Animal Welfare 2025

Our Animal Welfare Group is pleased to present a series of engaging online events focused on advancing animal welfare, taking place between October and December.

Join us for two live interactive webinars with leading experts, plus a brand-new podcast episode that will provoke food for thought and ignite conversation. 

Register below:

Please note, you will need to register for each webinar individually using the links below.

Session 1

Podcast released on Wednesday 8 October 2025

Listen to Part 1

Listen to Part 2

Animal Sentience

Marcia Hyde, Edmund Walters & Paul Fuller 

To start the series, Edmund Walters, Marcia Hyde and Paul Fuller will discuss the concept of ‘animal sentience’ and its impact on animal welfare law, as well as review the work of the Animal Sentience Committee established under the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 ('AWSA').

Session 2

Wednesday 26 November 2025

Animal Welfare and Wildlife Protection in Planning Law 

Marcia Hyde & Carol Day of Leigh Day

Marcia Hyde and Carol Day, Senior Partner at Leigh Day, will discuss recent developments in planning case law and how it has the  potential to impact on animal welfare. They will also discuss the Aarhus Convention in respect of costs and look at the broader implications of the Infrastructure Bill and the potential impact on Animal Welfare.

'Animal Welfare and Wildlife Protection in Planning Law' recording

Session 3

Tuesday 9 December 

Chickens, Fish and Lobsters - how are they protected? 

Marcia Hyde & Edie Bowles of Advocates for Animals

To conclude the series, Edie Bowles, Partner at Advocates for Animals and Founder of the The Animal Law Foundation, and Marcia Hyde examine the legal protections for these species and recent developments in case law in respect of them.

'Chickens, Fish and Lobsters - how are they protected?' recording

If you have any questions or queries relating to this series, please do not hesitate to contact us.

9th Dec 2025

Edmund Walters

Call 1991

Marcia Hyde

Call 1992

Paul Fuller

Call 2021 | Admitted as a Solicitor: 2011