2 Gray's Inn Square - Housing Seminar 3rd November 2005

*All Solicitors and Legal Advisors working in the field of residential property. (*including all those employed in Private Practice or by Local Authorities, Housing Associations, CABs or otherwise).

Topics to be covered:

Housing Act 2004: Overview and Latest Information.

Recent developments and cases: Homelessness, Possession, Disrepair and Anti-Social Behaviour

ASBOs: A view from the Bench

Date and times:

3rd November 2005

6.15 p.m. Registration

6.30 p.m. Seminar commences

8.30 p.m. Drinks and Buffet

Venue:

Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road, London WCI.

Transport House is centrally located in Holborn. The nearest underground station is Holborn on the Piccadilly and Central Lines. Upon leaving Holborn Station cross over High Holborn and walk up Southampton Row. Theobalds Road is on the right.

For a map and more information as to location, parking and traveling by bus train or underground from other stations click here (Transport House site) or click here (Google Maps site).

The Speakers:

His Honour Judge Nic Madge:

Presently HHJ Madge is a Circuit Judge sitting at Harrow Crown Court. Prior to his appointment as a District Judge (sitting at West London County Court) he was a partner with Bindman and Partners, solicitors, heading their Housing Department. He is a Member of the Senior Editorial Board of Civil Procedure (The White Book) and he writes regularly on law and procedure. He was a member of the Joint Working Party of the Bar and Law Society on Civil Procedure (Heilbron/Hodge) and of Lord Woolf's Housing Working Party. He is a member of the Civil Justice Council, the Judicial Studies Board tutor team and has been a member of the Civil Justice Housing and Land Committee since 2001.

Peter Leighton (year of call 1966):

Peter is a senior property practitioner specialising in landlord and tenant, housing and general property disputes. He has appeared in a number of reported landlord and tenant cases in the Court of Appeal and is currently a part time Chairman of the London Rent Assessment Committee and the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal.

Surinder Bhakar (year of call 1986):

Surinder is an experienced common law practitioner who specialises in landlord and tenant and housing law. He acts for both landlords and tenants in substantial disrepair, unlawful eviction and possession cases. He is a member of the specialist Property Bar Association and the Housing Law Practitioners' Association.

James Holmes-Milner (year of call 1989):

James is an experienced landlord and tenant, property and housing lawyer. He has appeared before the Court of Appeal in real property and landlord and tenant claims and is regularly instructed in the HIgh Court and County Courts. His clients include public and local authorities, housing associations and private clients

Daniel Kingsley (year of call 1994):

Daniel is a member of the Housing Law Practitioner's Association and specialises in Housing, Landlord and Tenant and Property Law. He has appeared before the Court of Appeal on a number of occasions and is regularly instructed in the High Court and County Court. He acts for both landlords and tenants, including Local Authorities, Registered Social Landlords and private clients.

Dr. Victoria Williams (year of call 1995):

Victoria is an editor of The White Book and is General Editor of the Personal Injury Claims Manual. She is the author of The Civil Procedure Handbook (Oxford University Press 2005, 2005) and several other books. She has a practice with an accent on Landlord and Tenant, Housing and Property work.

Course Accreditation

Course Accreditation (The Law Society and ILEX) - 2 hours CPD.

Documentation

Each delegate will receive documentation prepared specifically for this seminar. The documentation serves as a guide during the seminar and as a valuable source of reference for subsequent use.

Cost

1 delegate £60 + vat

2 delegates £110 + vat

3 delegates £150 + vat

4/5 delegates £200 + vat

subsequent delegates at £35 each + vat

(vat invoices will be issued)

For any query please contact the Chambers Administrator (Toni McKenna) either by telephone (020 7440 8488) or fax (020 7440 8452) or to contact by e mail click here.

Download a registration form

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Links to the Housing Act 2004/ relevant Statutory Instruments

Housing Act 2004 (2004 Chapter 34)

Statutory Instrument 2005 No.326 (C.11) The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No.1) (England) Order 2005

Statutory Instrument 2005 No.1120 (C.49) The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No.2) (England) Order 2005

Statutory Instrument 2005 No.1451 (C.65) The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No.3) (England) Order 2005

Statutory Instrument 2005 No.1509 The Residential Property Tribunal (Right to Buy Determinations) Procedure (England) Regulations 2005

Statutory Instrument 2005 No.1729 (C.74) The Housing Act (Commencement No.4 and Transitional Provisions) (England) Order 2005

Welsh Statutory Instrument 2005 No.1814 (W.144) (C.75) The Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No.1) (Wales) Order 2005