New Officers and Committee appointments

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Following last night's AGM, BILA welcomes Rocco Franco as its new President and Nicholas Damski as new Committee Member.

Many thanks from all of us to Roy Campbell for his fantastic work as President of BILA over the last few years. Roy will continue to sit on the Committee going forward, together with Committee Members Francesca Rossi, Pat Deeley, Chiara Muston, Rocco Franco, Paul Dipré, Fabio Vitiello, Tina Villarosa, Caterina Iodice, Ugo Palazzo, Emily Di Cesare, Suzanne Todd, Beatrice De Burgh, Nicola Saccardo and Nicholas Damski

First results of new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1)

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The first pass rates of the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1) have been published yesterday, Thursday 20 January 2022.

53% of the 1,090 candidates who sat the first-ever exam in November 2021 received a pass mark. Whilst there is no meaningful pass rate gap between male and female candidates, the results show a significant gap between the pass rate of white candidates (65%) and those of BAME candidates (44%).

The SRA has appointed Exeter University to carry out a research to better understand the factors driving the attainment gap.

In order to qualify as solicitors, the students who have passed the SQE1 will now need to pass the SQE2 (scheduled in April).

Memorial Service in memory of Carlo Colombotti

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BILA members may have met or otherwise known Carlo Colombotti. Carlo was for a long time a reference figure in the Anglo-Italian legal community.

There will be a memorial service on the first anniversary of his death, which will be held on 25 November 2021 at the St Peter Church Clerkenwell (Chiesa Italiana) commencing at 5pm.

 Full details are contained in the attached pdf including how to RSVP

The Law Society event: European Lawyers Webinar

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The Law Society of England and Wales will be holding a webinar for European lawyers based in England and Wales on the 28 October 2021 from 2:00 – 4pm (UK time). 

Join this webinar to hear from the experts on European lawyers practising rights in England and Wales post-Brexit. There will be a discussion on how the changes to the Solicitors Qualifying Exam will impact European lawyers and their ability to practise in England and Wales. Following the governments update to immigration rules, speakers will also give an overview about how this affects mobility for European lawyers in the UK. To conclude the webinar, join the panel for a Q&A session and raise any questions you may have.

 

Speakers will include:

 Keynote: I.Stephanie Boyce – President, Law Society

 Panel Chair: Stephen Denyer – Director of Strategic Relationships, Law Society

Julie Brannan - Director of Education and Training (expert in SQE), SRA

Marco Cillario - International Policy Adviser, Law Society

Michael Padua - International Policy Adviser, Law Society

Nathaniel Hayward - International Policy Assistant, Law Society

Emanuele Bosia - Partner, Gianni & Origoni

Nicolas Rollason - Partner and Head of Business Immigration, Kingsley Napley 

The Law Society of England and Wales would be delighted if BILA members could attend the event using the following registration link: https://events.lawsociety.org.uk/ClientApps/Silverbear.Web.EDMS/public/default.aspx?tabid=37&id=2931&orgId=1&guid=494366bd-db4d-4d7b-a2ed-be2925064986

 

Italian Embassy and Settled event: EU Settlement Scheme e lunghe assenze causate dal coronavirus

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Mercoledi’ 23 giugno 2021 - ore 18.30-20.00 (BST)

Questo evento è organizzato da Settled in collaborazione con l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Londra e con il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Edimburgo e vuole fornire informazioni per assistere i cittadini italiani e i rispettivi familiari a presentare domanda nell’ambito dell’EU Settlement Scheme, per il (pre-)settled status. L'obiettivo di questo webinar e' di chiarire i seguenti punti:

- Quando e' possibile giustificare a causa della pandemia una assenza superiore a 6 mesi ma inferiore a 12 mesi. Quali prove inviare e quando inviarle per poter fare domanda di settled status.

- Quando e' possibile giustificare a causa della pandemia una seconda assenza superiore a 6 mesi ma inferiore a 12 mesi. Quali prove inviare e quando inviarle per poter fare domanda di settled status.

- Quando e' possibile giustificare a causa della pandemia una assenza superiore a 12 mesi. Quali prove inviare per una seconda domanda di pre-settled status per mantenere i requisiti per fare domanda di settled status

Per collegarsi all'evento:

Avvenuta la registrazione tramite Eventbrite, si riceverà al proprio indirizzo di posta elettronica una mail di conferma con il link per collegarsi al Webinar.

La locandina prevede...

Introduzione:

h. 18:30

Cristina Tegolo, Service Coordinator di Settled

Italia nel Regno Unito:

h. 18:35

Fabrizio Colaceci, Primo Consigliere dell'Ambasciata

h. 18:40

Fabio Monaco, Console Generale a Edimburgo

EU Settlement Scheme, lunghe assenze causate da COVID-19

h. 18:45

Manuela Travaglini, Esperto legale dell'Ambasciata

Domande e risposte:

h. 19:10

Saluti:

h. 19:55