Apr 21, 2017 - The Specialist Tax Stream will commence with the ABA Conference. Plenary Sessions. Tax delegates will hea
CONFERENCE
2017 EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION & ACCESSIBILITY:
The Right Honourable Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The role of the Bar in 2017 and beyond EARLYBIRD Earlybird registration closes 21 April 2017
The Specialist Tax Stream will commence with the ABA Conference Plenary Sessions. Tax delegates will hear opening remarks from the Right Honourable Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, His Excellency the Honourable Alexander Downer AC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Andrew Langdon QC, Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales. Following this the Honourable Justice Keane AC, High Court of Australia, will deliver the keynote address, and delegates will hear from a panel of experts including the Right Honourable Jeremy Wright QC MP, Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland on ‘Implications of Brexit’. The Specialist Tax Stream features a stellar array of globally recognised tax jurists and advocates and boasts the following sessions: • Comparative approaches to combatting tax avoidance; • Apportionment of GST – lessons from the UK experience with VAT; • Unilateral measures in a multinational world: diverted profits taxes, transfer pricing measures and their effect on business decisions; • Tax and bilateral investment treaties – a means to both create and resolve disputes?; and • Corporate decision making and taxation – client perspectives on a changing taxation environment.
LONDON SESSIONS & SPECIALIST TAX STREAM
DUBLIN SESSIONS 5-7 July, 2017 The Westbury Hotel
2-3 July, 2017 Rosewood London & Inner Temple
The Honourable Justice Middleton Federal Court of Australia
The Honourable Justice Davies Federal Court of Australia
The Honourable Justice Pagone Federal Court of Australia
Jennifer Batrouney QC President, Victorian Bar
David Bloom QC New Chambers, Aickin Chambers and Field Court Tax Chambers
Roderick Cordara QC Essex Court Chambers
Nicola Shaw QC Chairman, UK Revenue Bar Association Grays Inn Tax Chambers
David Russell AM RFD QC Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers and Outer Temple Chambers
Simon Steward QC Aickin Chambers Past President of the Tax Bar Association