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The 2025 Housing Conditions Conference (Hybrid)

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Speaker: Various

Date: Tuesday 11th February, 2025

Time: 09:30 - 15:00

Areas of Law: Civil Litigation

Venue:
Taylor Wessing
Edward Pavilion
Albert Dock
Liverpool
L3 4AF
OR online

Course Code: S4869

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Description

Are you a legal professional working in the housing sector? Whether you represent tenants, landlords, or both, this Conference is the premier event to deepen your expertise, exchange insights, and stay informed on the latest developments in housing law and property rights.

This event can be attended in-person or virtually (via MS Teams). When booking, please select if you wish to attend ‘ Face-to-face’ or  ‘Virtual’. All bookings, whether you attended in-person or virtually will be able to access a recording post event.

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Registration & refreshments / log in

Welcome & introduction ~ DJ Michelle Campbell

Awaab's Law: an update ~ Louise Murphy & Thomas Stockton, MSB

  • What is proposed?
  • The impact on a Landlord
  • The impact on a tenant
  • How to implement

TBC

Comfort break - refreshments for in-person attendees

Legislation changes and the effect on the Private Rental Sector ~ Alana Davies & Steven Bletsoe, National Residential Landlords Association

  • Looking back at Renting Homes (Wales) Act
  • Look forwarding to Renters Rights Bill
  • The pressures that lack of investment in the Social Housing Sector has put on Private Rental Sector

TBC ~ Hayley Webster, MLA

Comfort break - Lunch & networking for in-person attendees

Housing enforcement and the Renters' Rights Bill ~ Ben Reeve-Lewis, Safer Renting

  • Cross borough prosecution and the ability of a local authority to prosecute landlords in other council districts as part of their own action, on property conditions among other things
  • Increased Rent Repayment Orders to 2 years worth of rent AND opening the gates for RROs against superior landlords, ie the property owner, ie, the person with the assets, which will go a long way to damaging dodgy rent to rent scammers and provide funds for local authorities
  • Trading standards powers to seize files and computers to be extended to housing enforcement people
  • Powers of entry in harassment and illegal eviction cases

TBC

Case Law Round Up ~ Jonathan Davidson, Capsticks LLP

  • Hints, tips, lessons and warnings from the Judiciary in recent landlord and tenant cases

Summary & thanks ~ DJ Campbell

Speaker Biographies

Steve Bletsoe

District Judge Michelle Campbell

Jonathan Davidson

Alana Davies

Louise Murphy is Head of Social Housing & Regeneration at MSB and has developed an in-depth knowledge of Social Housing law throughout her 15 year career. She has comprehensive understanding of housing condition claims, housing & asset management and is able to offer Registered Providers focused and pragmatic advice.

Ben Reeve-Lewis has been a local authority enforcement officer dealing with harassment and illegal eviction for 35 years. He is also co-founder and Strategy Manager of Safer Renting, an independent non profit organisation providing a Tenancy Relations Officer service for 12 London boroughs and 5 in Suffolk, dealing with between 300 and 400 cases of serious harassment and illegal eviction each year. He has been a trainer of housing law since 2000 and is visiting lecturer in housing law at University of Greenwich and is contributing author to “Regulating the privately rented housing sector” published by Routledge books in 2023

Thomas Stockton is a Senior Associate Solicitor in the Social Housing team at MSB where he represents a large number of social housing associations. In particular, Tom specialises in disrepair, dealing with all aspects from pre-action protocol steps, to assessing liability and undertaking telephone ADR’s and settlement conferences. He also defends litigated disrepair claim brought against any client.

Hayley Webster

Prices
Member £175
Non-member £225
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