SHLA Annual Conference 2025
Thursday 13th March 2025, The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL
Programme may be subject to change
| Time | Session | Topic and Speakers | Chair |
| 9.00am – 9.25am | Registration | ||
| 9.30am | Chair’s Welcome | Welcome | Co-Chairs Katrina Robinson MBE and Elizabeth England |
| 9.40am – 10.20am | Keynote Speaker | Keynote Address
Invited |
Andrew Atkinson |
| 10.25am – 11.25am | Breakout Session 1 | Defending EPA Claims
Michelle Glazebrook Simon Strelitz (Five Paper Chambers) |
Dorota Pawlowski |
| 10.25am – 11.25am | Breakout Session 2 | Mediation – Options and Future Costs
Laura Tweedy (Gatehouse Chambers) Helen Curtis (Garden Court Chambers) |
Elaine Marshall |
| 11.30am – 11.55am | Break | ||
| 12.00noon – 1.00pm | Breakout Session 3 | Court of Protection
Peggy Etiebet (Cornerstone Barristers) |
Andrew Lane |
| 12.00noon – 1.00pm | Breakout Session 4 | Mandatory Grounds in ASB Cases
Helen Tucker (Anthony Collins Solicitors) Chelsey Kelly |
Imran Mustak |
| 1.05pm – 2.05pm | Lunch | ||
| 2.10pm – 3.10pm | Breakout Session 5 | Preparing for Equality Act Defences
Donna McCarthy (Devonshires) Stephanie Lovegrove (4-5 Gray’s Inn) |
Katrina Robinson MBE |
| 2.10pm – 3.10pm | Breakout Session 6 | Succession Best Practice
Victoria Osler (Cornerstone Barristers) Jessie Napier
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Iris Ferber KC |
| 3.15pm – 4.00pm | Group Session | View From The Bench
Judge Jan Luba KC |
Nicholas Grundy KC |
| 4.05pm – 4.20pm | Break | ||
| 4.25pm – 5.00pm | Expert Panel | Rental Reform Q & A
Yetunde Dania (Trowers & Hamlins LLP) Kuljit Bhogal KC (Cornerstone Barristers) Emily Orme (Paradigm Housing) |
Dambu Tenner |
| 5.05pm – 5.15pm | Chair’s Closing | Closing | Co-Chairs Katrina Robinson MBE and Elizabeth England |
| 5.15pm – 7.15pm | Networking Drinks Reception | ||