Events

We have considerable experience in delivering training seminars to solicitors and legal professionls in the areas of public and private Child Law. Future (and past) events are listed below.

If you would like to attend a future event, or, if you would like to collaborate with us to jointly present an event, please contact our Lead Clerk Kevin McCarthy (kevin.mccarthy@4bc.co.uk).

Forthcoming events

MBL Learn Live: Instructing Expert Psychologists in Family Proceedings – An Introduction

17th May 2021

Speaker Sophie Crampton

This virtual classroom seminar will focus specifically on instructing an expert psychologist, exploring when it is appropriate for an expert psychologist to be instructed and the expertise held by different types of psychologist. – MBL

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Seminar: Post-Adoption Contact: less a theory and more a practice

18th Mar 2021

Seminar by Isabelle Watson

Thursday, March 18th 6:00 pm – online via Zoom

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Past Events

Seminar: Persuasive on Paper

19th Feb 2021

Seminar by Bibi Badejo and Justin Tadros

Thursday, February 18th 6:00 pm – online via Zoom

How to win with Practice Direction Documents and Witness Statements.

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Seminar: Sea Change: Risk and Harm in Private Law Proceedings

22nd Jan 2021

Seminar by Sarah Haworth and Ella Shaw

Thursday, January 21st 6:00 pm – online via Zoom

An overhaul of current practice: Private Law update and what you need to know.

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4BC-Seminars-Feb-Mar-2021

20th Jan 2021

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Special Guardianship Orders Update

11th Dec 2020

Applicants, Assessments Abroad, the 2020 FJC Guidance & Its Ramifications

Jacqui Gilliatt

10th December 2020 at 6pm by Zoom

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Bibi Badejo in Panel Discussion on the Importance of Diversity at the Bar

03rd Dec 2020

Round Table Series

Wednesday 2 December 10am-3pm

The Inner Temple invites you to the first of an annual round table series examining race equality within the legal profession. It seeks to examine the current issues and debates facing Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) lawyers, as well as launch of a new project to rediscover the lives of the first BAME lawyers.

Psychologists in Family Proceedings

13th Nov 2020

Psychologists in Family Proceedings: When To Use Them? How to Choose Them? How to Challenge Their Opinions

Thursday 12th November 2020 at 6pm

Sophie Crampton

The pitfalls of FHDRAs

13th Feb 2020

Thursday 13th February 2020 at 6.00pm
We are delighted to be hosting our third seminar of our Private Law programme. This seminar will cover the practical considerations and pitfalls of FHDRAs:

Trials within Trials: Fact-Finding Hearings in Private Law Cases

02nd Dec 2019

Monday 2^nd December 2019 at 6.00pm
We are delighted to be hosting our second seminar of our Private Law programme. This seminar will cover the legal and practical considerations relating to private law fact-findings:

Case Preparation

11th Oct 2019

Friday 11 October 2019 – 9:00am 1:00pm
Seminar to LBLA Member Local Authorities
Aim: Being prepared and relevant advocacy skills
Level: Beginner to Intermediary
Venue: The Town Hall, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Interface between Private and Public Family Law

01st May 2019

Wednesday 1st May 2019 at 6.00pm
We are delighted to host our first seminar in our Private Law programme. This seminar will explore private law proceedings where a public law element is introduced. It will look at amongst other matters:

The 2018 Children Law Conference

05th Oct 2018

Friday 5^th October 2018
An annual Public Law Update
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Venue: The Town Hall, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The 2017 Children Law Conference

06th Oct 2017

Friday 6th October 2017
An annual Public Law Update
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Venue: The Town Hall, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The 2016 Children Law Conference

13th May 2016

Friday 13th May 2016
S.17 and S.20 of The Children Act 1989
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Venue: The Town Hall, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The 2015 Children Law Conference

23rd Oct 2015

Friday 23rd October 2015
An annual Public Law Update
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Venue: The Town Hall, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

2014 Children Law Conference

23rd Oct 2014

A one day conference for members of London Boroughs Legal Alliance covering everything you need to know for day to day practice and those more awkward cases.

2013 Children Law Conference

23rd Oct 2012

A one day conference held for members of the London Borough Legal Alliance covering all aspects of child care law and in particular the recent developments in care proceedings.