Newsletter
Information for members
August 2001

Previous issue: July 2001
Next issue: September 2001

Programme

The general meetings are free of charge to members and their guests. Booking is not required.

Diary Dates for 2002

London meetings will be held at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place on the following dates: 5th February, 5th March, 9th April, 13th May, 4th June (all dates are Tuesdays, except Monday, 13th May).

TCC Users Committee

Victoria Russell is SCL's representative on the Users Committee of the TCC. The next Users Committee meeting will be taking place on Wednesday 10th October; the agenda will include the following:-

1. TCC Update
(a) TCC Guide
(b) New proposed Arbitration CPR P.D
(c) New Commercial Court

2. TCC Recorders; general pooling of resources

3. Lines of communication between TCC Courts and Users Groups/Committees

4. Benchmark Costs

5. State of the TCC List

If there are any points which you would like her to raise at this meeting, either in respect of the above matters or the TCC generally, then please let her know by e-mail on vrussell@fenwickelliott.co.uk.

SCL Hudson Prize

Leaflets have already been sent out calling for entries for this year's SCL Hudson Prize. The closing date for entries is 31st December 2001 and the prizes include £1,500 first and £750 second prize. For further details, contact Jackie Morris at the administration office, or get them from SCL's website (addresses below)

Advocacy Training Course

Calling all solicitor advocates! Interested in the Autumn Advocacy course? As in previous years, the Advocacy Course will be presided over by His Honour Judge Humphrey Lloyd. The Course will be run in October/November. For more details, please contact Elaine Corne on 020 7300 4074.

Autumn Workshop: Dispute Avoidance and Resolution

The Society's first workshop meeting, led by John Burgess, will be held on 11th September 2001 (see Programme above). A preliminary paper will be issued soon and published on SCL's website (address below).

'Limited Liability Partnerships: A guide for professionals'

The Centre of Construction Law & Management at King's College London, in conjunction with the Construction Industry Council, has just published 'Limited Liability Partnerships: A guide for professionals' edited by Frances A Paterson and Philip Britton. Chapters cover all aspects of LLPs: legal, tax, liability, insurance and accounting. A number of the ten contributors have been closely involved in the consultations on the draft legislation, Regulations and accounting recommendations. The Act itself, Explanatory Notes, part of the Regulations, the Statement of Recommended [accounting] Practice and other helpful material is appended. At £37.50 the book will be invaluable to any professional person or firm interested in knowing more about LLPs - contact susan.hart@kcl.ac.uk

SCL Web Site: http://www.scl.org.uk

For those new to the Society and/or to the WWW our web site is a constant source of new information. Items which have arrived too late to be published in a Newsletter, or details of meetings which have been arranged after the seasonal Diary has gone to print, will be posted on the website. It contains details of our future programme and contact details for university book grants.

New Members

Finally, we are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Society during June:

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