We are delighted to invite you to our Children Law seminar, taking place from 1pm on Thursday 9th October 2025 at The Hilton Southampton – Utilita Bowl, Botley Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 3XH.
Members of our Children Law team will speak on a range of topics and cases. In addition to the keynote talks, there will be interactive breakout sessions throughout the afternoon covering public and private law topics – once you have registered, we will be in touch again nearer the time to ask which sessions you would like to attend.
Registration and a buffet lunch will take place from 1pm, plus there will be an opportunity for networking and drinks with the speakers and other members of the team after the seminar.
| The topics and speakers will include: | |
| Catherine Ellis and Elena Johnson: The FJC report regarding court management of allegations of alienating behaviour (slides) | |
| Public Law Breakout Sessions | Private Law Breakout Sessions |
| Leslie Samuels KC: The interface between crime and family law (slides) | Annie Ward: KL v BA [2025] EWHC 102 (Fam) – The PR of a non-biological parent named on birth certificate (slides) |
| Corinne Iten: [2025] EWCA Civ 823 Re S – placement order: contact (slides) | Victoria Ellis and Heather Souter, Partner, Paris Smith: Re A, B and C – Child Arrangements: Final Order at DRA (slides) |
| Corinne Iten and Isabella Thomas-Kelly: In Re HMP [2025] EWCA Civ 824 – transparency, reporting restrictions and disclosure to journalists (slides) | |
