We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a one-day seminar at the Birmingham office on Wednesday 10th June 2026. Hosted by Jonathan Jones KC, we are thrilled to announce that he will be joined by a range of No5 speakers and three external expert speakers:

Dr Ken Darzy – Consultant Physician, Diabetologist and Endocrinologist
Professor Jane Hutton – Professor of Statistics at the University of Warwick
Dr Catriona McIntosh – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist

📅 Wednesday 10th June 2026
🕙 9am – 5:00pm
📍No5 Barristers’ Chambers, Birmingham
💷 £99+VAT

Programme

9:00am – 9:30am
Registration and Coffee

9:30am – 9:40am
Welcome Address from Conference Chair
Jonathan Jones KC

9:40am – 10:40am
Life Expectancy – A Clinical Perspective
Dr. Ken Darzy

10:40am – 11:00am
JSMs and Mediation Strategy
Chris Bright KC

11:00am – 11:20am
Break

11:20am – 12:15pm
Using Epidemiological Research to Estimate Impaired Life Expectancy
Professor Jane Hutton

12:15pm – 1:00pm
Quantum in Focus: Key Judicial Decisions from the Last Year
Esther Gamble

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Lunch

2:00pm – 3:00pm
Capacity, Effort Testing and FD
Dr. Catriona McIntosh

3:00pm – 3:20pm
Reflections on 48 Years at the PI Bar
Paul Bleasdale KC

3:20pm – 3:40pm
Break

3:40pm – 4:00pm
Making Disability your Ability for Ogden Calculations
Alex Mellis

4:00pm – 4:20pm
Pension Loss: Loss: Quantifying an Uncertain Future
Lucy Coulson

4:20pm – 5:00pm
Silk Panel
Jonathan Jones KC, Henry Pitchers KC, John Coughlan KC, David Tyack KC

5:00pm onwards
Networking Drinks at Eighteen