Join us for this informative session on hate crime to understand what it is and how we can all recognise it. This free webinar is ideal for lawyers, law firms and BAME individuals and we welcome all to join us at this event as the concepts and tools are essential for us all to understand.

The concept of hate crime in itself is not new; so long as minorities have existed, so too have crimes targeting them for their minority status.

However, the way in which the law deals with such crimes has undergone numerous changes over the years. For example, hate crime legislation no longer encompasses racial or religious aggravation alone, but has been extended to apply to characteristics such as disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity, with ongoing debate as to whether it should broaden its definition to a greater range of characteristics.

This is a virtual event taking place at 5.30pm on 26 January 2022, hosted by Legal News Wales on behalf of Cardiff & District Law Society.

Our speaker

Ramya Nagesh, barrister at No5 Chambers.

We’re pleased to announce that Ramya Nagesh - a pre-eminent barrister at No5 Chambers specialising in criminal law and hate crime cases - will lead our event.

Ramya has appeared on behalf of both the Prosecution and the Defence and has directly seen how the law has evolved. Together with sitting as the independent legal representative on the West Midlands Hate Crime Panel and authoring articles about hate crime for the legal publications “Criminal Bar quarterly” she is fast becoming the go-to expert and recently published A Practical Guide to The Law In Relation to Hate Crime.

Come join the discussion and learn more about what Hate Crime is, how we recognise it and report it and what we can do as a group/society to help stand up to it.

To hear more about Ramya’s experience and practical guide, listen to this podcast.

About the CDLS BAME & Friends Committee

The CDLS BAME and Friends Committee welcome members, non-members and friends of BAME individuals to all of our events so that we can work together to highlight the issues affecting BAME members of our profession and society generally. Hate crime in particular has steadily been on the rise and Ramya can help us understand why and think about the reporting mechanisms that will hopefully lead to less hate crime in the future.