IPReg’s Code of Conduct and associated rules are changing. The new regulatory arrangements will come into force on 1st July 2023.
Join us to hear from Fran Gillon and Shelley Edwards, who will lead a discussion focusing on the key changes and answer any questions you may have.
This event is free to all CITMA and CIPA members.
Please email [email protected] to book your place.
We will cover topics including continuing competence, transparency requirements and the new Overarching Principles. There will also be a Q&A chaired by CIPA Chief Executive Lee Davies.
In advance of the webinar, you can find copies of all the new regulatory arrangements here. They are:
- The Core Regulatory Framework
- Overarching Principles which set out the ethical behaviours that IPReg expects all regulated persons to uphold. This includes not only in your professional life but also your private life where it is relevant to your practice as a regulated person
- Code of Conduct. These are the standards of professionalism that IPReg expects, including when you are working on a pro bono basis
- The Standard Operating Procedures. These set out procedural matters in relation to authorisation and admission to the register, the disciplinary process and applying for a waiver of IPReg’s Rules
- The Glossary of terms.
We have also published a range of supporting guidance which will help you to understand what the changes will mean in practice. This includes:
- Client money – there is a new definition of client money;
- Continuing Competence – the requirements for CPD are changing;
- Transparency and costs – there are new requirements to disclose to clients certain charges.
The webinar supports skill set 1.2: Adversarial proceedings of the Advanced Competency Framework.
Meet your speakers
Lee Davies, Chief Executive, CIPA
Lee Davies has been the Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) since February 2012.
Prior to this, Lee was the Deputy Chief Executive of the Institute for Learning (IfL), the professional body for further education teachers. Lee’s professional background is in engineering (mechanical services) and further education teaching.
Lee has experience of the governance of professional bodies, having served as the President of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) in 2011-12.
Lee is a passionate advocate for the association sector and is President and Chair of the Institute of Association Leadership (IAL), where he leads the Chief Executives’ Forum.
Shelley Edwards, IPreg
Shelley is a solicitor and joined the IPReg team in October 2017 after 11 years in a regulatory and public law team of a London firm.
She has experience working within a number of professional regulators across different sectors including healthcare, telecoms and the legal sector leading major change programmes, carrying out regulatory audits and reviews of cases, processes and procedures.
In her native New Zealand, Shelley was a Barrister practising criminal law with a special interest in youth criminal justice.
Fran Gillon, IPreg
Fran became Chief Executive on 1 August 2017.
She has experience in economic and professional regulation, having held senior positions in Ofgem, Postcomm (the former postal services regulator) and the Legal Services Board (LSB).
After leaving the LSB, Fran worked as a Special Adviser at Slaughter and May.
Fran has a BSc (Econ.) from the London School of Economics and a Postgraduate Certificate in Competition Policy.
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- Closing date: 21st September 2023