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Press and professional enquiries: Giles Peaker

Membership renewals and deadlines

January 30th, 2012. Posted in News,

The period for a 10% discount for renewing membership for 2012 has been extended to 29 February 2012. New members or those who are returning to HLPA and were not members in 2011 receive a further 10% discount, 20% overall, if joining before 29 February 2012.

The members password for the website will be changing at the end of February and the new password will be emailed to 2012 members shortly beforehand.

In what is going to be a challenging year, HLPA is working hard to provide members with information, support and training, and also to make HLPA’s voice heard in policy [... read more]

HLPA Seminars for 2012

January 30th, 2012. Posted in Events,

We have a full programme of seminars for the next year. These are specialist training sessions by experienced practitioners ideal for those in the first few years after qualification or those looking to fill out their training in a specific topic. The seminars are open to all members and there is a fee.

The seminars take place in central London venues between 6 pm and 8 pm. Booking forms and further details will be circulated to members in advance of each seminar and will be available on the website. The following dates are subject to final confirmation.

27 Feb 2012: Advocacy Training. Doughty [... read more]

2012 Meeting Programme

January 30th, 2012. Posted in Events,

We have a full and exciting programme of meetings for 2012. The speakers are amongst the foremost and most experienced practitioners in their field and the topics address what is going to be a year of changes.

18 January: Localism Act: What Lies Ahead (Taken place)

21 March: Homeless Children And AGM. Meeting starts at 6.30 pm

16 May: Possession Claims: The Old and the New

18 July: Outside the Housing Acts: No Recourse and Community Care

19 September: Homelessness Update

21 November: Housing Law Update

Unless otherwise stated, all meetings will be at 7 pm at Portland Hall, University of Westminster, 4 Little Titchfield Street, London [... read more]

January 2012 Meeting

January 18th, 2012. Posted in Events,

7 pm 18 January 2012

The Localism Act

Speakers:

David Smith: Anthony Gold Solicitors

David Watkinson: Garden Court Chambers

From 7 pm at Portland Hall, University of Westminster, 4 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7UW

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2012 Membership

January 10th, 2012. Posted in News,

It is time for HLPA memberships to be renewed for 2012.

We have a full programme of meetings for the year with expert speakers, details of which will be put up shortly. The next meeting is on 18 January 2012, examining the new provisions of the Localism Act.

HLPA will also be running a series of seminars for training in specifics of practice.

In addition, for those who could not make it to the 2011 conference, the speakers papers from the workshop session will soon be available on the members area of this site for a few months. The members’ password for [... read more]

Allocation Code of Guidance consultation

January 10th, 2012. Posted in Consultations,

The DCLG are consulting on a new draft Code of Guidance to Local Authorities on Allocation Policies.

The consultation can be found here.

The closing date is 30 March 2012.

HLPA will be making a response. Any views from members are welcome.

Nearly Legal has a comment on the draft Code here.

The Housing Law Conference 2011

November 1st, 2011. Posted in Events,

Registration is now open for the Housing Law Conference 2011 via the following link:

www.profbriefings.co.uk/hlc2011

Highlights of the conference include keynote addresses from the following speakers:

Sir Stephen Sedley, recently retired from the Court of Appeal where he sat from 1999-2011 and well known for the important role he has played in the development of human rights law in England and Wales, as well as his long practice in the areas of public law and judicial review.

Andrew Arden QC, head of Arden Chambers and author and editor of [... read more]

A new mandatory power of possession for Anti-Social Behaviour

November 1st, 2011. Posted in Consultations,

The DCLG Consultation on ‘A new mandatory power of possession for Anti-Social Behaviour’, including the new proposals to remove the locality condition added immediately after the riots, closes on 7 November 2011.

David Watkinson is preparing HLPA’s response, He has produced a summary to assist members in their own submissions. The summary also contains requests for further information from members. The summary can be downloaded here.

Please send any responses to the requests for information included in the summary to David Watkinson, davidw@gclaw.co.uk by 4/11/2011 or latest 7/11/2011.

Yorkshire HLPA Meeting 9 November 2011

October 13th, 2011. Posted in Events,

The Yorkshire Housing Law Practitioners Association has its next meeting on 9 November 2011

6.30 pm at: BPP Law School Leeds Whitehall 2, Whitehall Quays, Leeds, LS1 4HR

Phillip Barber, Barrister

“Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowance – where we are and where we’re going.”

Private Practice/Barristers/ILEX £5 NFP/Trainees – £2 Students – Free

The flyer can be downloaded here

Location details are here.

HLPA response to consultation on directions to the Social Housing Regulator

October 6th, 2011. Posted in Consultations,

HLPA has responded to the DCLG consultation “Implementing social housing reform:directions to the Social Housing Regulator”

The consultation concerned the Social Housing Regulator, replacing the TSA, and the directions that should be given to Local Authorities and Social Housing providers, including guidance on the minimum length of the proposed new ‘flexible tenancies’.

HLPA’s response can be downloaded here.