The UK Commercial Property Litigation and Disputes Forum: 2nd Annual

The only conference to bring together solicitors, barrister surveyors and valuers together to discuss evolving topics impacting the commercial property landscape.

In-person | 27th February 2025 | Central London

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Agenda

Networking & Registration
9.00am

Chair's Opening Remarks
9.30am

Anne Waltham, Consultant
Gowling WLG

Bryan Johnston, Partner
Dentons

Revisiting the Building Safety Act: Impacts Amends and Ramifications
9.40am

  • Developments over the last 12 months 
  • Practical points for registering parties and registration gap issues 
  • Issues arising from retrofitting buildings 

Greg Barden, Partner
Jones Day

Douglas Rhodes, Partner
Trowers & Hamlins

Exploring the Use of Arbitration In Property Disputes
10.25am

  • Advantages of arbitration to resolve property disputes 
  • Pitfalls to avoid 
  • How arbitration compares to other methods of ADR 

Anna Ralston-Crane, Partner
CMS

Professor Graham Chase, Senior Surveyor
Chase Sinclair Clark

Networking & Refreshment Break
11.10am

Understanding Effective Remedies for Telecoms Disputes
11.30am

  • Where are we now with telecoms disputes
  • Understanding how code rights work 
  • Actions of operators that result in litigation 

Ed John, Partner
Keystone Law

Navigating Restrictive Covenants and Development Constraints
12.15pm

  • How development restrictions can impact landowners 
  • Section 84
  • Impacts of the Alexander Devine Supreme Court ruling 
  • Navigating how the courts work 

Paul Greatholder, Partner
Russell Cooke

Rashpal Soomal, Partner
Eversheds Sutherland

Networking and Lunch Break
1.00pm

Insights into Business Rates and their Effects on Property Disputes
2.00pm

  • Mitigation schemes 
  • Anti-avoidance inquest  
  • Mitigating business rates 

Addressing Challenges Arising from Rights to Light Disputes
2.45pm

  • Should reforms be introduced 
  • Is the methodology and landscape changing 
  • Is insurance being challenged more frequently 

Gary Lawrenson, Partner
Osborne Clarke

Chhavie Kapoor, Partners
Mishcon de Reya

Networking and Refreshment Break
3.30pm

Examining the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
3.50pm

  • The Law Commission and its report
  • What are the merits and otherwise of the Commission's Proposals
  • How can the Act be modernised

Scott Goldstein, Partner
Payne Hicks Beach

Case Law Update: Exploring the Most Significant Cases Over the Last 12 Months 
4.35pm

  • How has the property litigation landscape shifted in the last year
  • What lessons can be taken from them 
  • What can be we expect from them going forward 

Julia Tobbell, Partner
Forsters

Chairs Closing Remarks
5.00pm

Bryan Johnston, Partner
Dentons

Anne Waltham, Consultant
Gowling WLG

9.00am
Networking & Registration
9.30am
Chair's Opening Remarks
Anne Waltham - Consultant - Gowling WLG
Bryan Johnston - Partner - Dentons
9.40am
Revisiting the Building Safety Act: Impacts Amends and Ramifications
  • Developments over the last 12 months 
  • Practical points for registering parties and registration gap issues 
  • Issues arising from retrofitting buildings 
Greg Barden - Partner - Jones Day
Douglas Rhodes - Partner - Trowers & Hamlins
10.25am
Exploring the Use of Arbitration In Property Disputes
  • Advantages of arbitration to resolve property disputes 
  • Pitfalls to avoid 
  • How arbitration compares to other methods of ADR 
Anna Ralston-Crane - Partner - CMS
Professor Graham Chase - Senior Surveyor - Chase Sinclair Clark
11.10am
Networking & Refreshment Break
11.30am
Understanding Effective Remedies for Telecoms Disputes
  • Where are we now with telecoms disputes
  • Understanding how code rights work 
  • Actions of operators that result in litigation 
Ed John - Partner - Keystone Law
12.15pm
Navigating Restrictive Covenants and Development Constraints
  • How development restrictions can impact landowners 
  • Section 84
  • Impacts of the Alexander Devine Supreme Court ruling 
  • Navigating how the courts work 
Paul Greatholder - Partner - Russell Cooke
Rashpal Soomal - Partner - Eversheds Sutherland
1.00pm
Networking and Lunch Break
2.00pm
Insights into Business Rates and their Effects on Property Disputes
  • Mitigation schemes 
  • Anti-avoidance inquest  
  • Mitigating business rates 
2.45pm
Addressing Challenges Arising from Rights to Light Disputes
  • Should reforms be introduced 
  • Is the methodology and landscape changing 
  • Is insurance being challenged more frequently 
Gary Lawrenson - Partner - Osborne Clarke
Chhavie Kapoor - Partners - Mishcon de Reya
3.30pm
Networking and Refreshment Break
3.50pm
Examining the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
  • The Law Commission and its report
  • What are the merits and otherwise of the Commission's Proposals
  • How can the Act be modernised
Scott Goldstein - Partner - Payne Hicks Beach
4.35pm
Case Law Update: Exploring the Most Significant Cases Over the Last 12 Months 
  • How has the property litigation landscape shifted in the last year
  • What lessons can be taken from them 
  • What can be we expect from them going forward 
Julia Tobbell - Partner - Forsters
5.00pm
Chairs Closing Remarks
Bryan Johnston - Partner - Dentons
Anne Waltham - Consultant - Gowling WLG

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