BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SHLA - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://shla.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SHLA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T182219 CREATED:20251119T114156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T114156Z UID:2614-1763557200-1763560800@shla.org.uk SUMMARY:The Relief Duty DESCRIPTION:The relief duty was introduced to local authorities’ homelessness duties in 2017 by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.  It is a duty to take reasonable steps to help secure that suitable accommodation becomes available for an applicant’s occupation for at least six months.  The duty applies in respect of all persons who are homeless and eligible for assistance. \nIn this seminar Millie and Michael will look at when the duty arises\, how authorities can bring it to an end\, its interaction with other homelessness provisions\, and the latest developments in the case law. \nMembers – Free \nNon-Members – £20.00 (once registered you will be sent an invoice) \nREGISTER YOUR PLACE HERE URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/the-relief-duty-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://shla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SHLA-seminarspeaker-templates-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T182219 CREATED:20251029T101323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T113847Z UID:2495-1763571600-1763577000@shla.org.uk SUMMARY:Housing Mediation Protocol DESCRIPTION:SHLA Midlands Region are pleased to invite you to join them for an in-person event on Housing Mediation Protocol. \nWe are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event on the 19th of November\, which will be hosted at the offices of Anthony Collins in Birmingham. This event will feature Tom Russell\, Mediator at St Ives Chambers\, as the keynote speaker. \nTom Russell\, has 30 years of experience in litigation\, having worked as a solicitor from 1995 to 2004\, and as a self-employed barrister since then. Since 2007\, he has also been practising as a mediator and has led over 150 mediation sessions. At this stage of his career\, Tom is focusing more on mediation\, which he considers to be the optimal form of dispute resolution. \nThe event will focus on the Housing Mediation Protocol\, a framework created by Tom Russell\, working in partnership with solicitors\, to facilitate the negotiated resolution of housing-related disputes. This voluntary protocol aims to help clients resolve issues in housing cases such as disrepair complaints\, rent arrears\, anti-social behaviour\, and more\, while avoiding the costs and uncertainties of litigation. \nTom will guide us through the various stages of the protocol\, including the opportunity for early fixed-price mediation\, the chance to engage in ongoing mediations with the same mediator\, and how it can help resolve disputes efficiently and amicably. \nWe encourage all members to attend this insightful session\, which will be followed by networking drinks and food\, providing a great opportunity to connect with fellow professionals. \nJoin us for this in-person event including networking and refreshments\, kindly hosted by Anthony Collins\, 134 Edmund Street\, Birmingham B3 2ES. \nMembers – £5.00 \nNon-Members – £15.00 \nIf you would prefer to be invoiced\, please email info@shla.org.uk. \nPlease note – tickets for this event are transferable but not refundable if cancellation is within 3 days of the event. \n\n\n\n\nHousing Mediation Protocol\nHousing Mediation Protocol\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour details\n\n\n\n Full name\n *\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Organisation\n *\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Position\n *\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Email\n *\n \n \n \n \n\n\n Dietaries/allergies\n *\n \n \n \n \n\n\n SHLA Member\n *\n \n \n Yes\n \n No\n \n No\, please send details of membershipNo\, please send details of membership\n\n \n \n\n\n\nSelect tickets\n\n\n\n SHLA Member Tickets (£5.00)\n \n \n \n Select number of tickets required\n \n\n\n Member sub total\n \n \n £\n \n \n\n\n Non- Member Tickets (£15.00)\n \n \n \n Select number of tickets required\n \n\n\n Non member sub total\n \n \n £\n \n \n\n\n\nAdditional Ticket details\n\n\n\n Full name\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n Organisation\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n Position\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n Email\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n Dietaries/allergies\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n SHLA Member\n \n \n \n Yes\n \n No\n \n No\, please send details of membershipNo\, please send details of membership\n\n \n \n\n\n\nPayment\n\n\n\n Total due\n \n \n £\n \n \n\n\n Card details\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n\nSubmit\n\nStart Over\n\n\n \n \n \n If you are human\, leave this field blank. \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/housing-mediation-protocol/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://shla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/SHLA-seminarspeaker-templates-14.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251127T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251127T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T182219 CREATED:20251103T161436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T161512Z UID:2524-1764248400-1764252000@shla.org.uk SUMMARY:Risks and Rewards of AI Use in Social Housing DESCRIPTION:This webinar will explore the legal and ethical dimensions of using artificial intelligence (AI) in the social housing sector. After a brief overview of how AI models work and their inherent strengths and limitations\, the panellists will describe some of the ways social housing providers are using AI and the benefits that AI can have for providers\, tenants\, and other stakeholders. The conversation will then turn towards some words of caution about the risks of AI use\, including those relating to fairness\, transparency\, and data privacy. The event will conclude with an opportunity for participants to ask questions of the panellists. \nSpeakers: \nJoanna Bouloux  \nJoanna specialises in advising on a range of corporate and commercial work including joint ventures\, acquisitions and disposals\, IT and commercial contracts. \nJoanna has a particular focus on joint ventures in the real estate sector which ranges from advising housing association clients to developers and local authorities. \nJoanna also advises on a wide range of IT contracts\, regularly advising both suppliers and customers of IT solutions. She regularly drafts and negotiates both standard terms and bespoke agreements\, support and managed service agreements. In addition\, she provides commercial and IT support on wider corporate transactions. \nBrendan Bernicker \nBrendan Bernicker is a practising lawyer in the United States and a barrister in England & Wales (not currently practising). He represents technology businesses in disputes and advises them on a range of issues\, including those relating to the development and use of artificially intelligent systems. Brendan previously worked as a civil rights appellate litigator at the MacArthur Justice Center and was a visiting assistant professor at Penn State University\, where he taught the law school’s first AI course and two public law courses. Brendan holds a JD from Yale Law School and both an MA in Political Science and a BA in Philosophy from Penn State. In addition to his legal practice\, Brendan works as a full-stack software developer building custom software for enterprise clients. \nJohn Fitzsimons \nJohn Fitzsimons is a versatile junior barrister who maintains a deliberately diverse practice encompassing data protection/information law\, planning/environmental law\, inquests/inquiries and general public and regulatory law. He is regularly instructed by a wide variety of public and private clients and is ranked in Legal 500 as a leading junior. \nAs well as his work at the Bar\, John sits as a non-executive director on the board of Innisfree Housing Association and regularly provides data protection training on behalf of PDP Training to a range of data protection and privacy professionals in both the UK and Ireland. \nREGISTER HERE URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/risks-and-rewards-of-ai-use-in-social-housing/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://shla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SHLA-seminarspeaker-templates-11.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T182219 CREATED:20251126T143009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251127T122710Z UID:2624-1764939600-1764943200@shla.org.uk SUMMARY:All change: the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Liz Davies KC\, Garden Court Chambers \nLiz Davies KC is a barrister specialising in housing and homelessness law at Garden Court Chambers. She is a co-author of Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice (Luba\, Davies\, Johnston\, Bano & Ahluwalia\, LexisNexis\, 2025\, 7th edn) and of Domestic Abuse and Housing  (LAG\, forthcoming). She also co-authors the monthly column Recent Developments in Housing Law in Legal Action magazine\, with Sam Madge-Wyld. She is instructed by Southall Black Sisters and others in the Covid Inquiry\, on issues of domestic abuse. \nLegal 500 describes her as “the leading barrister on homelessness law and superb with clients”. Chambers & Partners says “her level of expertise is only matched by her passion for fighting for an individual’s right to justice”. \nLee Russell\, Partner of Housing Management & Property Litigation at Devonshires \nLee was one of the first solicitors to qualify as part of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s fully qualifying law degree. He was one of the youngest qualifying solicitors at the time. \nLee advises on all aspects of housing management and property litigation\, regularly advising private organisations\, land owners\, developers\, investors\, charities\, local authorities and some of the largest providers of social housing in the United Kingdom. \nLee’s specialism in complex dispute resolution\, both in and out of court\, sits alongside his extensive experience in advising on non-contentious policy and procedure in addition to regulatory matters. Lee has a developed specialism in fire safety issues and property litigation aspects to contentious construction disputes. \nLee also deals with broader property litigation matters including adverse possession\, service charge issues\, lease disputes\, trespass\, restrictive covenants/easements and boundary issues. Lee leads our dedicated Wales team\, advising registered social landlords on all aspects of housing management\, property litigation and topical Welsh issues. \n Lee’s background in mental health\, safeguarding and capacity also sees him advising on litigation involving those who lack capacity to do so. In addition Lee is a specialist in advising on associated regulatory matters\, including healthcare providers involving CQC regulation. Lee advises providers of social housing on health and social care aspects including regulatory proceedings and dealing with adverse incidents. Lee’s Welsh practice also sees him advising a number of registered social landlords on the Welsh care regime and matters involving the Care Inspectorate Wales. \nSession Chair – Sarah Salmon\, Cornerstone Barristers \nSarah Salmon specialises in social housing\, property and public law. She is ranked as a leading junior in Legal 500 for both Administrative Law and Human Rights and Social Housing. She is recommended in Chambers and Partners for Housing. In 2024\, she was appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel (B panel) and nominated for Property and Housing Junior of the Year in the Legal 500 Bar awards. \nSarah has represented public bodies\, charities\, local authorities\, housing associations\, individuals and companies in her specialist areas in England and Wales. Sarah is the author of Author of ‘A Practical Guide to Housing Allocation Schemes in England’ (Law Brief Publishing) and regularly acts and advises in homelessness cases (on both sides). \nSarah has a special interest in Wales and has been instructed\, and advised extensively\, on a number of issues for a range of clients. She was instructed in Coastal Housing Group Ltd (now Beacon Cymru Group) v Mitchell [2024] EWHC 2831 (Ch) and [2025] EWHC 2477 (Ch) (the first case to see provisions with the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 and its accompanying regulations before the higher courts) and Jarvis v Evans [2020] EWCA Civ 854; [2021] 1 WLR 24 (the first case to see the provisions of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 before the higher courts). She has also advised an organisation on the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill. \nMembers – Free \nNon-Members – £20.00 (once registered you will be sent an invoice) \nREGISTER YOUR PLACE HERE[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/homelessness/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://shla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SHLA-seminarspeaker-templates-23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251208T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251208T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T182219 CREATED:20251006T202601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T150339Z UID:2472-1765198800-1765202400@shla.org.uk SUMMARY:All you need to know about the PSED DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to the next session in our SHLA Winter Webinar Series 2025\, taking place on 8 December. This online event will cover a key area for all social housing professionals: the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED). \nOur speakers\, Millie and Donna\, will outline the latest developments on the PSED and provide practical examples to help social landlords and local authorities understand and meet their responsibilities. \nMillie Polimac \nMillie is a leading junior barrister ranked in both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners\, with extensive experience across landlord and tenant disputes\, public law challenges\, and landmark appellate cases. In 2019 she was appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Panel of Counsel and has been on the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel since 2025. \nDonna McCarthy \nDonna\, a Consultant in Devonshires’ Housing Management & Property Litigation team\, brings 35 years of specialist experience and is ranked in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame. She is widely recognised for her expertise in Equality Act compliance and complex housing litigation. \nMembers – Free \nNon-Members – £20.00 (once registered you will be sent an invoice) \nREGISTER YOUR PLACE HERE URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-psed/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://shla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PSED.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260129T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260129T123000 DTSTAMP:20260430T182219 CREATED:20260108T140121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T102354Z UID:2667-1769684400-1769689800@shla.org.uk SUMMARY:Government's Call For Evidence - Housing Disrepair DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]SHLA Members Roundtable  \nWe are pleased to invite you to a virtual roundtable meeting to discuss the Government’s call for evidence concerning Housing Disrepair and the role of claims management activity in the sector. \nTo support members\, respond to this consultation\, SHLA will host a roundtable discussion. \nRegister your place below – places are limited. \nMembers Only – Free Event \nRegistration for this event has now closed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/governments-call-for-evidence-housing-disrepair/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://shla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SHLA-seminarspeaker-templates-25.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T200000 DTSTAMP:20260430T182219 CREATED:20260408T173514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T170901Z UID:2812-1776963600-1776974400@shla.org.uk SUMMARY:Reasonable Adjustments Under the Equality Act 2010 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]SHLA Midlands Region are pleased to invite you to join them for an in-person event for a discussion on principles for the Social Housing landlord and the lessons which can be learnt from case law. \nWe are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event on the 23rd April\, which will be hosted at the offices of 3PB Chambers in Birmingham. This event will feature Oliver Nunn a specialist Property & Housing barrister\, as the keynote speaker. \nOliver Nunn is a specialist Property & Housing barrister at 3PB Barristers\, who also practises in Agricultural & Equine law as well as Commercial Litigation. He is ranked as a Leading Junior in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners and is highly sought after for his expertise in advisory work\, advocacy and professional training. He is also a qualified Advocacy Trainer for both Lincoln’s Inn and the Midland Circuit. In September 2021\, Oliver was appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the Midland Circuit\, and in 2022 he became an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Leicester\, where he has lectured in Public and Contract Law. \nWe encourage all members to attend this insightful session\, which will be followed by networking drinks and food\, providing a great opportunity to connect with fellow professionals. \nJoin us for this in-person event including networking and refreshments\, kindly hosted by 3PB Barristers\, The Colmore Building\, 20 Colmore Circus\, Queensway\, Birmingham B4 6AT. \nMembers – £5.00 \nNon-Members – £15.00 \nIf you would prefer to be invoiced\, please email info@shla.org.uk. \nPlease note – tickets for this event are transferable but not refundable if cancellation is within 3 days of the event. \nBooking for this event has now closed\, if you require assistance please email info@shla.org.uk[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/reasonable-adjustments-under-the-equality-act-2010/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://shla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SHLA-seminarspeaker-templates-28.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR