The Liver Building

2025 Private Child Law Conference (hybrid)

Details

Speaker: Various

Date: Wednesday 10th September, 2025

Time: 09:30 - 15:00

Areas of Law: Family

Competencies: B

Venue:
Taylor Wessing
Edward Pavilion,
Albert Dock,
Liverpool
L3 4AF
Or ONLINE

Course Code: S4906

Description

*WORK IN PROGRESS* please keep checking back to see sessions & speakers as confirmed!

A must-attend training event for legal professionals involved with family law, providing a round-up key developments in law & practice

This event can be attended in-person or virtually (via MS Teams). When booking, please select if you wish to attend ‘Face-to-face’ or ‘Virtual’.

All bookings, whether you attended in-person or virtually will be able to access a recording post event.

 

Registration & refreshments / Log In

Welcome & introduction ~ DJ O’Neill

TBC: issues arising from cross channel migrant minors and families? ~ Ruth Kirby KC, 4PB

TBC ~ Gemma Thomas, 7 Harrington Street

Comfort break – refreshments served for in-person delegates

TBC ~ Alpha Biolabs

TBC

Comfort break - Lunch & networking for in-person delegates

TBC

TBC

Summary & thanks ~ DJ O’Neill

Speaker Biographies

Ruth Kirby KC

District Judge Philip O’Neill was called to the Bar in 1983. He practiced at 7 Harrington St Chambers where he dealt with Public and Private Children work as well as Financial Remedy work. He was appointed a Full Time District Judge in 2005, sitting at Birkenhead and Liverpool. Since November 2017 Judge O’Neill has sat exclusively at the Family Court in Liverpool where he deals exclusively with Public and Private Children work.

Gemma Thomas

Prices

Member £175
Non-member £225
Training Passport Free
Note: 20% VAT added at checkout