Westminster Legal Policy Forum

Next steps for the UK asylum system

assessing new government policy | Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill | Border Security Command | backlogs | tackling crime | collaboration | refugee welfare & safe routes

Morning, Friday, 22^nd November 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Daniel Hobbs, Director General, Migration and Borders, Home Office; Vicky Tennant, Representative to the United Kingdom, UNHCR; Jon Featonby, Chief Policy Analyst, Refugee Council; Dr Annette Idler, Associate Professor, Global Security, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and Susan Fratzke, Senior Policy Analyst, International Programme, Migration Policy Institute

Next steps for leasehold reform in England and Wales

policy priorities | legislative framework & proposals | commonhold implementation | transition issues & management | implications & impact on the market | dispute resolution

Morning, Friday, 29^th November 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Judge Siobhan McGrath, President, First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), Courts and Tribunals Judiciary; Professor Nicholas Hopkins, Commissioner, Law Commission of England and Wales and Professor Martin Dixon, Director, Cambridge Centre for Property Law, University of Cambridge

Next steps for family justice in England and Wales

key issues for policy & funding | support through family breakdown | child-centred approaches | multi-agency working | non-court dispute resolution & tackling backlogs | modernisation, consistency & transparency

Morning, Tuesday, 3^rd December 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Neal Barcoe, Deputy Director, Family Justice Policy Unit, Ministry of Justice ; Professor Nick Hopkins, Commissioner, Law Commission; His Honour Judge Edward Hess, Lead Judge, London Financial Remedies Court; James Pirrie, Director, Family Law in Partnership and Professor Emma Hitchings, Professor of Family Law, University of Bristol; and Lead Author, Fair Shares? report

Next steps for legal technology and innovation in legal services

generative AI integration | contributing to growth & productivity | workforce skills development | UK & EU approaches to AI regulation | proposed Regulatory Innovation Office | safety, responsibility & safeguarding clients

Morning, Tuesday, 10^th December 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Richard Orpin, Director, Regulation and Policy, Legal Services Board; Christina Blacklaws, Chair, LawtechUK; Harry Borovick, General Counsel, Luminance; and Author, AI and the Law: A Practical Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence Safely; Aileen Armstrong, Executive Director, Strategy, Innovation and External Affairs, Solicitors Regulation Authority; Jenifer Swallow, Strategic Advisor, JeniferSwallow.com; and former CEO, LawtechUK and Ian Jeffery, CEO, The Law Society

Next steps for tackling modern slavery in the UK

identification & support | multi-agency coordination & responsiveness | legislation & options for reform | organised crime | corporate supply chain responsibilities | global collaboration

Morning, Tuesday, 10^th December 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Jess Phillips MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, Home Office; Tatiana Gren-Jardan, Head, Modern Slavery Unit, The Centre for Social Justice and Justice and Care UK; Dame Sara Thornton, Professor of Practice in Modern Slavery Policy, Rights Lab University of Nottingham; and Consultant Modern Slavery, CCLA Investment Management and Baroness Young of Hornsey,

Next steps for tackling retail crime and anti-social behaviour on high streets

policy & legislation | HoL Tackling Shoplifting inquiry | protecting retail staff | technology effectiveness & best practice | policing & partnerships | thresholds & sanctions | long-term strategy

Morning, Wednesday, 22^nd January 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Lord Foster of Bath, Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee; Sophie Jordan, Manager, National Association of Business Crime Partnerships; Professor Emmeline Taylor, Professor, Criminology, City St George’s, University of London and Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman, NPCC Lead, Volume Crime, North Wales Police

In Production

The Westminster Legal Policy Forum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

We'd be happy to share ideas on areas to focus on, speaker suggestions, and other ways of getting involved.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Legal Policy Forum are:

Lord Anderson of Ipswich KC

Lord Brennan KC

Rt Hon Baroness Butler-Sloss

Lord Carlile of Berriew KC

Sir Christopher Chope MP

Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP

Lord Craig of Radley

Baroness Deech KC

Rt Hon the Baroness D’Souza

Lord Dubs

Lord Faulks KC

Lord Gold

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

Baroness Hamwee

Baroness Howarth of Breckland

Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Wirral

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Rt Hon Lord Laming

Rt Hon David Lammy MP

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames KC

Lord Murray of Blidworth

Baroness Newlove

Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve

Lord Patel of Bradford

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Rt Hon Baroness Prashar

Yasmin Qureshi MP

Lord Roberts of Llandudno

Andy Slaughter MP

Baroness Stern

Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP

Lord Tope

Lord Wasserman

Baroness Wilcox of Newport

Pete Wishart MP

Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.