Southern Family Law Conference returns for a second year
20 March 2025
We are delighted to launch the Southern Family Law Conference 2025, which will take place on Thursday 19 June 2025 at The Guildford Pavilion.
Returning for its second year, the conference will provide learning and development opportunities, focussed on "Hot topics and future trends in family law".
Delegates will hear from our eminent speaker line up on areas including financial, children, modern families and international cases, as well as neurodiversity in family law and displaced grief in the divorce process. As well as engaging content, there will be plenty of opportunities to network throughout the day.
Edward Cooke commented:
“We are thrilled to have assembled a stellar line up of speakers at our second conference in June and hope you will join us for a day of learning and development to explore the very latest changes and future considerations for family law practitioners. It’s a great opportunity to step out of our day-to-day practice to learn, reflect and connect.”
Areas Covered
We will hear from expert speakers, exploring the latest trends and hot topics in family law. The day will conclude with a debate: "This House believes that the reference to undue hardship as the test for bringing spousal maintenance to an end needs reform in view of our societal understanding of the long-term impacts of domestic abuse and other welfare considerations". The day will be followed by a networking reception on the roof terrace of The Guildford Pavilion (weather permitting!) with refreshments and canapés.
Speakers will cover a range of topics in the following areas of practice:
- What are the most important financial remedy cases you need to know about in 2025 and why?
- Latest Developments in Private Law Children Work
- Latest Developments in Modern Family Work
- Family Law and Neurodiversity
- Displaced Grief in the Divorce Process
- The English court’s approach to European Marital property agreements (in view of BI v EN) and developments in Part III post Potanin.
Speakers
We are delighted to welcome the following speakers:
Hosts:
Secure your ticket to the Southern Family Law Conference
The Southern Family Law Conference will take place in Guildford at The Guildford Pavilion from 9.30am to 5pm on Thursday 19 June, followed by a networking reception from 5pm to 7.30pm.
Fee: £150 + VAT per ticket
To include lunch and refreshments throughout the day and during the networking reception.
Early bird offer of £125 + VAT per ticket (until 30 April 2025)
Click here to secure your tickets.
Who should attend?
The Southern Family Law Conference is designed for family law professionals at all stages of their careers. The conference content is specifically curated to support family law professionals keen to enhance their family law practice in modern, non-adversarial solutions wherever possible.
We welcome participants not only from the Southern Counties but also from further afield – the venue is closely situated to Guildford railway station, with excellent rail links across the South Coast, and is only 35 minutes from Waterloo.
We very much look forward to welcoming you.
To book your tickets, click here.
With thanks for our Sponsor and Charity Partner
The conference is organised by Edward Cooke Family Law.
With thanks to our kind headline sponsor:
As part of our ongoing commitment to our local communities, our conference will support local Guildford and Farnham charity, Challengers. You can learn more about the amazing work they do here.
Challengers is a charity which transforms the lives of disabled children, young people and their families through the power of play.
