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SUMMARY:Short-term Lets and Subletting - Tenancy Fraud
DESCRIPTION:Join Andrew Lane and Stephanie Toghill \nSub-letting has for a long time been of concern to social landlords and\, indeed\, to central government as demonstrated by the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013. More recently the prevalence of short-term letting\, through companies such as Airbnb and Booking.com\, has added a different dimension to this issue. In this webinar Stephanie Toghill (Housing Investigations Manager at the London Borough of Islington and vice chair of the Tenancy Fraud Forum) and Andy Lane (barrister and author of ‘Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud’) will look at how to get the evidence\, whether a short-term let is sub-letting for litigation purposes and how to best proceed with civil and criminal proceedings. \nAndrew Lane \nAndy Lane’s practice focuses on social housing\, local government\, and public law\, and he works primarily for local authorities and housing associations. \nBefore coming to the Bar\, Andy spent over 10 years working in the statutory and voluntary sector in the field of housing\, debt\, and benefits advice. He also had a spell as a local authority councillor\, and held a number of portfolios during that time\, including Chair of the Housing Committee. This background has meant that Andy is very approachable\, comfortable in a variety of settings and able to articulate his advice and casework in a manner that is both attractive and compelling. \nStephanie Toghill \nStephanie is a founding member and Vice Chair of the Tenancy Fraud Forum. She also sits on the Executive Board for the London Boroughs’ Fraud Investigators’ Group and heads up the Housing Investigations Team for Islington Council. With over 15 years’ experience in addressing tenancy fraud\, Steph is a known specialist in her field. She has provided assistance to over 150 social housing providers on tenancy fraud\, provided training\, wrote guidance documents and advised on the creation of PoSHFA. Steph was also instrumental in pursuing and obtaining a landmark Norwich Pharmacal Order against Airbnb to obtain data from them regarding tenancy fraud. \n 
URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/tenancy-fraud/
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SUMMARY:The Housing Ombudsman
DESCRIPTION:The Regulation of Social Housing has been subject to significant changes since a regulator was first introduced in 1964. The current Regulatory Regime was instituted by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023. It was influenced by the findings of the Grenfell Tower inquiry. Under the current regime regulation of HAs and LHAs is by different Regulators. However\, the Housing Ombudsman (first established in 1996) has jurisdiction over both LHA and HA landlords. The current Housing Ombudsman has maintained a high profile and an interventionist approach. In this Seminar Nick will consider the main powers of the Housing Ombudsman\, how the current Ombudsman is interpreting those powers and how the Ombudsman’s decisions can be challenged. \nNick is a barrister and a silk at Five Paper. Social Housing forms a large proportion of his practice. \nNicholas Grundy KC \nNick is a Property\, Public Law\, Equality and Human Rights specialist. Nick has particular expertise in statutory interpretation. Nick is head of Five Paper’s Real Property Practice Group and a member of the Housing\, Landlord and Tenant and Public Law Groups. \nHe regularly acts for public bodies in cases where property and public law interact: e.g. Simawi v LB Haringey & SoS CLG (intervening) [2019] EWCA Civ 1770\, where he successfully argued that the rules relating to succession to council tenancies were compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. \nHe also acts for commercial entities: e.g. he was successful in the Court of Appeal for Global 100 Limited in establishing\, amongst other things\, that defences to possession proceedings should\, where appropriate\, be determined summarily: See Global 100 Limited v Laleva [2021] EWCA Civ 1835. \n 
URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/the-housing-ombudsman/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241023T110000
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SUMMARY:Webinar - Equality Act 2010 & ASB
DESCRIPTION:JOIN RHODRI THOMAS\, KULJIT BHOGAL KC & DR DAMIAN GAMBLE \nRhodri Thomas is a partner at Sian Thomas\, Daughter and Son Solicitors. Rhodri represents several housing associations across Wales as well as private landlords. Rhodri specialises in housing management and tenancy enforcement and has a wealth of experience in dealing with all aspects of housing related matters including anti-social behaviour\, breaches of occupation contract and disrepair. \nKuljit Bhogal is a barrister with 25 years experience in local government and administrative/public law with a nationwide client base. In 2023 she became one of his Majesty’s King’s Counsel. \nKuljit is considered an expert in anti-social behaviour\, public law defences and the Equality Act. Kuljit has a particular expertise in managing public space with the use of injunctions and Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) and drafted the first buffer zone providing protection to the services users of an abortion clinic.  The model she created has been adopted in a number of areas UK wide. \nShe advises on all aspects of commercial and residential property work and provides practical and commercially sensible solutions to the problems faced by her clients and has a collaborative approach. \nKuljit is able to assist with drafting documents relating to decision making (such as reports\, equality impact assessments and human rights assessments) as well as those required for litigation. \nKuljit’s hand-on approach means she is able to remove or limit the risk of legal challenge particularly when involved from an early stage. \nDr Gamble is a consultant forensic psychiatrist on Hadley Ward\, a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Clinical Lead for the the Elgar Unit\, a psychiatric unit in Worcester with three working age adult wards and emergency mental health crisis facilities. He is the Medical Psychotherapy Tutor for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and a member of the Medical Directorate of the Trust.From 2006 to 2022 Dr Gamble was a consultant forensic psychiatrist at Llanarth Court Hospital near Abergavenny\, the last four years as Medical Director.Dr Gamble has a medicolegal practice providing independent psychiatric reports in criminal\, family and civil cases. He prepares around 45 reports each year. He has been instructed as a single joint expert in family law cases (private and public)\, and has given evidence as an expert witness for prosecution and defence in criminal cases. He has provided independent expert witness evidence to Employment\, Immigration\, Housing and Mental Health Tribunals.Dr Gamble lectures in forensic psychotherapy at Birmingham University. \nMy talk will consider how mental health problems can contribute to antisocial behaviour that in turn can cause significant challenges to social landlords who need to consider the needs of all their tenants. I will discuss a recent case I was involved with\, in which a psychiatric assessment of the origins and nature of the tenant’s mental health problems helped the landlord deal compassionately and fairly with complaints about antisocial behaviour\, to the benefit of the tenant and his neighbours. \nMembers Free \nNon-Members £30.00 – You will be invoiced following registration
URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/webinar-equality-act-2010-asb/
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SUMMARY:Service of Notices: To post or not to post?
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, Iris Ferber KC and Elizabeth England will consider the issues raised in Khan & Anr v D’Aubigny (due to be heard in the Court of Appeal in December 2024). A discussion on the current law relating to service of notices\, including basic definitions\, statutory deeming provisions\, and getting service right. \nIris Ferber KC is a Housing and Employment Silk with 20 years’ experience in Social Housing litigation.  Her particular interest lies in disputes involving tenants with disabilities\, and issues of capacity and the Equality Act – where she can deploy her extensive experience of Employment Tribunal discrimination claims. \nElizabeth England is an established property practitioner\, with particular expertise in the fields of residential landlord and tenant\, and social housing law. \nREGISTER YOUR PLACE HERE \nMembers Free \nNon-Members £30.00 – You will be invoiced following registration
URL:https://shla.org.uk/event/service-of-notices-to-post-or-not-to-post/
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