Date: 19 November 2024

Starts: 9:00 am

Ends: 5:00 pm

Venue: We the Curious, Bristol

Location: Bristol

Cost: Half day is £50 + VAT and a full day is £95 + VAT

CPD Points: 5.5

Our Family Law Children’s team will be hosting a full day public and private law conference on Tuesday, 19th November at We the Curious in Bristol, kindly sponsored by AttoLife, which will be split into two sessions. There will be a crossover of topics before and after lunch to ensure we provide you with everything you need to assist you with your day-to-day practice.

We look forward to welcoming our keynote speaker, Sanchia Berg, BBC News Correspondent

We will also be joined by Lisa Harker​​​ Director of Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

The conference will provide the latest procedural, case law and legislative updates from experienced lawyers and is recommended to all busy family law practitioners.

Some of the topics include:

  • Children private and public law case update
  • The intersection between coercive control and parental alienation
  • What children lawyers need to know about mental health law
  • Covert recordings in family proceedings
  • Working in the dark? What data can tell us about the family justice system, and what it can’t
  • Parents with learning disabilities in care proceedings: key knowledge and its application
  • Transparency in the family court
  • Recent case law on drug and alcohol testing

Cost:

  • Private Law (morning session) including lunch £50 + VAT
  • Public Law (afternoon session) including lunch and drinks reception £50 + VAT
  • Full day conference including both sessions, lunch and drinks reception £95 + VAT

Please come along and say hello to our sponsors AttoLife and our exhibitor OurFamilyLawWizard.

People

Lucy Reed KC

  • Call: 2002
  • Silk: 2023

Lucy is a family law specialist and has practised in family law throughout her professional career. Her practice now spans all areas of family law with a particular emphasis on children work. She often acts in complex, multi-party or high...

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Abigail Bond

Abigail Bond

  • Call: 1999

Abigail is a specialist family law barrister practising in all aspects of the law relating to children and has considerable experience in complex care proceedings. Abigail often appears in challenging cases concerning alleged physical or sexual abuse, from...

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Julia Belyavin

Julia Belyavin

  • Call: 2003

Julia specialises in children law, both public law and private law cases. Her public law practice focuses on complex care cases. Recent instructions have included cases where the principle allegations were sexual abuse and/or inflicted injuries, as well...

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Asha Groves

  • Call: 2013

Asha practises in all aspects of the law relating to children. She is experienced in complex private and public child law cases involving the full range of issues including allegations of physical and sexual abuse, inflicted injuries, intractable...

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Ryan Morgan

  • Call: 2017

Ryan specialises in public and private children law work. He represents local authorities, parents and children in complex proceedings, including cases involving non-accidental injury, fabricated illness, sexual assaults and child death. Ryan is ranked in Chambers UK and...

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Sophie Smith Holland

Sophie Smith-Holland

  • Call: 2015

Sophie is a specialist family law practitioner with a thriving junior practice across all of our family law practice areas, including: Children Private Law Children Public Law Divorce & Financial Remedies Part IV Family Law Act 1996 Schedule...

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Harriet Dudbridge

Harriet Dudbridge

  • Call: 2015

Harriet is a specialist family law barrister who practises in the following areas: Children Private Law Children Public Law Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 Divorce & Financial Remedies Part IV Family Law Act 1996 (Domestic Violence) ToLATA 1996...

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Georgina Swinglehurst

Georgina Swinglehurst

  • Call: 2019

Georgina is a specialist family law barrister who acts in all areas of private family law, specifically financial remedy proceedings, private children disputes, issues of jurisdiction including international child relocation, cohabitation disputes and applications under the FLA 1996...

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Vivien Croly

  • Call: 2019

Vivien is a specialist family law barrister practising in all aspects of family law. Vivien has recently been nominated for ‘Family Law Young Barrister of the Year’ at the Family Law Awards 2024. Areas of expertise include: Financial...

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Diana

Diana M. Panizzon-Pineda

  • Call: 2021

Diana specialises in all areas of family law relating to children, including both private and public law proceedings. Children (Private Law) Diana is regularly instructed in protracted and intricate private law matters. She appears across all stages of...

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