Past events
The Education and Training Committee seeks to provide a programme of continuing education and training to the Criminal Bar by way of a series of online evening lectures and symposiums, together with our in-person Saturday Conferences for Spring and Winter. The Committee is committed to a programme that offers practitioners with the means of earning free or inexpensive CPD hours.
CBA Lecture: Insanity / Fitness to Plead
1 CPD Hours
Wednesday 25 January 2023
The talk will consider unfitness to plead, mental condition defences, disposals and sentencing, with a particular focus on the distinction between how fitness to plead is dealt with in the magistrates' court and in the Crown Court.
Reforming the Relationship between Sexual Consent, Deception, and Mistake.
Wednesday 18 January 2023
The Criminal Law Reform Now Network (CLRNN) to invite you to the launch of our latest report Reforming the Relationship between Sexual Consent, Deception, and Mistake.
Christmas Carols at Wood Green.
Thursday 15 December 2022
Christmas Time at Wood Green Crown Court
S.28 Masterclass for Established Barristers
Wednesday 07 December 2022
This Masterclass addresses the practical realities of the roll out of pre-recorded cross-examination for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses in the Crown Court (s.28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999).
International Rule of Law Lecture December 2022
Thursday 01 December 2022
1st December 2022 18.00 – 19.30 Transitional Justice in Gambia after dictatorship – from truth seeking to justice Each year, […]
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Forum: Keynote Lecture
Wednesday 30 November 2022
“Making diversity and inclusion a reality”.
WICL - Mentoring Breakfast
Wednesday 30 November 2022
A REMINDER that we are squeezing in one last Mentoring Breakfast for 2022! Join us on Wednesday 30th November (next week!)
The Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference
Wednesday 23 November 2022
'Future Proofing the Bar'
Criminal Appeal Lawyers’ Association Conference
Saturday 19 November 2022
'The State of Criminal Appeals'