housing law practitioners association

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 Street Chambers

18 April 2012:
How to Defend Subletting Cases to Prevent A Possession Order – and a Criminal Record?

13 June 2012:
Homeless Cases – Has the Duty Been Discharged?

12 September 2012:
Tips and Tricks for dealing with the Housing Possession Duty Desk

19 October 2012:
How to Quantify Damages in Disrepair Cases

5 December 2012:
To set aside or the Appeal: That is the Question? – what to do when your client seeks advice after the order for possession has already been made.

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 W1W 7UW. £10 for members.

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 many essential housing law texts.

Jan Luba QC of Garden Court Chambers offering his perspective on the problems and challenges that housing lawyers will confront in 2012.

The conference will also include seminars on:

· Funding housing cases

· Housing and the Equality Act 2010

· Calculating and negotiating quantum in disrepair cases

· Unlawful eviction

· Homelesness reviews: Procedure and suitability challenges

Further information is given in the flyer and the full programme will be circulated shortly. Please forward details to any colleagues who may be interested in attending.

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.

For further information, contact:

Professional Briefings

london@profbriefings.co.uk

01920 487672