The Richard Turton Award provides an educational opportunity for a qualifying participant to attend the annual INSOL Europe Congress, all expenses paid.

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. 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 1 July 2017. 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 successful applicant will :

• Be invited to attend the INSOL Europe Congress of that year (which in 2017 is being held in Warsaw, Poland) 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.

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If you qualify, write to

Richard Turton Award
C/O INSOL International
6-7 Queen Street, London EC4N 1SP

Fax: +44 (0) 20 7248 3384
E-mail: claireb@insol.ision.co.uk

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Applicants will receive notice by 1 August 2017 of the panel’s decision.

For a list of previous winners and their respective articles, visit the INSOL International website here.

Too old? Do a young colleague a favour and pass details of this opportunity on.

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Dr. Róbert Muzsalyi

The committee is delighted to announce that the 2016 winner is Dr. Róbert Muzsalyi from Hungary. Róbert works as a judicial clerk in the Supreme Court of Hungary. He is currently studying for his PhD (research topic ‘The Impact of EU Law on Hungarian Procedural Law’) at the Doctoral School of Law and Political Sciences at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary.

This is the first time that we have had a winner from Hungary. Previous winners have come from Uganda, Belarus, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, PRC, Romania, Russia and Serbia.

As part of the award, Róbert is invited to attend the INSOL Europe Annual Congress (Lisbon, Portugal). He will be writing a paper on ”Directors’ liability: what should be the minimum harmonisation in the EU”, that will be published in summary in one or more of the Member Associations’ journals and in full on their website. We would like to congratulate Róbert for his excellent application and would also thank all the candidates who applied for the award this year.

Download Róbert's paper here: Directors’ liability: what should be the minimum harmonisation in the EU

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Waiswa Abudu-Salam

The Committee is delighted to announce that the 2015 winner is Waiswa Abudu Sallam from Uganda. Waiswa works for the Uganda Revenue Authority in the Debt Collection Department. He is currently studying for a Master of Laws in Corporate and Insolvency Law at Nottingham Trent University, UK (by distance learning). This is the first time we have had a winner from Uganda: Previous winners have come from Belaruse, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, PRC, Romania, Russia and Serbia.

As part of the award, Waiswa is invited to attend the INSOL Europe Annual Congress (Berlin, Germany). He will be writing a paper that will be published in summary in one or more of the Member Associations’ journals and in full on their websites. We would like to congratulate Waiswa for his excellent application and also thank all the candidates who applied for the award this year. There were many excellent submissions and the judges task was very difficult this year.

Download Waiswa's paper here: Insolvency Proceedings; A Double Edged Debt Collection Tool