Education & Training Resources
Presentations and papers from and recordings of PLA training events and seminars
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Annual Conference – How to deliver a great speaker presentation
27th Mar 2015
Discretion sits at the heart of all his client relationships. These include senior politicians in the UK and Europe, CEOs of FTSE 100 companies, world champions and high-level administrators from the world of sport, top-ranking people at NGOs across the globe, and many leaders of tomorrow.Read article -
Annual Conference – sale contracts – are you in or are you out?
27th Mar 2015
In an ever changing market proposed property sales frequently become the subject of disputes, whether by those seeking to withdraw from a deal or those seeking to enforce it. This seminar will explore some of the interesting issues that might arise in such disputes with reference to recent cases.Read article -
Annual Conference – Tax for Real Estate Litigators
27th Mar 2015
When is receipt taxed as income?Read article -
Leeds Seminar – Issues arising with mixed use premises
08th Mar 2015
Mixed use is most certainly in vogue. We constantly read about new gleaming mixed use developments where developers have residential properties usually situated above offices, shops, restaurants or even hotels. In many respects this is nothing new and is a return to the pre Victorian way we lived. There was over the past 150 years a steady separation between commercial and residential areas and thus a division between such developments. But the pressures of population growth and the reluctance to develop in greenfield sites has led to a rapidly changing development world. The centres of our cities are now once again places in which to live.Read article -
Autumn Training Day – The 1954 Act
28th Nov 2014
The authorities on the 1954 Act are a bit like buses. Nothing for ages and then two at once. This year the Court of Appeal has heard two appeals concerning the proper application of the “fault based” grounds of opposition set out in section 30(1)(a) to (c) of the Act. In both cases the landlord succeeded in opposing the grant of a new tenancy on ground (c) by reason of the tenant’s previous conduct.Read article -
Autumn Training Day – Telecommunications operators and their mast-sharing arrangements
28th Nov 2014
Anyone who has watched television, or, for that matter, been outside, will know that the telecommunications market is in a constantly evolving state.Read article -
Autumn Training Day – Rights of Light – Acquisition, Abandonment & Breach
28th Nov 2014
“Bring Me Sunshine” The scenario below is based on a development in central London, although it could be set in any other City in England and Wales.Read article -
Autumn Training Day – Loss of rent in Terminal Dilapidations Claims
28th Nov 2014
Claims against tenants for damages for terminal dilapidations routinely include an amount for loss of rent, usually formulated by reference to the income said to have been foregone during the period reasonably necessary for carrying out the requisite repair works. In practice, such claims do not often succeed. What are the applicable legal principles?Read article -
Autumn Training Day – No Documents – What Next?
28th Nov 2014
The answer to the question: “No documents-what next?” of course very much depends on the context in which you ask it. One might for example have to give a very different answer if one had just been involved in a car accident than one might give if stopped in the street by a policeman in North Korea.Read article -
Autumn Training Day – Issues arising with mixed use premises
28th Nov 2014
Mixed use is most certainly in vogue. We constantly read about new gleaming mixed use developments where developers have residential properties usually situated above offices, shops, restaurants or even hotels. In many respects this is nothing new and is a return to the pre Victorian way we lived.Read article