London Family Law Practitioner Training Conference
7 CPD All Essential Updates ÂŁ55
7 CPD
All Essential Updates
ÂŁ55
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
9:00am Registration – 4:30pm Finish
Mary Ward Conference Centre, Tavistock Place,
London WC1H 9SN
We are super excited to announce this dynamic and interactive full-day conference for lawyers who practice in Family Law.
With a full spread of the latest “must-know” legal updates and skills, the event will feature a collection of highly useful presentations from leading London lawyers, all at the top of their game with vast hands-on experience in Family Law cases.
This conference takes place on Day Three of our London CPD Festival Week at the Mary Ward Conference Centre, where Law Friends will present a full week of unique, energetic, and practice-focused training courses across a range of legal disciplines.
This full-day CPD event delivers a comprehensive update for family lawyers navigating the emotional, legal, and evidential complexities of children proceedings, domestic abuse, and financial remedy disputes. Curated by the Law Friends Society and presented by some of the UK’s most experienced family law barristers, this conference dives into the overlapping challenges facing practitioners today , from disputed evidence and police disclosure to child homicides and asset dissipation. With expert speakers from 33 Bedford Row, Thomas More Chambers, and Garden Court, every session is built to sharpen your practice and support your decision-making in high-stakes environments.
Complex Proceedings. Clear Guidance. Direct From the Experts.
You’ll hear from Milad Shojaei on controlling evidence in child proceedings, Elise Jeremiah, Joint Head Of Family on disclosure duties, and Gayle Bisbey on the often-misunderstood realities of domestic abuse. Jacob Gifford Head unpacks the tools to recover hidden assets, Head of Private Family, Sapna Shah explores where financial and child proceedings collide. Rounding off the day, Alison Munroe King’s Counsel delivers a powerful session on child homicides in care proceedings — a sobering but essential topic for any practitioner working on the edges of protection, trauma, and justice.
| Time | Seminar | Speaker | Organisation | |
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| 9.00 | Coffee | |||
| 9.30 | Welcome | Steve Kennedy - Solicitor – Law Friends Society |  |
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| 9.40 | Fairness or Friction? Controlling Evidence in Children Proceedings | Milad Shojaei – Barrister - 33 Bedford Row |  |
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| 10.30 | Don’t Ignore the Police Disclosure | Elise Jeremiah – Barrister - 33 Bedford Row |  |
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| 11.15 | Coffee | |||
| 11.45 | Too Much Love Could Kill You — Domestic Abuse and its Myths | Gayle Bisbey – Barrister - 33 Bedford Row |  |
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| 12.30 | Lunch | |||
| 1.30 | Financial Remedies: Stopping Dissipation of Assets and Getting them Back | Jacob Gifford Head – Barrister - Thomas More Chambers |  |
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| 2.20 | When Worlds Collide: Overlap Between Financial and Children Proceedings | Sapna Shah – Barrister - 33 Bedford Row |  |
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| 3.10 | Coffee | |||
| 3.40 | Care Proceedings: Child Homicides | Alison Munroe KC – Garden Court Chambers |  |
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| 4.20 | Course certificate and close | Steve Kennedy – Law Friends Society | |
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Course Features
- Full practice-focused law updates for all practitioners across the jurisdiction
- Suitable for paralegals, trainees, solicitors, pupils, and barristers
- 7 CPD courses covering all essential updates, new laws, practice, and procedure
- All practice-focused seminars presented by hand-picked Law Friends ambassadors
- Big room, large-screen HD visuals
- Professional audio-visual film crew working to broadcast quality
- Comfortable seating at cabaret-style tables
- Summaries, strategies, toolkits, and skills bringing you up to date on best practice
- Q&A and post-seminar discussion with speakers available after all seminars
- Easily accessible state-of-the-art Central London location
- Quick check-in and early get-out
- Full venue air-conditioning
- All-day tea, coffee, and biscuits included
- Delegate pack included
Delegate Reviews from Our Conferences Last Year
“I have been attending these events for years and each time they improve. Excellent organisation and conference”
Oliver Al-Falah, Solicitor – 100% score
“Amazing overview on various topics especially in the light of recent developments and changes in the law”
Chris Pelentrides, Solicitor – 100% score
“Excellent presentations and audio visual / media facilities”
Aisha Abdul Latif, Solicitor Manager – 100% score
“Great day out. Value for money, loved the venue, fabulous speakers, easy to get to. All in all, very well put together”
Jeevan Gill, Solicitor – 100% score
“Excellent”
Rachel Viko, Solicitor – 100% score
We very much look forward to seeing you on the day!
