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.
29 Feb 2012:
Advocacy Training. Doughty [... read more]
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]
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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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]
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.
North West Housing Practitioners present the Northern Housing Conference
25 October 2011
Mechanics Centre, 103 Princess Street, Major Street Entrance, Manchester, M1 6DD
Speakers include:
- Colin Henderson, CAB and iLegal
- Robert Latham, Doughty Street Chambers
- Mark Robinson, Shelter trainer
- James Stark, Garden Court North
- Anne Seex, LGO
For further details, programme and booking form, download the leaflet
7 pm 21 September 2011
Homelessness and Allocation
Speakers:
Robert Latham: Doughty Street Chambers
Liz Davies: Garden Court Chambers
From 7 pm at Portland Hall, University of Westminster, 4 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7UW
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7 pm 20 July 2011
Bringing Disrepair Claims
Speakers:
Timothy Waitt: Anthony Gold Solicitors
Michael Paget: Garden Court Chambers
From 7 pm at Portland Hall, University of Westminster, 4 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7UW
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Yorkshire Housing Law Practitioners Association
The next meeting of YHLPA will be at 6.30 on 13 July 2011
At BPP Law School, Whitehall Quays, Leeds
Annual General Meeting
Jan Luba QC
“Homelessness, Allocations and Security of Tenure: what is changing in Housing Law and when?”
Free.
Homelessness: S.202 Reviews and S.204 Appeals
Wednesday 22 June 2011
A booking form can be downloaded here for the above HLPA Seminar, which will be held from 6.00-8.00pm on Wednesday 22 June at Hodge Jones & Allen LLP, 180 North Gower Street, London NW1 2NB.
The seminar will deal with the topic of Homelessness: S.202 Reviews and S.204 Appeals – How to ensure that your S.202 review submissions do not derail your S.204 appeal. It will be of value to all housing practitioners, including HLPA’s less experienced members. The seminar leader is David Watkinsion from Garden Court Chambers.
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