Richard Turton Award
Richard Turton had a unique role in the formation and management of INSOL Europe, INSOL
International, the English Insolvency Practitioners Association and R3, the Association of Business
Recovery Professionals in the UK. In recognition of his achievements these four organisations
jointly created an award in memory of Richard. The Richard Turton Award provides an educational
opportunity for a qualifying participant to attend the annual INSOL Europe Conference.
In recognition of those aspects in which Richard had a special interest, the award is open to
applicants who fulfil all of the following:
• Work in and are a national of a developing or emerging nation;
• Work in or be actively studying insolvency law & practice;
• Be under 35 years of age at the date of the application;
• Have sufficient command of spoken English to benefit from the conference technical programme;
• Agree to the conditions below
Applicants for the award are invited to write to the address below enclosing their C.V. and stating
why they should be chosen in less than 200 words by the 1 July 2008. In addition the panel
requests that the applicants include the title of their suggested paper as specified below. The
applications will be adjudicated by a panel representing the four associations. The decision will
be made by the 1st August 2008 to allow the successful applicant to co-ordinate their attendance
with INSOL Europe.
The successful applicant will
• Be invited to attend the INSOL Europe Conference, which this year is being held in Barcelona, Spain
from the 2nd - 5th October, all expenses paid.
• Write a paper of 3,000 words on a subject of insolvency and turnaround to be agreed with
the panel. This paper will be published in summary in one or more of the Member
Associations’ journals and in full on their websites.
• Be recognised at the conference and receive a framed certificate of the Richard Turton Award.
Interested? Send a 200 word statement as to why you should be given the opportunity to attend
the INSOL Europe Conference as the recipient of the Richard Turton Award by the 1st July to:
Richard Turton Award
C/O INSOL International
2/3 Philpot lane
London EC3M 8AQ
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7929 6678
E-mail: claireb@insol.ision.co.uk
Too old? Do a young colleague a favour and pass details of this opportunity on.
Applicants will receive notice by the 1st September 2008 of the panel’s decision.
2005 Turton Award Winner
The Liability Regime in the Insolvency Procedure from Romania paper by Lavinia-Olivia Aspru
2006 Turton Award Winner
Bankruptcy of Socially Owned Enterprises in Republic of Serbia paper by Jelena Marjanovic
2007 Turton Award Winner
Protection of Employees' Rights in Insolvency from Russian paper by Yanna Bakulina
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