14.00 - 18.00

Thursday 24 January 2008 - Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester Glos GL7 6JS

Monday 4 February 2008 - Askham Bryan College, York YO23 3FR

3.5 hours CPD accredited - Law Society reference AWZ/CJHU

Full agenda and booking form attached

SPEAKERS:  (full CVs can be found on our website at www.36bedfordrow.co.uk)

HHJ Christopher Plunkett
Circuit judge who sits in civil and family proceedings and whose practice at the Bar often encompassed agricultural issues.
Richard Wilson QC
Leading barrister, part time Recorder and author of forthcoming publication The Law of the Common Agricultural Policy:The Single Payment, Cross Compliance and Enforcement.
William Harbage QC
A specialist criminal barrister. Had conducted shotgun appeals and defended farmers and landowners on charges of assaulting intruders on their land.
Mr David Altaras
Barrister; Recorder of the Crown Court: Chartered Arbitrator. Over 30 years professional experience in planning law in a wide variety of cases of development control, enforcement and forward planning. Many of his cases have touched upon agricultural issues.Member of the ALA. Has written for The Bulletin and Farm Law.
Miss Felicity Gerry
Specialist criminal barrister known to defend country landowners, agricultural workers and hunt followers.
Mr Andrzej Bojarski
Barrister who specialises in family and civil litigation with a particular focus on the financial aspects of relationship breakdown (following marriage or otherwise). Co-author of Unlocking Matrimonial Assets on Divorce (Jordans, 2007) a textbook on the more difficult areas of ancillary relief practice. He has lectured on various aspects of family and civil law.
Mr John Gibson
Barrister with a general civil and family practice concentrating on ancillary relief work. Regularly undertakes cases with in excess of £500,000 assets in issue. In addition undertakes cohabitee property disputes, civil actions against the police and professional negligence claims (solicitors, accountants, clinical), personal injury and boundary disputes. John also undertakes child law work bith public and private law (representing parents, guardians and local authorities), cohabitee property disputes and Inheritance Act applications. In 1998 he was appointed by the Treasury Solicitors as Junior Counsel to the Inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
Mr Richard O'Dair
Barrister with broad ranging experience of employment law appearing in employment tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the County Court and the Court of Appeal. He has appeared in ground breaking litigation on the status of agency workers. He specializes particularly in legal aspects of business transfers (TUPE) and is known as a combative cross-examiner.
Mr Jonathon Rushton
36 Bedford Row, London: Barrister who deals with all aspects of residential and commercial property, environment, planning, PFI project work and local government law. He litigates and advises across a broad range of issues and has developed a reputation for reliable and practical advice to both public and private sector clients, including local authorities, housing associations, leaseholders, tenants and the homeless. He appears in the High Court and domestic tribunals covering both civil and criminal regulation, including statutory nuisance and regulatory offences. Other areas of practice include neighbour disputes, general land law and contractual claims in the County Court.
Mr Christopher Jacobs
High Flying public law barrister who also conducts litigation in planning and property. Has recently appeared on Legal Network Television.

• Agenda (PDF 244KB)
• Booking Form (PDF 253KB)