Past events
Webinar: Possession claims: what now and what next? A guide for landlords and their lawyers
Possession proceedings are due to be back in the courts from 24 August after a long stay during lockdown. What steps should landlords and their lawyers be taking now to prepare for possession claims to be resumed?
Webinar: Possession claims: what now and what next? A guide for tenant lawyers
Sarah Salmon and Christopher McCarthy consider the impact that lockdown has had on possession claims. Shelter reports that nearly 230,000 renters are at risk of ‘Covid-eviction’ once the stay on possession proceedings is lifted next month. Additionally, applications for injunctions due to anti-social behaviour by local authorities and registered providers have increased since April.
Webinar: Rough sleepers and local authority duties: what next?
Many rough sleepers have been accommodated during the Covid-19 pandemic. This webinar will cover the interaction between the policy to house rough sleepers and a local authority’s legal obligations, priority need and Covid-19 and recent case law.
Webinar: Disrepair, EPA and access in a Covid-19 world
The COVID-19 emergency and lockdown has affected us all. It has led to extreme measures from Government relating to landlords and tenants, most notably the stay on possession proceedings. But the obligations owed (by both landlords and tenants) relating to the state of repair in the property remain.
Age assessment forum
We are delighted to invite you to an Age Assessment Forum on Wednesday 12 February 2020 hosted in partnership with Doughty Street Chambers. The event will be held at Doughty Street Chambers from 3-5pm.
Free Seminar – The wider applications of TOLATA in cohabitation disputes
Christopher Stirling and Graeme Fraser of OGR Stock Denton LLP will discuss the wider applications of TOLATA at a free seminar on Tuesday 25 June from 5pm at OGR Stock Denton’s Finchley office. The seminar, will cover:
- The application of TOLATA in disputes with trustees in bankruptcy, creditors and estates
- TOLATA outside the Civil Procedure Rules – Intervener disputes in Financial Remedy Proceedings and proceedings relating to Land Registration in the First Tier Tribunal
- TOLATA beyond land – the common intention trust as applied to chattels, shares and bank accounts.
If you would like to attend, please contact Ali Kabani at OGR Stock Denton: akabani@ogrstockdenton.com
The London Philharmonic Choir Charity Concert – An Evening of Choral Music
The fifth Middle Temple/London Philharmonic Choir charity concert will take place on Friday 17 May. In 2019, the concert is supporting Family Action and the Middle Temple Scholarship Fund and hosted by Field Court Chambers for the second time. The choir will perform music by Orff, Faure, Bruckner and Mozart and Brahms’ Requiem. Tickets are limited to 200, at £50 each (which includes a champagne reception) and are available from Holly Savell, at Field Court Chambers, on 020 7405 6114 or holly.savell@fieldcourt.co.uk.
Equality Act Masterclass Training
Field Court Chambers’ housing team are delighted to be delivering training in Cardiff with Hugh James Solicitors on the Equality Act 2010. The training will be delivered by Sarah McKeown and Sarah Salmon. The Equality Act came into force on 1 October 2010. The Equality Act brings together over 116 separate pieces of legislation into […]
Junior Property Seminar Series
Six part seminar series on the following topics - Short Residential leases, ToLaTA, Boundary and rights of way disputes, Enforcing Covenants (1), Enforcing Covenants (2) and Long residential leases.
Private Law Children’s Seminar
The topics for the seminar are: Child Arrangements Proceedings: Hints & Tips to Achieve the Best Outcome Possible & Boost Client Contentment Temporary Removal from the Jurisdiction. Relocation: Making, and Responding to, Applications for Permanent Removal from the Jurisdiction. Speakers: Victoria Flowers, Ami Bartholomew and Anita Rao