LAG's Community Care Conference 2026

Legal Action Group, in collaboration with 39 Essex Chambers, invite you to LAG's Community Care Conference 2026.

We have a brilliant line-up of speakers who will inform and provide practical and tactical advice throughout the day. There will be a whistle-stop tour of the key community care cases over the last 12 months, as well as a wide range of plenaries and workshops.

We are also delighted to have Stephen Unwin, author of Beautiful Minds: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong, joining us to discuss his new book which examines changing attitudes towards people with learning disabilities.

We hope you will enjoy coming together on the day to share information and ideas. The conference will be in person at 39 Essex Chambers, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1DD.

Refreshments will be provided throughout the day including lunch and networking drinks to follow.

Legal Action Group helps make the life-changing work of lawyers and advisers on the social justice frontline possible. Come and be part of the movement.

Confirmed speakers so far:

Steve Broach KC, 39 Essex Chambers

Professor Luke Clements, Leeds University

Tor Butler-Cole KC, 39 Essex Chambers

Sarah Hannett KC, Matrix Chambers

Sam Fowles, 39 Essex Chambers

Bethan Harris, Garden Court Chambers

Catherine Rowlands, Cornerstone

Tim Baldwin, Garden Court Chambers

Simon Cox, Doughty Street Chambers

Alex Ruck-Keene KC, 39 Essex Chambers

Alice Irving, Doughty Street Chambers

Leah Winstanley, MJC Law

Nicola Braganza KC, Garden Court Chambers

Alia Lewis, TV Edwards 

Brian Dikoff, Include

Sue James, Legal Action Group

• Making the most of your Judicial Review toolkit

• Community care practice after AGNI

• Developing your community care practice with confidence

• Improving your practice by understanding other key areas of law

• What does it really mean to represent vulnerable claimants

• How is AI changing community care law?