Thursday 6^th October marked the return of the North West branch’s annual dinner, held at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Manchester Airport Hotel in Cheshire.

The Second Manchester Lecture, was held at the Emirates Old Trafford. It is jointly run by The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and attracts a full house and top class speakers from around the country.

CIArb’s North West Branch is a well established, successful and progressive branch. We have circa 450 members from a variety of professional backgrounds. We generally host events every 6-8 weeks throughout the year and we often have prominent speakers from their respective fields discussing relevant topics.

On 9 June 2020, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators North West Branch successfully held its first-ever online educational event.

On 30 April 2020, the North West branch pioneered its first leap into online meetings.

What a success this annual event was, under the guiding chairmanship of Richard Barnes FCIArb, Branch Chair, but organised and managed yet again with his usual superb aplomb, Matt Drake, Deputy Branch Chair.