
The UK Commercial Property Litigation and Disputes Forum: 2nd Annual
The only conference to bring together solicitors, barristers, surveyors and valuers together to discuss evolving topics impacting the commercial property landscape.
In-person | 27th February 2025 | One Whitehall Place
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

Dr David Crowder, Partner
DCCH Experts LLP
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

Tom Bodley Scott, Partner
Batcheller Monkhouse

Martin Law, Head of Dispute Resolution and Code Strategy
Cell:CM
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

Jonathan Upton, Barrister
Serle Court

Guy Willetts, Partner
Trowers & Hamlins
Networking and Lunch Break
1.00pm
Insights into Dilapidations and their Effects on Property Disputes
2.00pm
- Acting for the landlord or tenant
- Meditaion or Litigation?
- The surveyor's perspective
- Contemporary Issues

Kate Andrews, Partner
Hamlins

Paul Raeburn, Managing Director
Dilapsolutions
Addressing Challenges Arising from Rights to Light Disputes
2.45pm
- What remedy is likely to be granted?
- The perspective of the Adjoining Owner
- The perspective of the Developer

Gary Lawrenson, Partner
Osborne Clarke

Chhavie Kapoor, Partners
Mishcon de Reya

Christopher Stoner KC, Barrister
Serle Court
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

Sophie Schultz, Partner
Stephenson Harwood
Case Law Update: Exploring the Most Significant Cases Over the Last 12 MonthsÂ
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
5.05pm

Bryan Johnston, Partner
Dentons

Anne Waltham, Consultant
Gowling WLG
Networking & Drinks Reception Hosted by Serle Court
5.10pm
- Developments over the last 12 months
- Practical points for registering parties and registration gap issues
- Issues arising from retrofitting buildings
Douglas Rhodes - Partner - Trowers & Hamlins
Dr David Crowder - Partner - DCCH Experts LLP
- Advantages of arbitration to resolve property disputes
- Pitfalls to avoid
- How arbitration compares to other methods of ADR
Professor Graham Chase - Senior Surveyor - Chase Sinclair Clark
- Where are we now with telecoms disputes
- Understanding how code rights work
- Actions of operators that result in litigation
Tom Bodley Scott - Partner - Batcheller Monkhouse
Martin Law - Head of Dispute Resolution and Code Strategy - Cell:CM
- How development restrictions can impact landowners
- Section 84
- Impacts of the Alexander Devine Supreme Court ruling
- Navigating how the courts work
Rashpal Soomal - Partner - Eversheds Sutherland
Jonathan Upton - Barrister - Serle Court
Guy Willetts - Partner - Trowers & Hamlins
- Acting for the landlord or tenant
- Meditaion or Litigation?
- The surveyor's perspective
- Contemporary Issues
Paul Raeburn - Managing Director - Dilapsolutions
- What remedy is likely to be granted?
- The perspective of the Adjoining Owner
- The perspective of the Developer
Chhavie Kapoor - Partners - Mishcon de Reya
Christopher Stoner KC - Barrister - Serle Court
- The Law Commission and its report
- What are the merits and otherwise of the Commission's Proposals
- How can the Act be modernised
Sophie Schultz - Partner - Stephenson Harwood
- 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

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