Conference programme - Day Three: Saturday 27 February

09:50 Chair’s welcome
Sara Collins, Conyers, Dill & Pearman, Cayman Islands

10:00 Keynote: QDE (Questioned Document Examination), a question of honour
Throughout the ages, especially during economically challenging times, individuals try to create advantages for themselves by manipulating official documents. This session will allow an insight into the world of forensic handwriting examination and the complicated process of a forgery investigation through the eyes of an internationally recognised forensic handwriting examiner.
Richard Fraser M.D., forensic handwriting examiner, USA

10:45 Morning coffee

11:15 Panel discussion: Trusts and insolvency
In the current economic climate insolvency is a major potential issue for all involved in trusts. And the next two years or so are likely to throw up more insolvency and trust issues. With plenty of opportunity for questions from the floor, the panel will debate insolvency issues that can arise where the trust is insolvent, where the trustee (corporate and individual) is insolvent, where one or more of the beneficiaries is insolvent and where counter-parties are insolvent. And they will do so with specific reference to both the UK and offshore jurisdictions such as Bermuda, the BVI, Cayman, Gibraltar, Jersey and Guernsey.
Chair: Shân Warnock-Smith QC, 5 Stone Buildings, UK
David Alexander QC, 3-4 South Square, UK
Toby Graham, Farrer & Co., UK
Robert Ham QC, Wilberforce, UK
Jonathan Speck, Mourant

12:30 Chair’s closing comments
Shân Warnock-Smith QC, 5 Stone Buildings, UK

12:50 Lunch

14:00 Close of conference