Event Details

FAMILY LAW UPDATE

THURSDAY 26 APRIL 2018– 2.00 – 5.15pm

Registration:             1.45 pm

Venue:                       Carlton Hotel, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset  BH1 3DN

Parking:                    Please note the entrance to the car park is in Grove Road.   There is no charge for      BDLS delegates to park at the hotel – they will just need to let Reception have their car registration number when they arrive.   The car park has recently been extended so there is now a lot more parking available.   Alternatively there is metered street parking on the roads around the hotel.

Cost:                           £100.00 – Member and Associate Members of BDLS/Trainee Solicitor

                                   £125.00 – Non Member of BDLS                                                            3 hours CPD

 

To include:

• Family Law Update
• Vulnerable witnesses – the new Rule 3A and PD3AA
• Small money financial proceedings: why are they so difficult? Tips and traps
• Practice and procedure update
• Jurisdiction in Children Act cases

   

This lecture will be presented by DJ Christopher Simmonds, - a District Judge appointed in 2010. He sat initially in the Principal Registry of the Family Division until his transfer to the Western Circuit in November 2015. He is also a nominated District Judge of the Court of Protection, a Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission and one of the Course Directors and the Judicial College (Family).  He is lead at the judicial college.  Before being appointed he was a Solicitor and Partner in the firm of Davis Simmonds & Donaghey specialising in Public Law Proceedings and a member of the Children Panel.  He has written numerous articles on family law to include section 38(6) Applications and Secure Accommodation Orders.