The timetable for the Employment Lawyers Group Northern Ireland 2025 Conference and Dinner is as follows: –
| 9:00am-9:30am | Registration and Coffee (Inn of Court, RCJ, Belfast) |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Employment Judges panel discussion |
| 10:10am-11:10am | Rachel Best KC – When Rights Collide; the fallout and the make up – An analysis on the clash between gender critical beliefs and trans rights. |
| 11:10am-11:30am | Coffee break |
| 11:30am-12:30pm | Peter Hopkins KC: Privacy, privilege and Preliminary issues in the Employment Tribunal – A consideration of the scope of, and exceptions to, the without prejudice rule, applications for privacy and reporting restrictions in the Tribunal, and the determination of such preliminary issues. |
| 12:40pm-1:40pm | James Laddie KC (Matrix Chambers, London):Whistleblowing – where are we now? – An overview of the legal framework and recent case law. |
| 1:45pm | Conference close |
| 6:00pm | Drinks reception (Rita Duffy Suite, The Merchant Hotel, Belfast) |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 9:00pm-late | Drinks and live music |