Summer Mini-Blitz (ROI/NI) 2025
Date & time: 26 June 2025 09:30 to 1.30 pm
Suitable for both ROI and NI audiences, this event will contain relevant plenary content applicable to both jurisdictions, followed by supplementary regional specific technical sessions. Led by high profile speakers who work day-to-day in their specialist fields, this conference focuses on delivering technical updates, as well as professional & commercial insights to accountants and business professionals in the ROI and NI.
You can download the Slide pack for this event by clicking the link below.
Moderator
Ann-Marie Herbert, Professional Development Accountant, Chartered Accountants Ireland
12:25 pm
Company Law Updates
Nick Compton, Barrister at Law
12:55 pm
Taxation Update
Tom Penman, Tax and Training Ltd
1:25 pm
Event Close
Ann-Marie Herbert, Chartered Accountants Ireland

Ann-Marie Herbert, FCA
Professional Development Accountant, Chartered Accountants Ireland
Ann-Marie Herbert is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with over two decades of experience spanning practice and global financial services. She holds both a BA and a Master’s in Accounting from Dublin City University. Ann-Marie trained in practice before joining State Street, where she spent 16 years in a variety of roles, gaining deep expertise in financial services day-to-day business operations and professional development. Now at Chartered Accountants Ireland, she plays a key role in shaping the learning journey of accounting professionals, bringing a strategic and practitioner-informed perspective to the evolving needs of the profession.

Nick Compton
Barrister at Law
Mick was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2015 and is currently accepting instructions in all practice areas.
His practice is largely focussed on civil litigation in the County Court and High Court. He has particular experience of commercial disputes, land and property disputes, matters relating to individual and corporate insolvency, and company and partnership disputes. He also has experience of acting in Judicial Review proceedings, and appear for both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injuries claims.
He is a member of the Government Legal Service ‘C’ Panel and the Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Newly Qualified panel.
Outside of his practice, he has experience of tutoring commercial and company law, civil procedure, and advocacy at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies.

Tom Penman
Tax and Training Ltd
Tom specialises in complex tax planning, structuring groups of companies, international tax, enquiries, providing tax efficient succession and inheritance tax planning and deals with all aspects of income tax and capital gains tax.