■ European Commission’s review of block exemptions ■ Merger control in the post-Lloyds/HBOS era ■ Developments in private and criminal enforcement Adam Ferguson, Eversheds LLP

11.45 Contract LawThis session will focus on the most important cases decided in the past 12 months which have the greatest impact on the drafting and interpretation of commercial contracts such as:-■ ABP v Ferryways Tele2International v The Post Office RTS Flexible Systems v Muller Paul Golding, TRG Law

12.30 Questions and Discussion

12.45 Lunch

1.45 CuttingCosts&ImprovingBenefitsThe session will focus on■ HowemployerscancutthecostofprovidingGroupbenefits for their employees whilst maintaining and in many cases improving coverage ■ Howsalarysacrificecanalsosaveemployerssignificantcost withoutmateriallychangingtheshapeofemployeebenefitsDavid Hartley, Managing Director of Hartley Wadsworth & Partners Ltd

2.00 Litigation and Related Issues■ The new Supreme Court and other reforms■ The admission of contractual negotiations in evidence - Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes■ Enforcement of arbitral awards-Dallah real Estate & Tourism Co v Ministry of Religious Affairs, Pakistan■ A review of other key procedural/legal developments during 2009Paul Stone, DLA Piper LLP

2.45 Refreshments

3.00 Data Protection, Privacy and Information Governance

This session will include:-

■ Lessons from recent data protection enforcement actions by the Information Commissioner ■ the impact of new powers of ICO ■ the stance of other regulators ■ European and International developments ■ recent ICO guidance ■ key policy areas for businesses to be aware of ■ tackling compliance within the business

Paula Barrett, Eversheds

3.45 Employment Law Update

Thissessionwillconsidersignificantcases,changesinthelaw and current trends relating to:-

■ Recession-based employment initiatives ■ Redundancies and business reorganisations ■ The new ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures ■ Discrimination ■ TUPE

Simon Horsfield, Pinsent Masons LLP

4.30 Questions and Discussion

4.45 Close

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Thiseventprovidesanopportunitytotakejustonedayoutoftheofficeand update your knowledge on important cases and new legislation, with particular emphasis on the changes occurring in the last twelve months and their practical impact for the in-house lawyer. The programme will also look forward at new proposals.

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in industry from a legal perspective and help you to develop compliant procedures.Itwillbeofbenefittoin-houselawyersandtheircolleaguesfrom all sizes of organisation and at all levels within the legal department, company secretaries, finance directors, internal auditors, accountantsand human resources directors. Comprehensive documentation will be provided to support all the presentations.

Conference Chairman: Edward Smethurst has been Chairman of the North West Commerce and Industry Group for the last 15 years. Edward is Legal Director of the Latium Group of Companies, whose diverse businesses include Ultraframe, Spectus, Four Seasons, and Sale Sharks Rugby Club.

Paul EllabyjoinedHillDickinson’sfast-growingManchesterofficein2003sincewhenthecorporateteamhasgrownintoasignificantforceinthecity.Hehasover19years’experienceinallaspectsofcorporatefinanceworkandactsforawide range of clients from SMEs through to household names and Nomads. He is listed as a leading individual in Corporate & Commercial within Legal 500.

Jonathan Moakes heads the Intellectual Property, Commerce & Technology groupatHalliwellsfromitsManchesteroffice.Jonathanadvisesonadiverserange of intellectual property transfer, protection and exploitation matters and has a considerable reputation for technical litigation, having conducted a number of high profile patent and design right cases. He is also known foradvising hi-tech and manufacturing businesses. Jonathan consistently ranks in the top tier of Chambers leading individuals for IP in the North West where he is acknowledged for his technical strength and where the group is recognised for its “incredible market penetration”.

Paula Barrett is a partner in Eversheds Technology practice and head of Eversheds Information law practice. Ranked by Chambers 2009 in their Best of the UK rating for Data Protection, Paula’s practice is commended for being solutiondrivenwitha“continuallyimpressiveabilitytoflagupdevelopingissuesand provide pragmatic solutions to resolve them”. Paula is currently advising on data protection compliance matters in over 40 countries ranging from full scale root and branch compliance programmes through to ad hoc queries and urgent tactical advice on matters such as security breaches and ICO investigation.

Adam Ferguson is a Partner with Eversheds LLP and advises clients on all aspects of competition law. He has particular expertise in securing clearances for mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures and advising on the application of the law to vertical and other trading agreements. He recently acted for Croda

International on its £400million acquisition of Uniqema and advised Akzo Nobel on issues of privilege arising during a dawn raid which are now the subject of proceedings before the ECJ. He regularly advises companies on effective competition law compliance programmes and on structuring distribution systems.

Paul Golding of TRG Law specialises principally in commercial contracts involving information technology and intellectual property. His experience encompasses IT and Business Process Outsourcing contracts, contractual joint ventures, teaming agreements, technology/IP licences and the like. He also advises generally on securing and exploiting intellectual property rights. He is an expert on data protection and regulations governing online trading and marketing. Prior to establishing TRG Law in 2004 he was a partner at Nabarro Nathanson.

Paul Stone is a senior litigation partner at DLA Piper LLP. Paul specialises in heavy weight national and international litigation with a broad range of experience and expertise.Paul is recognisedbymost legaldirectoriesasa leader inhisfieldnationally and as one of the foremost litigation lawyers in the North.

Simon Horsfield is a Partner in Pinsent Masons LLP’s employment group. His expertise covers the full range of both contentious and non-contentious employment law, with a particular focus on TUPE, business reorganisations and multiple redundancies. He has extensive experience of advising in relation to outsourcings (both public and private sector), TUPE in the context of commercial agreements, and changing terms and conditions of employment. He also represents clients indiscriminationandotherhighprofile tribunal claims.Heregularly speaks and writes on employment law issues.

David Hartley is managing director of Hartley Wadsworth & Partners Ltd, Independent Financial Advisors. Based in the North West but operating nationally, thefirmspecialisesinprovidingGroupBenefitsforemployees,corporatepensionarrangementsandcateringfortheneedsofprofessionalsportspeople.Thefirmhasmanyhighprofileclientsandareseenasaleaderinthisfield.

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