Ghislaine Sandoval (Senior Associate Solicitor) discusses The Education Act and key offences governing school attendance and child cleanliness, outlining workable defences available to parents as well as alternatives to prosecution with a wide range of options are available.

Page Nyami (Barrister - Legal 500) on licensing, accreditation and ‘fit and proper’ assessments for cases involving Fraud and POCA. She highlights the regulatory and criminal overlap with a relevant case study on why reliance on regulatory systems is growing and emphasises giving the right advice early.

Sarah Morley (Forensic Scientist). Drink drive offences, blood alcohol concentration and the various factors that shape it. She refers to legal limits, and statute explaining how alcohol detection devices are operated , and how results are analysed using Alcohol Technical Defence Calculations.

Margo Munro Kerr (Barrister - Legal 500) presents key updates on people trafficking offences and defences with comprehensive coverage from the criminal law and immigration practitioner perspectives supported throughout by detailed case law history and guidance.

Allison Munroe KC (Barrister - Legal 500) explains that two competing approaches in Family and Crime in relation to Child Witnesses. Different standards of proof are involved in these different areas, which have important implications. She highlights useful guidance, case law and advocacy training.

Nasir Hafezi (Solicitor, Lecturer and Head of Community Legal Education) explains how the new Sentencing Act 2026 can be considered to be a systemic overhaul, rather than just a technical change. When introducing these changes, he helpfully provides “before” and “after” examples to show this applies to a specific offence in practice.

Nasir Hafezi (Solicitor, Lecturer and Head of Community Legal Education) addresses disclosing names on arrest in the context of protesting. He contests the misconception that answering “no comment” is correct generic advice given to clients in these situations outlining the different powers that are used carry different implications.

Casey Lee Jenkins (Cilex Advocate - Ex president LCCSA) Out of court disposals in the youth court highlighting the core principles of diversion that underpin them. She presents research that demonstrates the importance of restorative and diversionary approaches, promoting a child-centred approach.

Steve Kennedy (Solicitor and Head of Law Friends Society) provides a critical for solicitors and police station representatives shares important practical strategies to address these challenges. He refers to relevant PACE codes throughout and ends with a Probative Value Checklist to guide practitioners working in this area.

Rebecca Hill (Barrister - Chambers and Partners Band One Ranked) identifies two tracks of defence strategy in relation to defending ex tradition in white-collar cases. She explains that these cases are highly technical, and highlights what representatives should scrutinise. She refers to relevant case law and statute throughout.

George Hepburne Scott (Barrister, Head of Extradition, Legal 500) explains the general position of double jeopardy in extradition and how Part 1 and Part 2 warrants can be re-issued and often are. However, a growing line of authority in the high court brings forward principles in re-issue cases and can defeat repeated applications.

Dr Tim Baldwin (Chambers and Partners Band 1, Legal 500) unpacks the role (and risks) of a litigation friend, who serve a “protected party” lacking capacity under the Mental Capacity Act of 2005. He looks at this in the specific context of housing and homelessness cases. He refers to relevant case law, guidance and statute.

Dr Rhiannon Craft (Academic) provides a comprehensive overview of key developments in housing case law up to the present and highlights the key changes brought about by relevant case law discussing why these are important for housing law practitioners.

Rosie Fox (Paralegal) outlines the context in which Gypsy Traveller Law is embedded in England and Wales. She covers planning difficulties for clients attempting to live on their own land and explains a landmark win after judicial review of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

Amanda Jones (Barrister) with a critical update on modern slavery referencing statutory guidance and key definitions. She discusses the impact of modern slavery on immigration and asylum claims and reviews changes to immigration restrictions affecting these protections, with case examples.

Amanda Jones (Barrister) also highlights significant changes to immigration routes since November 2025, noting that most suitability requirements are now governed by Part Suitability, which applies to decisions after this date—especially concerning family life under Appendix FM.

Chengetai Mupara (Barrister) British Citizen Applications post-10th February 2025, outlining stricter good character assessments targeting illegal entry and deception. The Home Office plans to amend the policy in response to challenges related to Article 31 of the Refugee Convention

Sandra Akinbola (Barrister) offers an overview of major immigration law changes affecting refugees, asylum, sponsorship, and spring updates, emphasizing practical implications for legal practitioners.

Margo Munro Kerr (Barrister - Legal 500) presents key updates on people trafficking offences and defences with comprehensive coverage from the criminal law and immigration practitioner perspectives supported throughout by detailed case law history and guidance.

Sapna Shah (Barrister - Head of Private Family - Legal 500) updates us on financial relief proceedings, which courts are increasingly concerned with. She outlines the statutory framework and highlights relevant case law giving advice on when it is best (or not best) to plead conduct.

Milad Shojaie (Barrister) discusses the impact of intimate images on dignity, re-traumatisation, and sexual privacy in relation to family proceedings. He explains case management, costs, injunctions, and harassment-related criminal issues referring to case law, guidance, and statute throughout.

Elise Jeremiah (Barrister - Legal 500) on S31 and S38 Children Act 1989, care and supervision (s31) and interim orders (s.38), highlighting the purpose and necessity of threshold. She refers to the history of threshold, case law, and guidance if parents fail to respond, and ending on best practice.

Allison Munroe KC (Barrister - Legal 500) explains two competing approaches in Family and Crime in relation to Child Witnesses. Different standards of proof are involved in these different areas, which have important implications. She highlights useful guidance, case law, and advocacy training.