PLA/RICS Dilapidations Event (Nov 2009 and Jan 2010)

 Dilapidations Claims: the relevance of post-termination events. Guy Fetherstonehaugh QC

 Uncertainty in Dilapidations - Peter Beckett

Autumn Training Day - 5 November 2009

 What's mine is yours: beneficial interests in domestic and commercial property. (Joanne Wicks, Wilberforce Chambers)

 How to interpret the contract to your client's advantage after Charterbrook: the factual matrix reloaded. (Jonathan Seitler QC and Julian Grennhill, Wilberforce Chambers)

 Alienation and Consent. (Martin Rodger QC, Falcon Chambers)

 Company Law for Property Litigators. (John McGhee QC, Maitland Chambers)

 Exercising Rights of Entry - a quick fix or a recipe for litigation? (Thomas Jefferies, Landmark Chambers)

 Land Registry Adjudication: a beginner's guide. (David Holland, Landmark Chambers)

 On the hook? Release of the surety. (Timothy Fancourt QC, Falcon Chambers)

 Gimme a break. How to avoid the pitfalls associated with options to determine leases. (Janet Bignell and Anthony Tanney, Falcon Chambers)

Birmingham Seminar with Maitland Chambers - 7 October 2009

 Tenant default in a downturn. Timothy Dutton & Mark Wonnacott

 The modern law of proprietary estoppel. Nigel Thomas

 Problems and solutions in enforcing duties to repair in leases of commercial premises. Edwin Johnson QC

PLA/RICS Dilapidations - 2009

 Notices of Entry and Repair - Practicalities and Pitfalls. Stephen Jourdan QC

 Dilapidations - what are the up and coming areas? Nicholas Dowding QC

Conference 2009 - Papers

These notes are produced solely for the benefit of members of the Property Litigation Association (PLA) attending Conference 2009 held at Keble College, Oxford on Friday, 27 March 2009. The notes are designed to be part of the Conference and do not necessarily stand on their own. No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action as a result of this material can be accepted by the authors, by the PLA or by TPS.

 Consents to Assignment and Subletting (Gary Webber)

 A thoroughly practical approach to the measure of damages in solicitors' negligence cases (Jonathan Seitler QC)

 Enfranchisement (Anthony Radevsky)

 L & T issues in the property downturn (Jonathan Small QC and Stephen Jourdan)

 Rent Review in the Recession - Yes, we can! (John Male QC and Nic Taggart)

 Case Law Kaleidoscope (Nicholas Dowding QC)

 CPR Update: What's new in the Procedural World?

Birmingham Seminar with St Philips Chambers - 28 Jan 2009

 Rectifying the Register - how to achieve it and avoid it, when your client will (and won't) be indemnified. (John de Waal)

 Rectifying the Register - Appendix D

 Rectifying the Register - Appendex A

 Rectifying the Register - Appendix B

 Update on Costs Issues for Property Litigators (Duncan Bagshaw)

 Rectifying the Register - Appendix C

Birmingham Seminar with Landmark Chambers - 2 Dec 2008

 Tenant Insolvency: Remedies and Procedures - David Holland

 CVAs: The Rough Guide - Camilla Lamont

 Balancing the interests of landlords and creditors in pre-pack administrations - Katharine Holland

Autumn Training Day - November 2008

One Great George Street, London

 Interest - James Walmsley

 Wriggling out of Purchase Obligations - Jonathan Seitler QC

 Costs - a summary of three important cases - Tiffany Scott

 Running Uphill in Rent Reviews - Jonathan Karas QC

 Guarantees and Indemnities: relying on the twelfth man - Martin Hutchings

 Tenant Default - Julian Greenhill

 Where are we now on service charge? - John Furber QC

 Without Prejudice Privilege, Confidentiality and Mediation - Charlotte Black

 Keeping Property Professionals Up to Scratch - Joanne Wicks

Conference 2008 - Papers

Keble College, Oxford

 The Property Litigation Quiz (including voting results) - Jonathan Seitler QC

 The Property Litigation Quiz (the answers!) - Jonathan Seitler QC

 Services Charges: how the new Code will affect you and your client - Chris Edwards FRICS

 What are damages for? - The Hon Mr Justice Lewison

 Non-derogation from Grant - John McGhee QC

 Costs - Brian and Doug Riordan, Riordan Associates

 Planning Issues for Property Litigators - David Elvin QC and Tom Jefferies

 Assured shorthold tenancies and accelerated possession claims - Gary Webber

 Insolvency - a brief history of "guarantee stripping" - Gabriel Moss QC

 Kaleidoscope of Recent Property Cases - Nicholas Dowding QC

Autumn Training Day - October 2007

One Great George Street, London

 What happens when an expert makes mistakes? - Joanne Wicks

 The dead easy guide to estoppels - Jonathan Seitler QC

 Alterations to leasehold premises: questions which you must not forget to ask - Jonathan Karas QC

 Misrepresentations in property transactions - Daniel Hochberg

 Rectification in Property Law - practical guidance for litigators - Julian Greenhill

 Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987: twenty years on but still not working - John Furber QC

Conference Papers

 2009 PLA Conference Booking Form

 2009 PLA Conference Programme

Autumn Training Day - November 2006

One Great George Street, London

 Property and Professional Negligence Actions

 Tactics in Contested Lease Renewals - The Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 Part II S.30 (1)(f) and (g)

 Appeals - Julian Greenhill

 The Landlord & Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 - 10 Years On - John Furber QC

 Insolvency Issues --- Disclaimer - James Ayliffe

Conference 2006 - Papers

Keble College, Oxford

 The Life of Pye Where has adverse possession got to by Jonathan Gaunt QC

 Putting the sense back into the law of consents by Jonathan Seitler QC

 A Tenants View of the Market by Dr Kevin Hawkins OBE, Director General of the British Retail Consortium

 Case Law Kaleidoscope - A review of some of the years significant cases by Nicholas Dowding QC

Autumn Training Day - November 2005

Royal Aeronautical Society, London

 How to get around Section 2 - Christopher Nugee QC

 Some Topical issues for purchasers and developers - Edward Nugee QC

 The Consequences of Aston Cantlow - Edward Nugee QC

 Adverse Possession - an update - Jonathan Evans

 Arbitrators and Experts in Rent Reviews - John Furber QC

 Dilapidations - claiming damages - Julian GreenhillRefurbishing Commercial

 Refurbishing Commercial Premises Service Charge Recovery - Jonathan Karas

 Development Traps - Jonathan Karas and Edward Sawyer

 Ransoms, Rights and Remedies - Edward Sawyer

 Proving your case - evidence in property claims - Joanne Wicks

Conference 2005 - Papers

Keble College, Oxford

 Safe as Houses Know Your Rights! by Damian Greenish

 Presentation given by Liz Peace, Chief Executive of the British Property Federation

 Presentation given by Barry Gilbertson, President of the RICS

 Case Law Kaleidoscope - A Review of the years significant cases by Nicholas Dowding QC

Conference 2004 - Papers

Robinson College, Cambridge

 Commercial Property The Market Perspective by Graham Chase

 1954 Act Reform - The Long and Winding Road by Philip Freedman

 Procedure - A District Judges Perspective by District Judge Nic Madge

 Arbitration for Property Litigators is it the only Dispute Resolution process worth considering by Anthony Salata

 Case Law Kaleidoscope by Hazel Williamson QC

 Addendum to Case Law Kaleidoscope

Conference 2003 - Papers

Keble College, Oxford

 Changing Strategies for Property Investment by Alastair Ross-Goobey

 The Future for Forfeiture by Stuart Bridge

 Case Law Kaleidoscope - A Review of the Years Significant Cases by Nicholas Dowding QC