Registration 09.15 – 09.45
Conference 09.45 – 17.30; Drinks reception 17.30 – 18.30
ARDL is pleased to announce details of its 5th Annual Professional Discipline and Regulation Conference, which will take place on Friday 14 November 2025 at One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, SW1H 9JJ. The Conference will be of interest to members of ARDL practising in all aspects of professional discipline and regulation.
Key Note Speech
We’re delighted to announce Jason Beer KC as this year’s Keynote Speaker. Jason is the Head of Chambers of 5 Essex Chambers and sits as a Deputy High Court Judge (KBD and ChD) and as a Recorder of the Crown Court. He is recognised as a leading silk and is recommended as the Star Individual for both Police Law and Inquests & Public Inquiries by Chambers UK. He won Barrister of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2024 and Silk of the Year in the Inquests and Public Inquiries category at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023. He specialises in public inquiries, inquests, public law and police law – representing a range of clients, including central government, public authorities, police forces, coroners, and corporations. Jason has been involved in many of the UK’s highest profile inquiries, most recently being well-known for his work at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Previous work has included: the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, the Hutton Inquiry, the Shipman Inquiry, and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. His current work includes the Thirwell Inquiry, the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry and the Southport Inquiry.
Sessions will include:
Regulatory Case Law Update with speaker Kenneth Hamer Henderson Chambers and Author of Professional Conduct Casebook. Chaired by Rosemary Rollason Principal at RJ Rollason Law.
Protests and Activism by Regulated Professionals with Rory Dunlop KC 39 Essex Chambers and Christopher Geering 2 Hare Court. Chaired by Stephen Hooper Clyde & Co.
Workplace culture, wellbeing and counter-inclusive behaviours panel session chaired by Nimi Bruce SRA. With speakers Richard Sims SRA, Julie Norris Kingsley Napley, and Matt Dean Byrne Dean.
Cultural Intelligence and Competence – Inter-cultural Communication in Legal Proceedings with Jamima Hussain Capsticks LLP. Chaired by Paul Ozin KC 23 Essex Street.
Artificial Intelligence – Regulatory Implications and Opportunities panel session chaired by Tope Adeyemi 33 Bedford Row. With speakers Sarah Ellson Fieldfisher, Sarah Blackmore Social Work England, Simon Murray DWF, and Steven Bettles General Osteopathic Council.
Refreshments and lunch will be provided and we hope that delegates will join us for a drinks reception at the close of the event.
This event is now fully booked. Please email ardl@blakemorgan.co.uk if you would like to be added to the waiting list in case any tickets become available. Tickets are strictly non-refundable. They are, however, transferable to another ARDL member if the person who purchased the ticket is unable to attend.