Social function tickets will NOT be confirmed until full payment is received at the IBA office. If full payment is not received by Friday 31 August tickets will be released without further warning.

As numbers may have to be limited for certain functions, tickets will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Requests for tickets for unregistered accompanying persons will only be granted at the discretion of the Head of Conferences.

Accompanying person(s) cannot be a member of the legal profession and are not permitted to attend working sessions. Checks are made to ensure members of the legal profession are not registered as an accompanying person, if this is the case, registration will be refused unless the accompanying person registers as a full delegate for the conference.

Only registered accompanying persons (ie those paying the fee of £282.90) are eligible to participate in the social programme, except with the prior agreement of the Head of Conferences.

Early registration fee and preliminary list of participants – registration forms and payment must be received at the IBA office by Friday 13 July. The preliminary list of participants will be available to all registered delegates at www.ibanet.org/ conferences/ Dublin2012/ by mid-August.

Conference list of participants – for inclusion in the list of participants available at the conference, registration forms and payment must be received at the IBA office by Friday 24 August.

In addition to the printed list of participants, registered delegates will also have access to a mobile list of participants’ application, available on PDAs and smartphones, to search through an up-to-date directory of delegates, view their contact information, discover the location and times of speakers’ sessions and send personal messages to one another.

Social function tickets – social function tickets will not be confirmed until full payment is received at the IBA office. If full payment is not received by Friday 31 August then tickets will be released without further notice.

Cancellation – notice of cancellation must be received at the IBA office, in writing, by Wednesday 19 September. A 15 per cent administration charge will be deducted on registration fees and 25 per cent on social function tickets. After this date, no refunds can be made for registration fees; however, your registration fee can be transferred to a substitute delegate employed within your law firm/company. Only one transfer/substitute per registration is permitted. Social function tickets returned in person, on-site, will be subject to a 25 per cent administration charge, and a refund will only be made if the ticket is resold. All refunds will be made from the London office after the conference.

Registration – all registrations (online and by hard copy) must be received by close of business on Wednesday 19 September in order to be processed. After this date registration will only be possible upon arrival at the conference subject to availability; the higher fee will then apply.

Onsite registration – due to the size of the CCD, on-site registration will only be possible subject to availability. Please contact the IBA prior to travelling to ensure we will be accepting on-site registrations for the conference. The IBA will not be liable for any travel or accommodation expenses incurred by an individual who travels to the conference without a confirmed place at the event.

Social functions – all social function ticket bookings must be finalised by close of business on Wednesday 19 September. After this date all amendments, returns and purchases of social function tickets will only be possible upon arrival at the conference. Tickets returned in person, on-site, will be subject to a 25 per cent administration charge, and a refund will only be made if the ticket is resold. All refunds will be made from the London office after the conference. Please note that new ticket purchases will be subject to availability at the conference.

Fast track registration – all delegates who have registered and paid for the conference, social functions and membership fees in full before the end of business on Wednesday 19 September will receive a voucher for the fast track registration desk. The voucher is scheduled to be e-mailed on Thursday 27 September to the email address indicated on the registration form. Please bring this voucher to the registration desk either in hard copy or on your smartphone.

The working language for both the sessions and conference materials is English.

Any cancellation must be received at the IBA office, in writing, by Wednesday 19 September in order for fees to be refunded. A 15 per cent administration charge will be deducted from registration fees and 25 per cent administration charge on social function tickets.

If you have made an accommodation booking, either through our housing agent JLC or independently, you are responsible for cancelling this separately. The IBA takes no responsibility for any financial penalties you may incur.

After Wednesday 19 September, no refunds can be made for registration fees; however, your registration fee can be transferred to a substitute delegate employed within your law firm/company. Only one transfer/substitute per registration is permitted. Tickets returned in person, on-site, will be subject to a 25 per cent administration charge, and a refund will only be made if the ticket is resold. All refunds will be made from the London office after the conference.

** Reduced rate is offered to lawyers who are over the age of 65, have been an IBA member for more than 20 years and are no longer practising law.

*** Non-members can register at the IBA rate if the IBA membership form is submitted at the same time as their conference registration.

**** Accompanying person(s) cannot be a member of the legal profession and are not permitted to attend working sessions. Checks are made to ensure members of the legal profession are not registered as an accompanying person, if this is the case, registration will be refused unless the accompanying person registers as a full delegate for the conference.

Registration forms received at the IBA office indicating incorrect registration fee selection will be processed at the correct registration fee rate. An email will be dispatched informing the delegate of this error and further conference documentation will not be available until the full registration fee has been received.

Registration fees include:

• Attendance at all working sessions
• Conference documentation, including website access to any available speakers’ papers, preliminary and conference list of participants
• Opening ceremony and welcome party on Sunday 30 September
• Lunches, Monday – Friday inclusive
• Tea and coffee during breaks
• Shuttle bus service between the official IBA Conference hotels and CCD during the conference week

Accompanying person fees include:

• Opening ceremony and welcome party on Sunday 30 September
• Shuttle bus service between the official IBA Conference hotels and CCD during the conference week

Pounds sterling: by cheque drawn on a UK bank and in favour of the International Bar Association. Please send to: 4th Floor, 10 St Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom.

OR by bank transfer to the IBA account number: 13270222 (Sort Code 56-00-03) at the National Westminster Bank, St James’s & Piccadilly Branch, 208 Piccadilly, London W1A 2DG, United Kingdom or SWIFT address NWBKGB2L, IBAN GB05NWBK56000313270222.

Euro: by cheque or bank draft, drawn on a euro zone bank and converted at the current rate of exchange and in favour of the International Bar Association. Please send to: 4th Floor, 10 St Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom.

OR by bank transfer to the IBA bank account number 550/00/06570631 (Sort Code 56-00-03) at the National Westminster Bank, St James’s & Piccadilly Branch, 208 Piccadilly, London W1A 2DG, United Kingdom or SWIFT address NWBKGB2L, IBAN GB58NWBK60721106570631. Please ensure that a copy of the bank transfer details is attached to your registration form and sent to the IBA office.

US dollars: by cheque converted at the current rate of exchange and drawn on a US bank and in favour of the International Bar Association. Please send to: 4th Floor, 10 St Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom.

OR by bank transfer to the IBA account number: 01286498 (Sort Code 56-00-03) at the National Westminster Bank, St James’s & Piccadilly Branch, 208 Piccadilly, London W1A 2DG, United Kingdom. SWIFT address NWBKGB2L, IBAN GB55NWBK60730101286498. Please ensure that a copy of the bank transfer details is attached to your registration form and sent to the IBA office.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR NAME, MEMBERSHIP NUMBER (if applicable) AND THE WORDS ‘CON420+ DUBLIN’ APPEAR ON ANY TRANSFER OR DRAFT.

Credit card payments: by Visa, MasterCard or American Express.
No other cards are accepted. Credit cards will be charged in GBP £. Your credit card company will convert this cost to the currency of your credit card.

Receipt of payment without submitting a fully completed registration form does not constitute a ‘complete’ registration and will not secure your place at the conference. Registrations will only be confirmed once the IBA London Office is in receipt of both the completed registration form and full payment.

All fees payable to us by you in accordance with the terms contained in this ‘information’ section shall be paid free and clear of all deductions or withholdings whatsoever.

If any deductions or withholdings are required by law to be made from any fees payable to us by you under the terms contained in this ‘information’ section you shall pay such sum as will, after the deduction or withholding has been made, leave us with the same amount as we would have been entitled to receive in the absence of any such requirement to make a deduction or withholding.

If we obtain the benefit of any tax credit or other relief by reference to any such deductions or withholdings, then we shall repay to you such amount as, after such repayment has been made, will leave us in no worse position than we would have been had no such deductions or withholdings been required.

The IBA is unable to process group registrations or registrations supplied through an agency. Registration, payment and all conference correspondence must be made directly with the registered delegate and not via a third party. Should we receive a conference registration and/or payment from a third party the registration will not be processed and the funds will be returned automatically to the bank they originated from with any applicable charges deducted.

All cancellations received on or before 19 September 2012 will be subject to a 15 per cent administration charge deducted on registration fees and 25 per cent on social function tickets. Refunds will only be made via the payment method they were originally sent, if a payment is refunded via bank transfer it will also be subject to any applicable bank charges.

Provided you have cancelled your registration to attend an IBA conference in accordance with the terms of the ‘cancellation of registration’ clause included in the ‘Information’ section of the relevant conference programme, you must then confirm to us in writing at the IBA office as soon as possible but in no event later than one year (12 calendar months) from the date of any such conference all necessary details to enable any reimbursement owed to you to be paid. We regret that no refunds will be made after the date that is one year (12 calendar months) after the date of the relevant conference.

International Bar Association is incorporated as a Not-for-Profit Corporation under the laws of the State of New York in the United States of America and is registered with the Department of State of the State of New York with registration number 071114000655 and the liability of its members is limited. Its registered office in New York is at c/o Capital Services Inc, 1218 Central Avenue, Suite 100 Albany, New York 12205: the administrative office of the Association is at 4th Floor, 10 St Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD, United Kingdom.

Convention Centre Dublin (CCD)
Spencer Dock
North Wall Quay
Dublin 1
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 856 0000
www.theccd.ie