Family-law conference to look at in camera rule
The Law Society’s Family and Child Law Conference 2025 will take place at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, on Friday 14 November (10am to 3.30pm).
Law Society Professional Training is organising the conference, which has been designed in collaboration with the Law Society’s Family and Child Law Committee.
A total of 4.25 CPD hours (by group study) are on offer – 3.25 hours general, 0.5 hours for professional development and solicitor wellbeing, and 0.5 hours for client care and professional standards.
Registration is still open.
Topics and speakers
The opening address will be given by Ms Justice Nuala Jackson of the High Court.
Topics to be covered include:
- The operation of the in camera rule in family-law proceedings,
- ‘Divorce in Ireland 30 years on: A retrospective’,
- A briefing on implementation of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022,
- Psychological safety for family-law practitioners,
- Developments in domestic violence and civil restraining orders, and
- Digitalisation of court forms and procedures.
The speakers will include:
- Ms Justice Marie Baker (retired, Supreme Court),
- Gerard Durcan SC,
- Claire Collins SC,
- Keith Walsh SC,
- Dr Aisling Parkes, Dr Simone McCaughren, and Dr Kenneth Burns (UCC),
- Jim Dalton and Mark Dunne (Courts Service, IT),
- Patrick Bergin and Joy McGlynn (Guardian ad litem National Service),
- Antoinette Moriarty (Director of Solicitor Services, Law Society) and members of the Solicitor Services team, and
- Siún Hurley (chair, Law Society Family and Child Law Committee).