2019-04-10 CPD: BVI Law

CPD Talk : “ The continuing importance of the British Virgin Islands as

a corporate domicile and jurisdiction for resolution of international disputes

        (2 CPD points being applied for)

 

Speaker

:

Mr. Gerard St. Clair Farara, QC

    Barrister at Law in BVI

Date

:

10th April 2019 (Wednesday)

Time

:

03:45 p.m. – 05:45 p.m.

Venue

:

The Center (中環中心) H6 Conet

99 Queen’s Road Central, Central Hong Kong (MTR Central Station Exit D2 / Sheung Wan Station Exit A2)

Language

:

English

Fee

:

Free for SAMLAW members, HK$1,000 each course for non-members       

Seats are prioritized for SAMLAW members. Enrolments will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Please send in a crossed cheque (HK$700, subscription & annual fee for a newly joined member and HK$1,000 each course for a non-member) payable to “The Small and Medium Law Firms Association of Hong Kong” or “香港中小型律師行協會” (mailing address: Unit A, 7/F, Chun Wo Commercial Centre, No.25, Wing Wo Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.)

For existing and new members who have paid the 2018- 2019 membership fee and/or the subscription fee, as the case may be, the fee for each course of HK$1,000 shall be waived.

Remarks:

  • For existing members, the yearly membership fee of HK$600 applies to the period from 1st November 2018 to 31st October 2019.
  • 2 CPD points being applied for.
  • Confirmation will be sent to the participants once reservation is made, reservation is not transferable.
  • If you have not received an email or sms confirmation on your registration on or before 8th April 2019 (Monday), your registration herein is/ will be considered as unsuccessful.
  • Please take note of our SAMLAW Bad Weather Policy http://samlaw.hk/lastnews/178-important-notice-samlaw-bad-weather-policy.html
  • Should there be any dispute, SAMLAW’s decision shall be final.

For interested members/ fellow lawyers, please fax the reply slip to 3157-0856 or by email: Email住址會使用灌水程式保護機制。你需要啟動Javascript才能觀看它 on or before 3rd April 2019 (Wednesday) for registration.

Course Outline:

  1. The constitutional status of the Virgin Islands as an Overseas Territory (OT) of the United Kingdom.
  2. Important statutory framework: the VBI Companies Act 2004, Insolvency Act 2003 and Insolvency Rules

 2003, and the BVI Arbitration Act 2013.

  1. BVI Legal System and the jurisdiction of the BVI Courts in dispute resolution, with particular focus on

  the role of the Commercial Court, and BVI Arbitration Centre as a centre for settlement of international

commercial disputes.

  1. Some recent challenges: Public Registers of Beneficial Ownership of BVI incorporated companies, the

  BOSS Act and system, economic substance and the Economic Substance (Companies and Limited

Partnerships) Act 2018.

  1. The way forward for the British Virgin Islands in the new and evolving global regulatory framework.