//Diary of Events

Thursday 29th April 2021

“The Taxman Cometh…Property - a tax treat or a tax trap?” (click for event flyer)

Speakers: Mark Quaye, Director, Marque Wealth Management and John Woolley LLB, CTA (Fellow), TEP, FCII, barrister, Joint MD – Technical Connections

Location: Microsoft Teams
Time: 6pm - 7pm with the meeting open from 5.30pm

Attendance at the seminar is free for everyone but to attend you must register beforehand due to limited spaces.

Kindly sponsored by Marque Wealth Management.

To register or if you have any queries please email events@bacfi.org or call 07507237218.

Thursday 13th May 2021

Webinar: Demystifying the Employed Bar (click for event flyer)

In conjunction with the Young Barristers’ and Employed Barristers’ Committees of the Bar Council.

• What is an employed barrister?
• What do employed barristers do?
• How do I get to become an employed barrister?
• What sort of training and career development do you get?

These and many other questions will be addressed by an expert panel of current practising employed barristers:

Ian Brookes-Howells, Chair of BACFI 
Charlotte Pope-Williams, Associate, Pinsent Masons LLP 
Patrick Rappo, Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP
Gaynor Wood, General Counsel, CLS Group
André Nwadikwa-Jonathan, CPS
Michael Harwood, GLD

Location: Microsoft Teams
Time: 6pm - 7.30pm with the meeting open from 5.30pm

Attendance at the webinar is free for everyone but to attend you must register beforehand due to limited spaces.

To register or if you have any queries please email events@bacfi.org or call 07507237218.

Wednesday 19th May 2021

Inclusion and Diversity at the Bar: How to become involved in making the Bar a better place for everyone (click for event flyer)

In conjunction with the Employed Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council.

Speakers: Mark Neale, Director General of the BSB will be speaking about his involvement with the BSB’s Reverse Mentoring Scheme as a mentee along with student Agatha Rockson who is a mentor, in the hope that more students and barristers will be encouraged to take part in this initiative. Srishti Suresh from Bridging the Bar will be speaking about how the charity supports students from non-traditional and underrepresented backgrounds to access the Bar and how those at the Employed Bar can help with the programmes and initiatives they are running. 

Location: Microsoft Teams
Time: 6pm - 7pm with the meeting open from 5.30pm

Attendance at the webinar is free for everyone but to attend you must register beforehand due to limited spaces.

To register or if you have any queries please email events@bacfi.org or call 07507237218.

Other events may be included during the year and will be notified to members and advertised in Counsel magazine.

Both the Middle Temple Reception for the Employed Bar and the Gray's Inn Dinner for the Employed Bar are Middle Temple and Gray's Inn functions respectively.  However, members of other Inns are welcome.  If you would like to attend please contact the Administrator, Sandra Janes via email or telephone on (075) 0723 7218.