PLA News

Social Mobility Day 2025 aims to raise awareness, promote conversations, and encourage action to improve social mobility in the UK. The PLA are proudly supporting the Academy of Real Assets and Pathways to Property throughout 2025, two organisations which are focused on making a practical impact on improving access to the wider Real Estate industry to students from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

The JPLA held a very successful event to a packed crowd on Day 2 at UKREiiF. The panel discussed the developments around the Bill and the likely impact on different stakeholders and understand how to best manage risk.

PLA South West & South Wales: training event with Wilberforce Chambers was held on 15 May 2025 at Burges Salmon, Bristol. This article provides a link to the slides from the event.

The third in the JPLA Nuts & Bolts series on the Building Safety Act was held on 12 May 2025 at Landmark Chambers. This article provides a link to the recording and slides from the event.

PLA North – Spring training event with Landmark Chambers was held on 1 May 2025 at Hill Dickinson LLP, Liverpool. This article provides a link to the slides from the event.

Property Week has launched its third annual Inspiring Diversity in Property (IDiP) sentiment survey and they are asking for input to enable them to measure the extent to which words are being converted into action when it comes to the industry’s commitment to tackling the D&I gap.

JLL UK Foundation commissioned the Bridge Group to conduct a study on social mobility in the real estate sector. The study analysed over 10,000 employees across thirteen of the UK’s most significant real estate companies, explored how diverse the firms are by socio-economic background (SEB), the factors contributing to the different levels of diversity, and the actions that can be taken to advance SEB diversity in real estate. Read the report and watch the video.

As part of a new partnership with Thomson Reuters Sweet & Maxwell, we are delighted to announce that all PLA members can now enjoy a 20% discount on a number of property law titles, in both print and on ProView eBook. Available on purchases of mainworks, the mainwork plus supplement bundles and on stand-alone supplements, and includes the recently published new edition of Gale on Easements, 22nd edition. Offer available until May 31st 2025.

The PLA Conference 2025 and 30th Anniversary Dinner & Party was held on 27 and 28 March 2025 at Keble College, Oxford. This article provides a link to the slides from the event and subsequent confirmatory papers as well as the photos from the event.

PLA Scotland: Spring Case Update was held on 13 March 2025 at MFMac, Edinburgh. This article provides a link to the slides.