Timetable

Seminar  Speakers 
Seminar 1: Violence Fixated Individuals – views from Psychiatry, Psychology and Philosophy    

Tuesday 8 September  1000 – 1600  
Professor Quassim Cassam 
University of Warwick  

Dr Tina Irani 
NHS England  

Professor Laura Smith
University of Bath  

Dr Richard Taylor 
Clinical Consultancy Service  
Seminar 2: The role of Prevent in managing violence fixated individuals   

Wednesday 9 September  0900 – 1600  
Lord Anderson KBE KC  

Jonathan Hall KC  

Dr Paul Betts (virtual) 
Rabdan Academy  

Alasdair Roxburgh 
Child Rights International Network  

Sarah St Vincent 
Rights and Security International   
Seminar 3: Violence Fixated Individuals – lessons from threat management and multi-agency processes other than Prevent   

Thursday 10 September  1000 – 1600   
Becky Canning 
His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service  

Professor Bram Sizoo 
University of Amsterdam  

Dan Diamond 
Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit  

Dr Aisling Martin 
Trusting Hands Gateshead  
Seminar 4: Violence Fixated Individuals – the internet, online platforms and pathways to violence   

Tuesday 15 September  1000 – 1600   
Milo Comerford 
Institute for Strategic Dialogue  

Dr Julia Ebner 
University of Oxford  

Dr Joe Whittaker 
University of Swansea  

Professor Paul Gill 
University College London  
Seminar 5: Violence Fixated Individuals – access to, and the attraction of, offensive weapons and bladed articles   

Wednesday 16 September  1000 – 1600  
Professor Iain Brennan 
University of Hull  

Commander Stephen Clayman
National Police Chiefs’ Council  

Patrick Green 
Ben Kinsella Trust  

Tim Weston 
National Gamekeepers Association  
Seminar 6A: Violence Fixated Individuals – the effectiveness of current laws, systems and orders: Legal powers and offline disruption  

Thursday 17 September 0900 – 1300   
Shenaz Muzaffer
Crown Prosecution Service  

Cheryl de Freitas and Kate Langley 
Youth Justice Board  

National Crime Agency Officer 
Seminar 6B: Violence Fixated Individuals – the effectiveness of current laws, systems and orders: Online frameworks, powers and disruption  

Thursday 17 September  1400 – 1800    
Rob Richardson
National Crime Agency

Professor Lorna Woods 
University of Essex  

Adam Hadley 
Tech Against Terrorism 

Inquiry Opening Statements will take place on Monday 5 October. These may continue on Tuesday 6 October if required.

Expert cadre oral evidence will take place on Wednesday 7 October and Thursday 8 October.

The timetable for the autumn evidential hearings has yet to be finalised and will necessarily be flexible to account for and react to the evidence that is being received from those who have been sent Rule 9 requests. However, we can indicate in very broad terms the dates that have been pencilled in for each topic:

Topic I: 12 – 29 October 2026

Topic II: 4 – 17 November

Topic III: 23 – 26 November 2026

Topic IV: 1 – 10 December 2026