Multidisciplinary Workshop Voices, Choices and Law -Weighing Children’s Views in Justice Proceedings
9:00am - 5:15pm /
Thursday 5th November 2015
Type: Seminar /
Category: Department
- Aoife Daly
- Suitable for: All welcome - please register.
- Admission: Free event
- Book now
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9.00 Registraion and Refreshments
9.20 Welcome Address Aoife Daly and Helen Stalford, University of Liverpool
9.30 Opening Address
Experiences of a Legal Representative Jean Koh Peters, Yale University
Discussant: Sarah Woodhouse, Director of the Law Clinic, University of Liverpool
10.15 Coffee/Tea
10.30 Beyond ‘Hearing’ Children- Pushing Boundaries
1. Challenging Competence? ‘Due Weight’ in Scottish Family Law Kay Tisdall, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
2. From Participation to Citizenship Michael Freeman, University College London
Discussant: Pernilla Leviner, University of Stockholm
11.30 Views from Young People Investing in Children
Discussant: Aoife Daly, University of Liverpool
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Experiences of Practitioners- The View from Within
1. ‘Can You Hear Me?’ Jane Andrews, Social Worker, NAGALRO (The Professional Association for Children's Guardians, Family Court Advisers and Independent Social Workers) member
2. Hearing Children Paul Sambrooks, Children's Guardian, CAFCASS
3. Balancing the Voice of the Child with the Needs of the Child Jo-anne Lomax, Associate Solicitor, Morecrofts LLP
4. The Giving and Refusal of Consent by Children: Why Judges see it Differently Mark Hedley, Retired Court of Protection Judge, England and Wales
Chair: Aoife Daly, University of Liverpool
15.30 Tea/Coffee
15.45 Experience Across Children Law- What Can we Learn?
1. Weight for Children’s Views in Criminal Justice Barry Goldson, University of Liverpool
2. Children's Experiences of Inter-Parental Conflict and their Psychological Well-Being: Putting Research into the Hands of Practitioners Gordon Harold, University of Sussex
3. Weight for Children’s Views in Medical Law Priscilla Alderson, University College London
Discussant: Dr. Emma Cave, Durham University
17.15 Closing Remarks Helen Stalford, University of Liverpool
To register - please copy the link; http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-multidisciplinary-workshop-voices-choices-and-law-weighing-childrens-views-in-justice-tickets-18861703864
9.20 Welcome Address Aoife Daly and Helen Stalford, University of Liverpool
9.30 Opening Address
Experiences of a Legal Representative Jean Koh Peters, Yale University
Discussant: Sarah Woodhouse, Director of the Law Clinic, University of Liverpool
10.15 Coffee/Tea
10.30 Beyond ‘Hearing’ Children- Pushing Boundaries
1. Challenging Competence? ‘Due Weight’ in Scottish Family Law Kay Tisdall, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
2. From Participation to Citizenship Michael Freeman, University College London
Discussant: Pernilla Leviner, University of Stockholm
11.30 Views from Young People Investing in Children
Discussant: Aoife Daly, University of Liverpool
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Experiences of Practitioners- The View from Within
1. ‘Can You Hear Me?’ Jane Andrews, Social Worker, NAGALRO (The Professional Association for Children's Guardians, Family Court Advisers and Independent Social Workers) member
2. Hearing Children Paul Sambrooks, Children's Guardian, CAFCASS
3. Balancing the Voice of the Child with the Needs of the Child Jo-anne Lomax, Associate Solicitor, Morecrofts LLP
4. The Giving and Refusal of Consent by Children: Why Judges see it Differently Mark Hedley, Retired Court of Protection Judge, England and Wales
Chair: Aoife Daly, University of Liverpool
15.30 Tea/Coffee
15.45 Experience Across Children Law- What Can we Learn?
1. Weight for Children’s Views in Criminal Justice Barry Goldson, University of Liverpool
2. Children's Experiences of Inter-Parental Conflict and their Psychological Well-Being: Putting Research into the Hands of Practitioners Gordon Harold, University of Sussex
3. Weight for Children’s Views in Medical Law Priscilla Alderson, University College London
Discussant: Dr. Emma Cave, Durham University
17.15 Closing Remarks Helen Stalford, University of Liverpool
To register - please copy the link; http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-multidisciplinary-workshop-voices-choices-and-law-weighing-childrens-views-in-justice-tickets-18861703864