News & Events
GREAT NEWS ON CALCULATION OF PRACTISING CERTIFICATE FEES - The C&I Group welcomes the great news that the Law Society Council has adopted the SRA's recommendation for the calculation of Practising Certificate fees - click here to view the full press release
C&I ANNUAL DINNER - This year's national annual dinner will take place on Thursday 16 September 2010 at The Carlton Tower Hotel. Click here for further details
INTOUNIVERSITY is a London based charity who provide sustained academic support, motivation and encouragement to give deprived young people a fair chance of realising their full potential. Click here to read more and see how you could become involved.
GUIDE FOR IN-HOUSE LAWYERS - The Carbon Trust in association with PLC have produced a Guide for Boards and their lawyers to the carbon reduction commitment and energy reduction scheme. Click here to view the document.
LAUNCH OF NEW ONLINE WEBINARS
The C&I Group is pleased to announce it is introducing webinars to its training programme to widen and enhance your training possibilities. Click here to view the September webinar programme and find out further details.
NEW CHAIR - The C&I Group is pleased to announce that as from 1 February 2010 John Bleasdale takes over the role of Chair - click here for a full press release
LONDON MARCH 2010 NEWSLETTER - click here to find out what is happening in London Region
NEW MEMBER BENEFIT - LINEX LEGAL ONLINE INFORMATION TOOL
We are pleased to announce a new member benefit for our subscribed members - Linex Legal Online Information Tool - completely free of charge to subscribed members - click here for further details
HUNT REVIEW - PC FEES
Click here to view the C&I Group's open letter to The Law Society, The SRA and The Legal Services Board
2010 SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE NOW DUE FOR PAYMENT - click here for further details on how to renew
NEW INFORMATION TOOL FOR MEMBERS - Lexwiser is an exciting new on-line service that enables direct and instant lawyer-to-lawyer collaboration. The service offers practical workflow tools, a live database of legal expertise and is structured by industry sector, so that you only connect and co-operate with lawyers sharing the same area of specialism to you. To find out how to access this service, please email christine@cigroup.org.uk
FOOD AND DRINK SECTOR - if you work in the food and drink industry then please send an email to christine@cigroup.org.uk to find out more details. For Food & Drink events see 'Regional Events' below
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES have been issued giving in-house lawyers guidance on Indemnities and Insurance for Directors and Officers. Click here to view the full press release. Click here to access the document - 'Suitably Sheltered?'. Details of all the Corporate Governance Committee work can be found on the Corporate Governance page
NEW CODE UPDATE - subscribed members can now access an update on The New Code - go the members area to view this document
ICSA - Redundancy Chapter from Employment Law & Practice - download your free copy by logging into the members area
New Code Discussion Paper
We are pleased to announce that we now have available to subscribed members only a paper commissioned by the C&I Group and prepared by Tony Guise (a solicitor specialising in Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal Work) - entitled Do I need a Practising Certificate? To access this document you need to log into the members area. If you are unsure of your log in ID or your password, please contact Julie Slater on julie@cigroup.org.uk
Regional Events
London Region - Speed Networking - Tuesday 21 September - click here for further details
North East Region - In-House Counsel Seminar - two dates - 29 September and also 7 October - click here for further details
South Food & Drink Sector - presentation on Hub & Spoke and Vertical Agreements - Wednesday 22 September in London - click here for further details
Midlands Region - Come and Meet Us - quarterly drinks evenings with the Midlands Committee - third event on Thursday 30 September 2010 (June event has been cancelled) in Birmingham -click here for further details
Yorkshire Lawyer Awards 2010 in Leeds - Wednesday 6 October 2010 - click here for further details
North West 2010 Annual Dinner at The Lowry Hotel - Friday 22 October - click here for further details
North East Region - IT Dispute Seminar in association with SCL - Thursday 4 November - click here for further details
North East 2010 Annual Dinner at The Leeds Marriott - Friday 26 November - click herefor further details
ICSA Company Secretary's Handbook - 7th Edition - we have a limited number available at a greatly reduced cost to subscribed members of £35 (inc. P&P). To order a copy please send an email to info@cigroup.org.uk
Click here to view our Forthcoming Events flyer which gives details of C&I Training courses being run during January to March 2011. Are you aware that C&I courses are substantially cheaper if you are a subscribed member (approx. £92 per course). Email julie@cigroup.org.uk for further information.