Highlights from Northern Ireland and Wales…

IPA Insolvency Practitioner newsletter, June 2022

Contents

• Paul Smith, CEO
• Samantha Keen, President
• Committee for Advertising Practice Enforcement Notice on debt management advertisements
• New Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation enforcement powers
• Use of reliance to carry out AML due diligence
• HMRC update
• …next up, Manchester!
• The Ethics of Giving Advice | Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
• IPA Awards Party
• Exclusive discounts on training from the IPA and our partners
• Join an IPA Committee
• Reminder: new discount codes added to member benefit brought to you in partnership with Dell
• CPI training with BPP – special offer for IPA members (member login required to view)
• Membership and licence renewals

It was a pleasure to see our members at the online Northern Ireland Roadshow and the in-person Wales event in Cardiff the following week.

Thank you to all speakers, sponsors and delegates for contributing to two enjoyable afternoons. Next in the series is Manchester on Thursday 15th September – read more here.

Pictured L-R above:

Andrew Lightburn (Associate Director), Ruairi Maguire (Solicitor) and David McAlinden (Director), all of MKB Law, who provided delegates with a legal update on insolvency actions in Northern Ireland and took us through the implications of the recent European Court of Justice decision in the Dutch Heiploeg case and the differences between NI and GB for insolvency-related employment law and Tribunal practices.

We also heard from Richard Monds, Director of Insolvency at Northern Ireland Insolvency Service, and Stuart Anderson, Head of Public Affairs at Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce. IPA Chief Inspector David Holland and Senior Regulation Officer Rowan Duffin-Jones updated attendees on IPA regulation and monitoring.

Pictured clockwise above:

Members of the IPA Senior Leadership Team (Lyn Green, Head of Regulation, David Holland, Chief Inspector, Judith West, Head of External Affairs and Business Affairs, Paul Smith, CEO); Phillip Patterson, Barrister of Gatehouse Chambers; Paul Slevin, President of Chambers Wales; Brett Eeles and Charlotte May, Associate Directors at Manolete Partners; Ben Cottam, Head of Wales at the Federation of Small Businesses

View a video of the event in Cardiff below (Credit: Capital Law)