Children’s Public Law Annual Seminar

The No5 Public Law (Care) team invite you to our annual Children’s Public Law Seminar on Friday 7th November 2025.

The complete programme will be released in July, but in the meantime, you can register to secure the early bird rate and an optional visit to the football museum after the seminar.

 Standard Rate: £125+VAT

Programme

9.00am – 9.40am
Registration

9.40am – 9.50am
Introduction and welcome  
Richard Hadley KC

9.50am – 10.30am
A word from ‘Forensic Testing Services’ (Back by popular demand)

10.30am – 11.20am
The Welfare Principle (where Art 8, proportionality and delay collide)
Richard Hadley KC

11.20am – 11.40am
Break

11.40am – 12.20am
Case Law update (welfare)
Lloyd Ellis

12.20pm – 1.00pm
Local Authority Duties and Care Planning
 Faye Edwards

1.00pm – 2:30pm
Lunch

2.30pm – 3.10pm
Placement at Home (Care versus Supervision – and other potential orders)
Rebekah Wilson

3.10pm – 3.50pm
Contact (s34 and post-adoption contact)
Naomi Dean

3.50pm – 4.00pm
Closing Remarks