Annual Children Law Seminar – Canterbury 2025

Please join us for our annual Children Law seminar in Canterbury on Thursday 6th November 2025, from 11am at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3NZ.

Registration will take place from 11am over tea, coffee and pastries and a hot fork buffet lunch will be served.

Cost: Free

Chaired by Simon Johnson, the topics and speakers will include:

• Public Children Law Update – Polly Thompson (slides)
• Private Children Law Update – Jennifer Swan and Nida Ali (slides)
• The interface between crime and family law – Leslie Samuels KC (slides)
• In Re HMP [2025] EWCA Civ 824 – transparency, reporting restrictions and disclosure to journalists – Corinne Iten and Isabella Thomas-Kelly (slides)
• Exceptional circumstances in child arrangement orders – Catherine Gee (slides)
• A view from the Bench – HHJ Sarah Davies

If you have any dietary requirements or queries about the event, please don’t hesitate to contact Andrew Grosvenor via email: a.grosvenor@pumpcourtchambers.com or by telephone on 020 7353 0711.

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