Join us on Monday 10th November 2025 from 4:45pm to 5:45pm for a live webinar 'Not just for judges - making use of the Equal Treatment Bench Book in practice' with host Nicholas Allen KC (29 Bedford Row) and speakers: DJ Clare Hockney, DJ Jamal Jeffers, and Mavis Amonoo-Acquah (Harcourt Chambers).

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SPEAKERS

Host:

Nicholas Allen KC, 29 Bedford Row

Barrister and Joint Head of Chambers at 29 Bedford Row (London). Door Tenant at St. Ives (Birmingham). IFLA arbitrator and PFDR/ENE tribunal. Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2018, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2021, and a Recorder of the Family Court in 2016. Bencher of the Middle Temple. Contributing Editor to The Family Court Practice and editor of the family law chapters of Foskett on Compromise. Regular lecturer including to the Judicial College. Chair of the UK Association of LGBTQ+ Judges.

Speakers:

DJ Clare Hockney

Clare Hockney is the lead editor of the Equal Treatment Bench Book and a member of the Judicial Diversity Committee. She has been a Tribunal Judge since 2013, when she joined the Social Entitlement Tribunal. She was also appointed to sit in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal in 2016. In 2019, DJ Hockney became a salaried District Judge in the Family Court, undertaking child-related and Equality Act work. Clare is now on long term re-deployment to the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.

DJ Jamal Jeffers

DJ Jeffers has been a salaried District Judge since November 2024, sitting in the Leicester County and Family Court. Prior to that he was a specialist Family Barrister dealing primarily with children work.

Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, Harcourt Chambers

Mavis is a Family Law barrister with a focus on Children Law - in particular, Private children, International children, Surrogacy/fertility law and modern families. Mavis’ practice includes a significant amount of High Court work and she has appeared in the Court of Appeal as a junior to leading Silks.