PLA South West & South Wales: Training & networking event

Join fellow property litigation professionals for an afternoon of expert-led training and networking focused on two complex areas in property law: rights to light and restrictive covenants.

Delivered by an experienced barrister and chartered surveyor, this session will provide practical insights into the legal and technical aspects of these issues.

Members are invited to bring along a surveyor to the event.

Timetable

3pm to 4pm: registration, networking drinks and canapes

4pm to 4:45pm:

Rights of Light Update – Cooper v Ludgate House Limited [2025], otherwise known as the ‘Bankside Yards’ case by William Whitehouse of Anstey Horne

• Background to the case and relevance of appropriation of part of the development site under S.203 Housing and Planning Act 2016
• Measurement of light – is the Waldram methodology still fit for purpose in the modern day?
• Remedies – when will an injunction be granted in favour of a claimant rather than damages awarded in lieu?
• Assessment of damages – different approaches used by rights of light practitioners to compensate claimants

4:45pm to 5:30pm:

Private law restrictions on development: impediment and solution by Rebecca Cattermole of 39 Essex Chambers

• Restriction on use of land
• Restrictive covenants:
  • What are they?
  • Examples of restrictions in agricultural context
  • Solutions: the technical; the modification and discharge; the negotiation
• Easements
  • What are they?
  • Relevance to development  
    • Acquisition
    • Interference
  • Solutions: the technical, the release, the negotiation  
• Nuisance – common misconceptions
• The future: the role of conservation covenants

Booking

The event is open to all PLA members and associated trainees and paralegals.

To book, select the tickets you require and click 'book'. Click on the basket to add delegate details and to 'checkout'.