Family Law Conference 2010
Price: £435.00 +VAT
3rd and subsequent delegates half price!
- Speakers:
- Roger Bamber, Nicholas Francis QC, Anthony Hayden QC, Charles Howard QC, Philip Moor QC, Lucy Stone QC
- Chairperson:
- David Salter
- Keynote Speakers:
- Sir Nicholas Wall
- Location:
- The Hilton on Park Lane Hotel, 22 Park Lane, LONDON, W1K 1BE
- Date:
- 13 October 2010
Accreditation / Professional Development
Solicitors Regulation Authority: 5 hours 20 minutes
ILEX: 5 hours 20 minutes
Bar Standards Board: 5 hours
The premier annual conference from Family Law is designed to give you all the information you need to stay on top of recent developments. Attend and get a day’s worth of highly topical, specialist family law discussions, expert insight and case law analysis, including:
- Ancillary relief update, including nuptial agreements after Radmacher
- Current developments in private children law
- Advising on conduct, disclosure and discovery in light of Imerman
- Managing the impact of the recession on your family law practice
- Schedule I Applications
This annual event continues to grow in prominence and provide the leading annual meeting place for family practitioners.
Featuring a keynote address by Sir Nicholas Wall and chaired once again by David Salter, Joint National Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve, Family Law Conference 2010 will provide an excellent opportunity to get the latest information on all recent case law and developments. As well as providing commentary on ancillary relief hot topics, such as the impact of Radmacher and Macleod in practice, private children law, advising on conduct and disclosure and in the context of self-help, it will also help you steer your practice through the ongoing tricky economic climate.
Plus! For the second year running, Family Law is proud to offer the same prestigious event in north west England or indeed to those nationally for whom the London date is inconvenient.
Comments from last year’s delegates
“The one event I attend year-on-year – still the best”
PARTNER, MANCHESTER
“Always brilliant”
LAWYER, JERSEY
“I refer to the notes long after the event is over”
QC, LONDON
What is included?
- The opportunity to hear from the President of the Family Division
- Expert insights from the UK’s leading family lawyers
- Detailed notes prepared by the speakers to professional publishing standards
- Silver service lunch
- Unparalleled networking opportunities
- The chance to buy selected Family Law products at 20% discount
- 5 hours 20 minutes CPD
09.30 Registration and Coffee
10.00 Chair’s Opening Remarks
David Salter
10.10 Keynote Address
Sir Nicholas Wall
10.40 Where did Our Love Go? A Round-Up of Recent Developments in Ancillary Relief
Philip Moor QC
- Setting aside orders
- Good reasons to depart from equality
- Cohabitation and second wives
- Varying periodical payments
- Dealing with trusts
11.30 Coffee
11.50 Is This It? Nuptial Agreements after Radmacher
Nicholas Francis QC
- Can we see clearly now?
- What is the status of pre-nuptials for English couples?
- Is it different for foreign couples in England?
- Do we need a post-nuptial?
- How best to advise in the light of recent events
- A look towards the future
12.40 Lunch
13.40 Current Themes in Children Law
Anthony Hayden QC
- The Private Law Initiative and other updates
- Brief outline of public law developments
- The Safeguarding Board
- Removal from jurisdiction
- Participation of children
- Child complainants
- Media access
14.30 Family Law in Recession: Planning for the Future
Roger Bamber
- What is the impact of the recession on the practices of family lawyers?
- Are we experiencing turbulence or a complete sea change
- Impact of the ‘more for less’ attitude of clients
- ‘Unbundling’ the services we provide
- Impact of non-lawyer providers
15.10 Tea
15.30 Conduct, Disclosure and Discovery
Charles Howard QC
- Full disclosure – when?
- What are the penalties for failing to give full and frank disclosure?
- How do you advise your client if you suspect hidden assets?
- How much self-help and detection is permitted?
- What is ‘confidential’?
- What help does the court give?
16.10 Footballers’ Wives vs Footballers’ Girlfriends: Schedule I Applications - The Current Score
Lucy Stone QC
- Playing away: they think it’s all over – it is now
- Recent scores
- Getting the formation right: tactical play for mothers and fathers
- The transfer window: is settlement of property still the best option?
16.55 Chair's Closing Summary
David Salter
17.00 Close of Conference
Keynote Speaker
Sir Nicholas Wall
President of the Family Division
Chair
David Salter
Partner and Joint National Head of Family Law, Mills & Reeve LLP
David has a pre-eminent reputation for dealing with financial issues arising from marital breakdown and is nationally recognised as the leading practitioner in relation to the treatment of pensions on family breakdown. He is a Director of PenFam, a past chairman of Resolution and President of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers from September 2010.
Speakers
Roger Bamber
Partner & Joint Head of Family Law, Mills & Reeve LLP
Roger is a leading practitioner in the collaborative law sphere and in mediation. He is the author of www.divorce.co.uk and is helping the Financial Services Authority on a major website and divorce calculator. As well as being the author of several books on family law, he has also written The Family Through Divorce with a psychiatrist and psychologist for the general reader.
Philip Moor QC
Head of Chambers, 1 Hare Court
Philip is a specialist in ancillary relief work, lecturing widely on the topic. He is a former Chairman of the Family Law Bar Association and former ViceChairman of the Bar Council’s Professional Standards Committee. He is a Recorder and Master of the Bench, Inner Temple.
Nicholas Francis QC
Head of Chambers, 29 Bedford Row
Nick specialises in matrimonial property and finance, with particular expertise in pre-nuptial agreements (he appeared in the landmark decision of K v K). A Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, many of his cases have an international element. He also acts in family law-related professional negligence (both claimant and defendant) work. Nick is a regular lecturer on high value ancillary relief claims and a frequent contributor to articles in Family Law Journal. He has appeared in numerous reported cases in recent years and is a former Bar Council and FLBA Committee member.
Anthony Hayden QC
St Johns Buildings
Anthony’s practice incorporates all aspects of the law relating to children, he has an interest in the development of more open access to the family courts and has been instructed in a number of high profile media law disputes. He regularly appears in cases involving infant death and fabricated illness and frequently lectures on topics within this field. Anthony sits as a Deputy High Court Judge and is Chair of the Northern Circuit Expert Witness Initiative and the Northern Circuit Family Law Bar Association.
Charles Howard QC
1 King’s Bench Walk
Charles has a family and civil law practice. He is recommended in Chambers Directory as a specialist in family law, with expertise in all categories of family law, particularly child care, child abduction and ancillary relief, and including related matters such as Inheritance Act and probate disputes, constructive trust issues, family oriented judicial review and solicitors' negligence in relation to family law.
Lucy Stone QC
QEB
Lucy is ranked as one of the leading silks in family law by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. She advises on all aspects of family law, particularly matters of financial complexity involving substantial assets. She advises on all aspects of family law, particularly matters of financial complexity involving substantial assets. She advises regularly upon, and drafts, prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements. She also deals with complex private law applications relating to children; and with substantial Inheritance Act claims.
Continuing Professional Development
Under the Solicitors Regulation Authority and ILEX’s Continuing Professional Development Schemes, this conference will receive a credit of 5 hours 20 minutes.
Bar Standards Board's New/Established Practitioner Programmes
Under the Bar Standards Board’s New and Established Practitioner Programmes this conference will receive a credit of 5 hours.
Enquiries
Jordan Publishing Limited,
Conference Department,
21 St Thomas Street,
Bristol
BS1 6JS
Tel: 0117 918 1490
Fax 0117 925 0486
DX 78161 Bristol
Fee
All fees are inclusive of refreshments, lunch and conference documentation.
Discounted Registration Fee
Organisations registering 3 or more delegates at the same time, for the same conference are entitled to send a third, and subsequent delegates, at half price. In the event that cancellation reduces the total number of delegates below 3 then the full price for each remaining delegate becomes payable.
Booking Terms
If you book online you may enter your credit card details, or ask to be invoiced. All invoices for these conferences must be paid within 30 days of the invoice date. Registering your details on the booking form will constitute a booking. A copy of the programme and venue details will be sent to you prior to the event.
Conference Venue
London Hilton on Park Lane
22 Park Lane
London W1K 1BE
Acknowledgement of Bookings
Full details of the venue, including a map, will be sent via email two weeks prior to the conference. If you have not received acknowledgement of your registration one week before the conference, please telephone our Conference Department on 0117 918 1490 to confirm that your registration has been received.
Registration on the Day
The conference will start promptly at 10:00. Registration will take place in the preceding half hour.
Telephone Bookings
Telephone bookings are only accepted if paid by credit card. All other bookings must be confirmed in writing.
Substitute Delegates
If you are unable to attend, a substitute may attend in your place. It would be helpful if you would inform us of any changes as soon as possible.
Cancellation and Refunds
A credit against the registration fee payable (less an administration fee of £50.00 plus VAT) can only be made in respect of written cancellations received by Jordan Publishing in Bristol at least 10 days before the conference. The full registration fee plus VAT is payable on cancellations received less than 10 days before the conference. Cancellation of third and subsequent places will cause remaining delegates to revert to full fee.
Please note:
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of Jordan Publishing to change the content and/or timings of the programme and/or speakers.
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