EM LawShare

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EM LawShare

training programme2014 – 2015

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Contents

Page1. Introduction 32. Cancellations Policy 43. Courses at a Glance 54. Training Programme 8

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1. Introduction

The EM LawShare consortium began in 2006, and since that time has offered legal advice ontopics of the law to a variety of local authorities, on a wide range of issues affecting those in thepublic sector.

There are six firms who have been chosen to provide legal advice namely; Sharpe Pritchard,Browne Jacobson, Bevan Brittan, Freeths, Geldards and Weightmans.

The seminars are presented by lawyers from the six firms who are specialists in their field,offering locations in the East Midlands; Leicester, Nottingham and Derby, with some coursesrepeated in Birmingham.

We also offer a number of courses at Freeths’ offices only in Leicester, Milton Keynes andBirmingham via video conferencing. Where available, this is indicated.

Lunch is provided by the hosting firm at the end of each course.

To obtain information for all forthcoming seminars, please visit emlawshare.co.uk

Please feel free to pass this information to colleagues (both legal and client departments) whomay wish to attend.

How to bookIf you would like to book a place on any of the seminars please contact us using the informationbelow:

Julie SchellerTel: 0845 272 5701Email: [email protected]

http://www.emlawshare.co.uk/

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2. Cancellations policy

Booking confirmation

You will receive a confirmation email within 48 hours of completing your booking for any ofthese seminars. Further instructions will be sent one week before you are due to attend thecourse.

Payment

EM LawShare seminars are free to attend.

Cancellations, names changes and non – attendance

All cancellations, transfers and name changes must be made via email [email protected] or phone 0845 272 5701.

Unforeseen circumstances

We reserve the right to cancel seminars, change venues and substitute seminar speakers at ourdiscretion.

Further help and support

If you require further assistance please contact Julie Scheller on 0845 272 5701 or [email protected]

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3. Courses at a Glance

Date Title To berepeated inWest Mids

Wednesday4 June 2014

The Fundamentals of Local Government Law - A reminder of the legislationand principles under which local authorities are governed


Planning, including environmental issues (1) - The effect of the Government’son line Planning Practice Guidance


Equalities Act - Two key aspects of the law on Equalities:

Monday23 June 2014

Projects - A thorough update on the law and best practice based on ourcurrent experience of completing a range of major projects in the publicsector

Thursday26 June 2014

Criminal Litigation - Advocacy and prosecutions

Thursday26 June 2014

Criminal Litigation Practical Workshop

30 June 2014 Housing Management Litigation, including Anti Social Behaviour - WelfareReform and Housing Update

Thursday3 July 2014

Highways - Compulsory Purchase Order; Section 38/278 Agreements andHighways Claims

Thursday3 July 2014

Procurement – State Aid (new directive) and social value - The new PublicContracts Regulations – what to expect and how to be prepared

Thursday17 July 2014

Property Update

Wednesday3 Sept 2014

Adult Social Services, including DOLS issues - The Care Bill, and DoLS afterCheshire West


Civil Litigation, including Mediation and Judicial Review - Update on ElectronicDisclosure, the Jackson Reforms and Mediation


Planning, including Environmental Issues (2) - Planning Update andDevelopments in EIA

Thursday 18September2014

Negotiation skills and practice- How to achieve your goals and more

Tuesday23 Sept 2014

Shared Services - Today Here – Tomorrow, the World!

Wednesday 24September2014

Conflicts and confidentiality under the SRA Code of Conduct

Thursday25 Sept 2014

Employment - Keeping a lid on it post Saville, Haringey and the rest...

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Tuesday30 Sept 2014

Corporate Governance - An explanation of the principles underpinning howlocal authorities are governed

Thursday2 October2014

Education - Education and Special Educational Needs

Wednesday 8October 2014

Commercial Contracts - Data and Technology contracts – a brave new legalworld?

Thursday6 Nov 2014

Construction, including highways and maintenance contracts - A Short Guide toYour Highways Maintenance Contract

Tuesday11 Nov 2014

Information Law and Governance - An update and practical guide to thissubject

Thursday13 Nov 2014

Regulatory - The Local Authority and me, I! The position of Senior Officersand Managers in Criminal Investigations

Thursday20 Nov 2014

Environmental Health - Regulatory controls in Food Safety and EnvironmentalProtection for Environmental Health Officers

Thursday27 Nov 2014

Housing Management Litigation, including Anti Social Behaviour - WelfareReform and Housing Update

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Employment (Birmingham Repeat)

Thursday4 Dec 2014

Licensing law – theory and practice - A guide to liquor and taxi licensing andmock hearing

Thursday4 Dec 2014

Licensing law – theory and practice (mock hearing) - A guide to liquor and taxilicensing and mock hearing

Wednesday 10December2014

Property Update (Birmingham Repeat)

Thursday11 Dec 2014

Introduction to Judicial Review and Case Law Update

Thursday18 Dec 2014

Health Integration - Legal issues associated with the integration of health andsocial care

Tuesday 13January 2015

Procurement – State Aid (new directive) and social value - The new PublicContracts Regulations –what to expect and how to be prepared (BirminghamRepeat)

Thursday15 Jan 2015

Local Authority Debt Recovery - Insolvency as an effective recovery tool

Thursday22 Jan 2015

Handling Maladministration Allegations (workshop format) - Practical advice ondealing with complaints about maladministration

Thursday29 Jan 2015

Employment Law Issues for Local Government Lawyers - A general update onemployment law issues which are relevant to in-house lawyers

Thursday5 Feb 2015

Criminal Litigation - Advocacy and prosecutions (Birmingham Repeat)

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Thursday5 Feb 2015

Criminal Litigation Practical Workshop(Birmingham Repeat)

Wednesday25 Feb 2015

Planning, including Environmental Issues (3) - Strategic EnvironmentalAssessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats RegulationsAssessment

Tuesday 24February 2015

Equalities Act - Two key aspects of the law on Equalities: (Birmingham Repeat)

25 March 2015 Planning, including Environmental Issues - Planning Update and Developmentsin EIA (2) (Birmingham Repeat)

February 2015 Introduction to Judicial Review and Case Law Update (Birmingham Repeat)Wednesday4 March 2015

Localism Act - Localism or growth (or both)? Three years on

MARCH 2015 Planning, including environmental issues - The effect of the Government’s online Planning Practice Guidance (1) (Birmingham Repeat)

APRIL 2015 Planning, including Environmental Issues - Strategic EnvironmentalAssessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats RegulationsAssessment (3) (Birmingham Repeat)

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4. Training Programme

The Fundamentals of Local Government Law

A reminder of the legislation and principles under which local authorities are governed

4 June 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths, Leicester (with Video Conferencing Equipment toFreeths’ offices in Nottingham, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

Presented by Bevan Brittan and Sharpe Pritchard

Seminar overview

This course covers the basis of local government law, from the LGA 1972 to the Localism Act2011 and will provide a useful reminder of the legislation under which local authorities operate.

Topics to be covered include:

What is a local authority Roles of officers and members The Executive and Committee models of governance ( including Elected Mayors) Sound decision-making An outline of the Code of Conduct Access to information

Duration: Half a day (3 CPD points) including lunch

Speaker profiles:

Olwen Dutton is the local government lead partner for Bevan Brittan. She has spent most of hercareer in local government, where her roles included Head of Legal Services for Dorset CC andCorporate Director ( Resources) for Staffordshire CC. Olwen is a Non Executive Director for anNHS Acute Trust. In 2013 she was named 'Partner of the Year' by the Birmingham Law Society.

John Sharland is a partner and local government law specialist at Sharpe Pritchard. Hepreviously worked in local government at the London Boroughs of Croydon, Hammersmith andFulham and Hackney where he was Chief Solicitor. He undertakes large-scale projects work andadvises a range of public authorities on public and administrative law.

How to book

To book a place on this seminar please contact Julie Scheller on 0845 272 5701 or [email protected]

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Planning, including environmental issues (1)

The effect of the Government’s on line Planning Practice Guidance

11 June 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Weightmans, Leicester

Presented by Weightmans and Sharpe Pritchard

Seminar overview

On the 6th March 2014, the Department of Communities and Local Government (“DCLG”)launched its online national planning practice guidance. According to DCLG, for the first time,planning practice guidance is now available entirely online. In an accompanying writtenstatement, the DCLG Minister Nick Boles stated that the previous planning practice guidance hadbeen cancelled. On closer sight, it appears that not all of the previous advice has beencancelled. For instance, while the well-used Circular 11/95 on planning conditions has beencancelled, the model conditions (in Annex A) are retained. The planning practice guidance is tobe updated as needed and users are able to sign up for email alerts on specific topics. Theplanning practice guidance has useful cross-references to the National Planning PolicyFramework (issued on the 27th March 2012). The Framework must be taken into account inpreparation of local plans and neighbourhood plans and is a material consideration in planningdecisions. This means that local planning authorities, in particular, need to be alert to thechanges introduced via the national planning practice guidance. This session will address someof the planning and environmental topics in the guidance and will assess the effect of variouspolicy changes and how these impact on the role of local planning authorities. We will also coverany case law or further developments on related issues.

Topics to be covered include the following sections within the planning practice guidance:

Determination of planning applications Appeals Use of conditions Planning obligations Viability issues Climate change Environmental impact assessment and the impact of the new EIA Directive Land affected by contamination – where do we go now the contaminated land regime is

defunct? Related case law and further developments The overlap between the planning regime and the environmental permitting regime – the

status quo.

Duration half a day (3 CPD points) including lunch

Speaker profiles:

Simon Colvin is a partner at Weightmans and heads the national environment team. Hespecialises in all aspects of UK, EU and international environmental law and policy. Simon hasextensive experience across a range of sectors and regularly advises both private and publicsector organisations often working with waste operators, manufacturers, water companies,energy generators and developers as well as central government, local authorities and regulators

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on environment and consenting matters. He speaks and publishes regularly on environmentalissues. Simon works closely with IEMA and writes regularly for the Environmentalist and is a co-opted member of the CIWMs Northwest Group

Lee Gordon is a partner at Weightmans and heads the national planning team. He has a broadrange of experience in all aspects of planning and related law, with particular emphasis onpromoting energy and infrastructure projects, including advising on the first major infrastructureproject to pass through the novel 2008 Act procedures. Considerable experience of advising onEIA law, planning appeals, aviation sector, residential schemes, retail schemes, mineralsschemes, judicial review challenges, Habitats Regulations, Town & Village Green litigation,highways and compulsory purchase.

Brian Hurwitz is a partner at Sharpe Pritchard and heads the planning law team. He has manyyears’ experience, both in the public sector and in private practice. He has advised localauthorities on plan-making and development management and has negotiated and preparedsection 106 agreements on developments involving important strategic and/or regional sites. Hehas frequently spoken at seminars and client training events and has written articles in theJournal of Planning and Environmental Law and Planning magazine.

Lorna Bowry is a senior solicitor at Sharpe Pritchard. She has considerable experience, includingas an in-house local authority lawyer. She deals with a wide range of planning matters, includingnegotiating and preparing section 106 agreements on developments of strategic and/or regionalimportance, preparing agreements under section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 and advising onplanning enforcement and related policy issues. She has frequently spoken at seminars andclient training events.

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Equalities Act

Two key aspects of the law on Equalities:

Minimising the Risk of Judicial Review Religion and Belief in the Workplace

18 June 2014, 9.30 – 1.00pm, Weightmans, Leicester

Presented by Bevan Brittan and Weightmans

Seminar overview

Two practical sessions dealing with problems arising from the law on Equalities:

1. How and when the wide-ranging Public Sector Equality Duty is engaged and properlydischarged. Lessons learned from recent cases. Practical steps to reduce litigation risk.

2. An interactive session that will look at practical examples of problems and issues withemployees’ religion and belief that can arise on a day-to-day basis, from recruitment todismissal. The session will provide pragmatic solutions that will help to avoid potentiallycostly and time-consuming Tribunal complaints and will include an examination of recentjudgments in this area.


The Public Sector Equality Duty (Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010) Recent cases The extent of the Duty How to minimise litigation risk

The recruitment process Accommodating different beliefs Holidays and religious oberservance Grievances and Dismissals

Duration: half a day (3 CPD points) including lunch

Speaker Profiles:

Emily Heard is a Partner at Bevan Brittan is recognised in legal directories as having a "leadingpublic sector litigation team". Emily specialises in judicial review and procurement challenges,and acted on the Building Schools for the Future litigation for Sandwell MBC involving the firstlegal challenge to the government's funding cuts.

Fran Mussellwhite is a solicitor at Bevan Brittan specialising in judicial review and has acted fora number of local authorities in connection with challenge arising from failure to adequateconsult or discharge the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Jawaid Rehman, partner at Weightmans has worked almost exclusively for EMLS local authoritiessince joining Weightmans 7 years ago. He has particular expertise in large scale restructures,changing terms and conditions, trade union issues, job evaluations schemes and equal pay.Jawaid regularly trains clients and has articles published in various publications.

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Andrew Tomlinson is a solicitor at Weightmans specializing in employment law and advisesemployers on all aspects of employment law, including a number of local authority and otherpublic sector bodies. He has significant tribunal advocacy experience gained over a number ofyears and frequently represents both private and public sector employers in relation to verycomplex matters including all forms of discrimination. Andrew also regularly presents training onthe full spectrum of employment law topics and frequently writes articles for a wide range ofpublications.

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Projects

A thorough update on the law and best practice based on our current experience ofcompleting a range of major projects in the public sector

23 June 2014, 9.30 – 1.00pm, Freeths, Nottingham (with Video Conferencing Equipment toFreeths’ offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

Presented by Freeths and Bevan Brittan

Seminar overview

Public-Private JVs

how are they formed ? Pros and cons of LLPs v Limited Companies. NNDR issues Procurement Issues-when is an OJEU notice required? How is the S123 “best Consideration” duty satisfied Tax problems Governance and Control issues for board members What to put in the members agreement

PF2

is this still a viable way forward for Local Authorities? review of the latest treasury guidance PFI lending v Public Works Loan Board

Overview of PF2 and differences from PFI

Where used and how viable for a local authority Other sources of finance

PFI - handback arrangements

SOPC4 refresherPractical issues

Waste

overview of waste disposal ; market and issues waste collection and issues recent trends in green energy and fuel poverty

PFI - project agreement expiry

As some of the early PFI schemes approach the end of the project term, we thought it would betimely to consider some of the issues that authorities will need to consider on project expiry.

SoPC4 hand back provisions - a refresher Project specifics

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Practical issues Reprocurement


Speaker profiles:

Stephen Pearson, Partner at Freeths, holds The Law Society Diploma in Local Government Lawand acts predominantly in the public sector. Stephen is an expert in major PPP,outsourcing andJoint Venture projects, having completed over 30 schemes including “Blue Light”, Leisure,Health and Housing projects across the UK, Middle East and Caribbean , also advising on theprocurement aspects of many schemes. He now gives advice on a daily basis to over 50 Council,Education and NHS clients on issues including negotiation of contracts, choice of procedures,contract variations, framework contracts, legal challenges and other issues under the PublicContracts Regulations 2006. He has recently advised on and created a number of corporate/joint venture entities such as companies and LLPs for local authority clients including Derby

City Council, Milton Keynes Council and Allerdale Borough Council, Cumbria and also advises onmajor State Aid issues.

James Larmour joined Freeths recently from Hogan Lovells where he advised on a number ofcomplex and innovative infrastructure and project finance transactions including a number ofPFIs, PPPs, joint ventures, outsourcings and M&A deals across a range of sectors both within theUK and overseas. James has particular experience in the health sector and secondary markettransactions. Recent transactions include advising Building Schools for the Future Investmentson the consolidation of its BSF portfolio and the O&M contractor in relation to the MerseyGateway project.

Scott Townson, Senior Associate at Bevan Brittin is a PFI/Projects lawyer who has spent the past13 years advising the public sector, sponsors, supply chain and funders on PFI/PPP transactionsin the health, education, leisure, care and waste sectors."

Chris Jarman, Partner, Bevan Brittan - Head of Waste and Energy and Head of Infrastructure .Bevan Brittan Board member. Member of Major Projects Group

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Criminal Litigation, advocacy and prosecutions

26 June 2014, 9.30am – 1.30pm, Browne Jacobson, Nottingham

Presented by Browne Jacobson and Sharpe Pritchard

Seminar overview

A refresher course for those involved in the investigation and prosecution of offences.

Aimed at ensuring effective case preparation and informed prosecution decision-making.


Case and law and legislation update including new Regulators’ Code Use of compulsory powers to obtain evidence and information Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 Disclosure and Unused material


Speaker profiles:

Carl May-Smith, Partner at Browne Jacobson is a former Senior Crown Prosecutor who specialisesin regulatory and criminal advice and advocacy. Carl advises public bodies on enforcement andundertakes advocacy in the criminal courts, regulatory tribunals and inquests.

Simon Kiely, Partner at Sharpe Pritchard advises a range of public sector clients on a variety ofcriminal and civil cases, regularly appearing in both magistrates’ and county courts. Inparticular, Simon regularly advises and represents a number of large London Boroughs in relationto regulatory and criminal offences, with particular specialism in the areas of fraud andconfiscation.

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Numbers Limited to 12

26 June 2014, 1.45 – 3.30pm, Browne Jacobson, Nottingham


Seminar overview

An opportunity to brush up on and discuss and practice aspects of presenting cases in Court.

A chance to practice, debate and share best practice in relation to prosecution decision-making.

Topics to be covered include: Securing meaningful penalties in the criminal courts Decisions about unused material Instruction of expert witnesses

Duration 1.45pm – 3.30pm (1.5 CPD points)

Speaker profiles:



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Housing Management Litigation, including Anti Social Behaviour

Welfare Reform and Housing Update

Earlier date due to recent developments

30 June 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Geldards, Derby

Presented by Bevan Brittan and Geldards

Seminar Overview

This Session will focus on:

1. Recent cases and developments following the Welfare Reforms;2. Recent housing and ASB cases;3. An overview of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Duration Half a day (3 CPD points) including lunch

Speaker Profiles:

Kane Kirkbride at Bevan Brittan has specialised in housing law for 15 years, and is one of theleading lawyers advising on the Welfare Reforms;

Greg Carson at Geldards has over 20 years working in housing law, specialising in housingmanagement agreements, and right to manage.

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Highways

Compulsory Purchase Order; Section 38/278 Agreements and {Highways Claims}

Thursday 3 July 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Geldards LLP – Pride Park, Derby (for directions see:http://www.geldards.com/derby.aspx)

Presented by Geldards and Bevan Brittan

Seminar Overview

The seminar will cover three areas of highway law and practice that local government lawyersare likely to encounter in practice, namely:

Compulsory purchase procedures for highways schemes Highway works and development – section 38 and section 278 Agreements Liability for highway defects


The “Life Cycle” of a highways CPO from inception to entry. Drafting and negotiating section 38 and 278 agreements and effective liaison with

developers and professional teams. Liability for highway defects, including liability of contractors and issues to address in

contracts.


Speaker Profiles:

Huw Williams, Lead Partner, Public Law at Geldards has over 30 years’ experience of advisingon compulsory purchase and highways schemes for local authorities both as an in-house lawyerand in private practice. Huw advised Derbyshire County Council on the Markham Vale schemeand Wrexham on the new access rods to the Wrexham Industrial Estate.

Charles Felgate, Partner, Planning at Geldards worked for a period in local government beforejoining Geldards over ten years ago. He has advised both local authorities, public bodies anddevelopers on section 38 and section 278 agreements. He is currently revising the sectionagreements for the Porth Teigr media village scheme in Cardiff Bay – home of BBC’s “Dr Who”.

Paul Taverner, Partner at Bevan Brittan has over 20 years’ experience of advising insurers,private sector companies and public sector organisations on insurance and risk transfer issues.He handles a wide range of liability claims for both insurers and for self-insured organisations.These range from major property damage claims through to high-value personal injury cases. Healso advises on disputes between insurers and their insureds relating to insurance policy wordingand coverage

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Procurement – State Aid (new directive) and Social Value Update

The new Public Contracts Regulations –what to expect and how to be prepared

Thursday 3 July 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths, Nottingham (with Video ConferencingEquipment Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

Presented by Freeths and Sharpe Pritchard

Seminar overview

We are on the verge of a major change in Procurement Law with the introduction of EUDirectives 2014/23 and 24. This event aims to provide a summary and discussion of the majorchanges imposed by the new law in advance of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2014.

This seminar is essential for all procurement officers and lawyers involved in advising onContract Award issues!


Reasons for the new law-flexibility and helping SMEs The new Procedures and when they can be used Abolition of “Part A and Part B” services Self-declarations and the European Single Procurement Document Life-cycle costs as an evaluation criteria Recognition of Public Service Mutuals Treatment of Public-Public co-operation agreements New rules for contractor insolvency and corporate restructuring Treatment of Post-contract Variations New rules for Concessions


Speaker profiles:

Annie Moy is a partner at Sharpe Pritchard specialising in public procurement law and projects,with particular experience in social infrastructure schemes, strategic ICT projects, e.g.broadband and urban Wi-Fi, and regeneration schemes. Annie has extensive experience ofadvising the public sector on contract and procurement law, major construction contracts, stateaid, externalisation / re-let of service contracts and local authority companies.

Gareth Rees is a senior solicitor at Sharpe Pritchard and specialises in advising public sectorbodies on all aspects of the procurement process, including procurement strategy, theapplication of EU legislation, negotiation and evaluation.

Stephen Pearson, Partner, holds The Law Society Diploma in Local Government Law and actspredominantly in the public sector. Stephen is an expert in EU Procurement law, advising on theprocurement aspects of many schemes. He gives advice on a daily basis to over 50 Council,Education and NHS clients on issues including negotiation of contracts, choice of procedures,contract variations, framework contracts, legal challenges and other issues following the PublicContracts Regulations 2006. He has recently advised on and created a number of corporateentities such as companies and LLPs for local authority clients including Derby City Council,

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Milton Keynes Council and Allerdale Borough Council, Cumbria and has recently advised onseveral major State Aid issues.

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Property Update

Thursday 17 July 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths Nottingham, (with Video ConferencingEquipment to Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

Presented by Freeths and Geldards

Seminar overview

A update seminar covering recent developments in property law for local authorities, includinglegislative changes and case law, and topical issues relevant to in-house lawyers and surveyors.


Case law update Legislative update Landlord and tenant current topics Covenants and easements Town & country planning Land registration practice Construction Tax


Speaker Profiles:

Paul Tomkins is a partner in Freeths' Real Estate Litigation department, ranked in first place bythe Legal 500. He deals with property disputes including possession proceedings, trespass claims,service occupier disputes, easement and covenant disputes, dilapidations claims, commerciallease renewals and commercial landlord and tenant disputes. Paul is a member of the PropertyLitigation Association and regularly provides advice on Public Sector matters.

Kerrie Deakin is a principal lecturer and associate head (postgraduate and professionalprogrammes) at De Montfort University. She specialises in property law and is also a professionalsupport lawyer in the Freeths real estate group, providing technical and transactional support tolawyers across all Freeths offices.

James Hart is a partner in Freeths’ public sector real estate team. He advises local authoritiesnationwide on property matters, with a particular focus on development schemes and majorprojects. James recently led the team advising Milton Keynes Council on the £32m-acquisition of1500 assets from the Homes & Communities Agency. Local authority clients describe him as“commercially astute” and providing an “exemplary level of service” to the sector.

Paul Hilsdon is a partner at Geldards and has been advising Local Authorities and EducationInstitutions as well as third sector organisations for many years on all elements of property law.He has worked on some of the most significant property transactions in the East Midlandincluding the acquisition of Pride Park by Derby City Council from the original landownerstogether with its subsequent disposal. He also acted on behalf of the University of Derby duringits period of major growth and was closely involved in connection with its residential capitalbuilding programme. He currently advises a number of local authorities on strategic property

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projects and also leads Geldards’ public services property team in delivering services to theconsortium members of EM Lawshare.

Peter Hill is a Senior Associate at Geldards who was formerly a Principal Solicitor at the LondonBorough of Redbridge, moving to TPP Law in 2006 and joining us through the merger betweenGeldards and TPP Law in 2013. Prior to that he had many years of City experience in complexproperty and development projects. Peter has substantial experience of handling property workrelating to Schools and has been involved with more than 20 academy conversions and freeschool projects, including admission arrangements and charity issues. His recent work has alsoincluded development projects under county wide public-private partnerships for residentialsocial care, major property disposals of school sites for redevelopment, and a variety ofregeneration, housing, leisure ICT and community care projects in the local authority sector.

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Adult Social Services, including DOLS issues

The Care Bill, and DoLS after Cheshire West

Wednesday 3 September 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Browne Jacobson, Nottingham

Presented by Browne Jacobson and Weightmans

Seminar Overview

The first part of the seminar will review developments in the Care Bill, to include lateamendments to the Bill itself, and draft regulations and guidance supplementing the Bill.

The second part of the seminar will review the developments in Deprivation of LibertySafeguards guidance and practice following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Cheshire Westcase.


Assessment Eligibility Personal budgets, direct payments and deferred payments The “Dilnot” proposals Safeguarding Market oversight DoLS


Speaker Profiles:

Chris Webb-Jenkins is a partner, and heads up Bowne Jacobson’s Social Care team. His broadpractice covers all aspects of adult social care. He acts for local authorities and health trusts, aswell as private and third sector care providers.

Morris Hill is an associate in Weightmans’ Local Government team. Before joining Weightmans in2007 he worked for 10 years in local authority in-house legal teams. Morris specialises ineducation and social care, including child and vulnerable adult protection, best interestdeterminations, ordinary residence disputes, general community care obligations, commissioningand contractual arrangements, charging, mental health, information sharing, schoolorganisation, exclusions and admissions, SEN provision, school transport and general strategicadvice.

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Civil Litigation, including Mediation and Judicial Review

Update on Electronic Disclosure, the Jackson Reforms and Mediation

Wednesday 10 September 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Browne Jacobson, Nottingham

Presented by Browne Jacobson and Geldards

Seminar Overview

This course will look at three topics:

(i) the current requirements for electronic disclosure in civil proceedings(ii) the Jackson reforms in practice 18 months on(iii) effective use mediation in civil disputes

We will look under each topic not only at the procedural requirements but also at recent caselaw. We will also provide practical advice to help comply with these increasingly important areasof case management.

Richard Covell, an assistant director of Deloitte’s forensic consulting team will provide a morepractical insight into the use of technology in public sector disputes.


E-disclosure: current requirements and practical tips to aid compliance Jackson reforms 18 months on: getting your case management right Mediation: using the process effectively to enhance settlement prospects


Jonathan Tardif specialises in managing commercial contract disputes for major domestic andinternational corporations and public sector bodies, with a particular emphasis on IT,manufacturing and retail matters. Jonathan regularly leads seminars and bespoke trainingsessions for clients on a wide variety of risk management issues. Clients have applaudedJonathan's "charming, personable and dedicated" approach and his "willingness to immersehimself fully in the case".

Nichola Evans has extensive litigation experience gained on insurance-backed matters and undera broad range of policies including directors & officers, legal expenses and professionalindemnity. She is client relationship partner for a number of major insurers in the UK. Nicholaco-authored Browne Jacobson’s response to the preliminary Jackson report dealing with thefuture of costs in the courts of England and Wales. In addition, she regularly produces bulletinsand also writes extensively in the press.

Jonathan Butler acts regularly in both the public and private sector in complex commerciallitigation, arbitration and mediation across various industries from retail to manufacturing,engineering to rail. Described by Legal 500 as one who "particularly impresses..." with one clientremarking that he left "no stone unturned in protecting our position", Jonathan frequentlyadvises local authorities in disputes over commercial contracts, judicial review and regulatoryissues.

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Planning, including Environmental Issues (2)

Planning Update and Developments in EIA

Wednesday 17 September 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Geldards Derby office (to be confirmed)

Presented by Geldards and Freeths

Seminar Overview

The pace of reform and change in planning law continues seemingly unabated. This seminar willbring you up to date with recent key cases, legislative reforms, policy development and currentconsultations in England, as well as the advent and impact of the Planning Court anddevelopment in Environmental Impact Assessment including the recently adopted reforms to theDirective.


Developments in planning legislation and policy The Planning Court Planning case law update Development in EIA law and practice and the Reform of the EIA Directive


Speaker Profiles:

Huw Williams – Lead Partner, Public Law at Geldards LLP has over thirty years’ experience ofadvising on planning law in both local government and, since 1987 at Geldards. Huw has been amember of the Planning and Environment Committee of the Law Society since 2004 and in2011/12 was a member of the Independent Advisory Group set up the Welsh Ministers to adviseon planning law reform in Wales. Huw has recently been advising Powys County Council at theMid Wales Conjoined Windfarms Inquiry.

Tomos Phillips – Associate, Planning at Geldards LLP advises local planning authorities andprivate clients on a wide range of development control and enforcement matters as well asrelated aspects such as compulsory purchase and town and village greens. Much of Tomos’ workrelates to sensitive landscape areas, such as National Parks.

Emma Tattersdill - Legal director, environment at Freeths specialises in environmental law andlitigation. Emma regularly advises local authority clients on a wide range of environmentalmatters, including environmental constraints within the planning regime, Environmental ImpactAssessment, environmental and planning enforcement and all aspects of environmentalregulation and permitting (environmental permits, waste issues, contaminated land). Emma hasextensive experience of judicial review proceedings and statutory appeal processes. Emma isrecommended by Legal 500 as a leading individual in environmental law, where she is describedas a ‘first-class lawyer with a superb depth of knowledge’.

Penny Simpson – Partner, environment at Freeths is an environmental and health and safetylawyer, with particular expertise in "natural environment" legal issues such as European and UKprotected species and protected habitats law, water law, environmental permitting,environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, freedom of information

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and planning issues. Penny trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where she spent her earlyyears of qualification. She spent 3 years as senior in-house counsel at the Royal Society for theProtection of Birds before moving to DLA Piper UK LLP in 2003 and then to Freeths as a partnerin 2013.

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Negotiation skills and practice

How to achieve your goals and more

Thursday 18 September 2014 – Geldards, Nottingham

Seminar overview

The workshop will teach you how to create value and claim your fair share of the pie and more.The workshop is a blend of skills and theory with “hands on” simulation exercises. You will learnthat strength in negotiation is founded on personal empowerment and the confidence to trust inyour own ethical values.


Myths and realities of negotiation Distributive bargaining: The sale of the barrel of lightning bolts Case study: Boogli fruit, nerve gas bombs and a nasty epidemic BATNA – the source of your power Negotiating under uncertainty. How to create enforceable contingency contracts

Case study: The Golden Spoon or the strange case of the alcoholic chef and the missing silvercutlery


Speaker Profile:

David Griffiths is a consultant with Geldards, a qualified mediator and business executive coach.He has over 30 years’ experience in dispute resolution of every variety. For 20 years he was theleading contributor to Atkin’s Court Forms on Companies Winding Up. He is active in practiceboth as an executive coach, commercial mediator and solicitor. He is also a qualified MyersBriggs Type Indicator practitioner.

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Shared Services

Today Here – Tomorrow, the World!

In house teams in a new context – the regulatory framework for the delivery of legal serviceswithin shared services arrangements and to external clients

Tuesday 23 September 2014, 9.30 – 1.00pm, Geldards, Derby


Seminar overview

In-house legal teams in local government are showing increasing interest in the opportunitiesoffered by shared service arrangements and alternative business structures to reshape theirservice delivery and to offer capacity to external clients in ways that were not previouslypossible. At the same time, continuing budgetary pressures and the drive towards outsourcingservices may well compel local authority teams to change if they wish to continue working fortheir traditional client base whether they have any commercial agenda or not. Led by the UK'sleading experts on the structure of and regulation of legal businesses, this seminar will examinesthe regulatory framework for in-house practice, the potential pitfalls in restructuring in-houselegal services and the pros and cons of the various structures.


The SRA and in-house solicitors Shared service arrangements and some of the governance issues that can arise The interplay between the Legal Services Act 2007 and the Practice Framework Rules 2011 Acting for the "public" – potential solutions Obtaining an ABS licence


Recognised by the legal directories as "one of the best local government lawyers in privatepractice in the UK", Bethan Evans is Senior Partner at Bevan Brittan. Her practice area isprimarily local government and she advises on governance, shared eservices, outsourcing andJVs. She possess over 21 years’ experience in the public sector including extensive experience inthe externalisation of public services and partnership working.

Speaker Profiles:

Iain Miller, Partner and Head of Regulatory at Bevan Brittan, is widely acknowledged as anexpert in the field of professional regulation and discipline including judicial reviews, regulatorylitigation and disciplinary proceedings, particularly in the field of legal regulation, having actedover many years for the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board. He isGeneral Editor of Cordery on Legal Services, the standard text on legal regulation.

Peter Steel, Partner at Bevan Brittan has specialised in advising on all aspects of professionalregulation, conduct and discipline since 1998, including presenting cases to tribunals, appealsand conducting judicial reviews and other litigation associated with regulation and discipline, aswell as drafting rules, constitutional documents and statutory instruments for regulatory bodies.He is recognised by Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession as a leader in the field of

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Professional Discipline. He is a Contributing Editor of Cordery on Legal Services and has an MBAin Legal Services from Nottingham Law School.

Kevin Lane is Head of Law and Governance for Cherwell District Council and SouthNorthamptonshire Council. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1983 and has spent almost hisentire career in the public sector. He has led the legal team at South Northamptonshire Council,and managed various other support services there, since 1994. He previously worked as amember of the legal teams at Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and Coventry CityCouncil. In 2011 he was appointed to the newly created joint management team for Cherwe lland South Northamptonshire District Councils as Head of Law and Governance. He has been amonitoring officer since the late 1990’s. In 2012/13 he also acted as the interim monitoringofficer for Stratford on Avon District Council for just over a year. Kevin currently manages ashared democratic/elections team but separate legal teams for Cherwell and SouthNorthamptonshire.

Mark Johnson, Partner at Geldards has over 20 years’ experience as a commercial solicitor.Training and qualifying with City firms, he established a new model legal practice in 2001focused on public-private partnerships, public sector outsourcing and new delivery models forpublic services. In 2011, he obtained one of the first wave of ABS licences for the practice. In2013 the practice was acquired by national law firm Geldards to become part of a wider groupfocused on public services. He has completed the Harvard Business School programme inStrategy and Leadership in Professional Services.

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Conflicts and confidentiality under the SRA Code of Conduct

Wednesday 24 September 2014 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths Nottingham, (with Video ConferencingEquipment to Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

Presented by Freeths and Bevan Brittan

Seminar Overview

Client Care

Introduction to OFR SRA Principles SRA Outcomes

o Client careo Conflictso Confidentiality


Speaker Profiles:

Bethan Davies, Risk and Compliance Director, Freeths

Bethan is responsible for ensuring that the Freeths Group’s policies and procedures arecompliant with the SRA Code of Conduct. She gives regular briefings on compliance issues andadvises lawyers day to day on the Code of Conduct, in particular on conflicts and confidentiality

Iain Miller, Head of Regulation, Bevan Brittan

Iain is Joint General Editor of Cordery on Legal Services and has written widely on the subject oflegal services regulation. He has undertaken a substantial amount of litigation on behalf of theSolicitors Regulation Authority and also advises the Bar Standards Board on its regulatoryarrangements.

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Employment

Keeping a lid on it post Saville ,Haringey and the rest...

Thursday 25 September 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths Nottingham, (with Video ConferencingEquipment to Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

Presented by Freeths and Browne Jacobson

Seminar Overview



Speaker Profiles:

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Corporate Governance

An explanation of the principles underpinning how local authorities are governed

Tuesday 30 September 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths, Nottingham (Video ConferencingEquipment to Freeths Offices at Milton Keynes, Birmingham and Leicester)

Presented by Sharpe Pritchard and Bevan Brittan

Seminar overview

This course covers the principles of corporate governance of local authorities and will provide anoverview of the structure of local authorities and the other major issues affecting corporategovernance


The Executive and Committee models of governance ( including Elected Mayors) Local authority decision-making The roles of members and officers Probity and Conduct Consultation and public engagement


Speaker Profiles:

Olwen Dutton is the local government lead partner for Bevan Brittan. She has spent most of hercareer in local government, where her roles included Head of Legal Services for Dorset CC andCorporate Director ( Resources) for Staffordshire CC. Olwen is a Non Executive Director for anNHS Acute Trust. In 2013 she was named 'Partner of the Year' by the Birmingham Law Society.

John Sharland is a partner and local government law specialist at Sharpe Pritchard. Hepreviously worked in local government at the London Boroughs of Croydon, Hammersmith andFulham and Hackney where he was Chief Solicitor. He undertakes large-scale projects work andadvises a range of public authorities on public and administrative law.

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Education

Education and Special Educational Needs

Thursday 2 October 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Weightmans, Leicester

Presented by Weightmans and Browne Jacobson

Seminar Overview

The course will relate to changes to Special Educational Needs brought about by the Childrenand Families Act 2014.



Speaker Profiles:

Morris Hill, is an associate ad Weightmans in the Local Government team. Before joiningWeightmans in 2007 he worked for 10 years in local authority in-house legal teams. Morrisspecialises in education and social care, including child and vulnerable adult protection, bestinterest determinations, ordinary residence disputes, general community care obligations,commissioning and contractual arrangements, charging, mental health, information sharing,school organisation, exclusions and admissions, SEN provision, school transport and generalstrategic advice.

Morris has acted in many reported cases, including since joining Weightmans: R (St Helens BC) vManchester PCT [2008] Times, October 6 (NHS continuing healthcare), R (Manchester CC) v StHelens BC & PE [2009] WLR (D) 319 (ordinary residence dispute), R (F & Others) v Wirral BC[2009] BLGR 905 (community care / Supporting People Programme), W PCT v TB & V & S MBC, C& W NHS Trust & W MBC [2010] 2 All ER 331(Mental Health Act 1983 / Mental Capacity Act 2005),R (Culkin) v Wirral Independent Appeal Panel [2009] ELR 287 (school exclusion), R (Broster &others) v Wirral BC [2010] EWHC 3086 (Refusal to provide Personal Budgets), R (RH) v SSHD &Wigan BC [2010] EWHC 2414 (age assessment), A Local Authority v H [2012] EWHC 49 (Fam) (thetest for capacity to enter sexual relations) and Wirral Borough Council v Salisbury IndependentLiving [2012] EWCA Civ 84 (meaning of ‘person affected’ for the purposes of the Child Support,Pensions and Social Security Act 2000)

Morris also has an interest in all aspects of public and Human Rights law. He also advises localauthorities on information law and provides regular training to lawyers and other local authorityofficers.

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Commercial Contracts

Data and Technology contracts – a brave new legal world?

8 October 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths Nottingham, (with Video Conferencing Equipment toFreeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

Presented by Sharpe Pritchard and Freeths

Seminar Overview

An introductory session aimed at legal officers advising on IT contracts, data and technology.The session is designed to:

1) refresh knowledge of some core contractual legal principles, principally those of mostrelevance to Local Government lawyers in the context of IT contracts;

2) provide an update on the changes in data protection law; and3) to increase the confidence of all Local Government lawyers when advising on IT contracts

through a practical workshop


Refresh of core contractual principles, including:o express and implied terms;o variation;o contractual interpretation;o exclusion/limitation of liability;o indemnities;o breach and termination; ando Liquidated damages and penalties.

The Revised EU Data Protection Regime: Implications For Local Authorities Practical workshop


Speaker Profiles:

Gemma Townley, Sharpe Pritchard is a contracts and public procurement specialist and sheregularly advises local authorities on all aspects of commercial contracts including thepreparation and drafting of documents, vires, data and information law, the use of frameworksand procurement requirements.

Stephen Pearson, Partner at Freeths, holds The Law Society Diploma in Local Government Lawand acts predominantly in the public sector. Stephen is an expert in major PPP,outsourcing andJoint Venture projects, having completed over 30 schemes including “Blue Light”, Leisure,Health and Housing projects across the UK, Middle East and Caribbean , also advising on theprocurement aspects of many schemes. He now gives advice on a daily basis to over 50 Council,Education and NHS clients on issues including negotiation of contracts, choice of procedures,contract variations, framework contracts, legal challenges and other issues under the PublicContracts Regulations 2006. He has recently advised on and created a number of corporate/joint venture entities such as companies and LLPs for local authority clients including Derby

City Council, Milton Keynes Council and Allerdale Borough Council, Cumbria and also advises onmajor State Aid issues.

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David Lane, Associate at Freeths, covers a broad range of commercial work; from providingcorporate support for mergers, acquisitions and transfers to negotiating all forms of agreementfor the supply of goods and services (with I.T. and logistics contracts being key areas). Davidqualified in 2010 after completing his training contract with Freeths. David supports a number ofpartners across Freeths’ Commercial team, including working with Public Sector Partner StephenPearson on work with various council, educational and NHS clients. He has also spent eightmonths seconded with the in-house legal team at a multi-national provider of constructionmaterials. One of David’s most significant projects recent involved the drafting and negotiationof a suite of ten inter-related commercial agreements for a corporate divestment worth over£250,000,000.

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Construction, including highways and maintenance contracts

A Short Guide to Your Highways Maintenance Contract

Thursday 6 November 2014, 9.30 – 1.00pm, Weightmans, Leicester

Presented by Sharpe Pritchard and Bevan Brittan

Seminar overview

This seminar is intended for those about to procure or in the process of procuring a termcontract or general construction contract for highways maintenance, or alternatively for thosewho regularly come into contact with an existing contract in this area. We expect that it will bemost useful to in-house lawyers in the public sector who have basic knowledge of constructionand contract law and it does not assume any highways-specific expertise. It will however focuson areas of specific legal/contractual interest/relevance to highways maintenance agreements.


Strategic approach to service delivery Forms of contract Ordering work/Task Orders Performance and Quality of Work (including Defects regimes) Design and provision of related professional services Site and asset condition risk Payment and Pricing (including Construction Act Provisions) Other issues – TUPE, ancillary documentation, procurement issues.


Speaker Profiles:

Jonathan Turner is a partner in Bevan Brittan's Commercial & Infrastructure Department andspecialises in construction and asset management procurement strategies with a focus oncollaborative procurement and the integration of supply chains in order to underpin successfulscheme delivery and best value. Jonathan leads our highway's team and in recent years has beeninvolved with the development of the HMEP standard form contract as well as advising thefollowing highways authorities on the implementation of their procurement or re-procurementstrategies: Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Cheshire East, Hertfordshire (including establishingthe Eastern Highways Alliance Framework), Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire, Southampton andNorthamptonshire.

Jane Crees is a member of Sharpe Pritchard’s Projects team and is experienced in advising onpublic sector procurement and complex contracts, including in relation to highways and thepublic realm. Most recently, she has advised two inner London Boroughs on their highways andtransportation re-procurements. She is a construction specialist and is fully familiar with theJCT and NEC3 suites of contracts, among other standard construction forms. Jane regularlyadvises on the use and possible amendment of standard forms to suit the specific requirementsand circumstances of clients’ projects. She has drafted several complex framework agreements,and advises on professional appointments in connection with construction projects.

http://www.sharpepritchard.co.uk/what-we-do/construction

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Information Law and Governance

An update and practical guide to this subject

Tuesday 11 November 2013, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Weightmans, Leicester

Presented by Weightmans and Freeths

Seminar overview

An update on developments in data protection and freedom of information. A review of recentDecision Notices and case law, and considering recent enforcement actions by the InformationCommissioner’s Office.


Decision notices and case law update Enforcement action by the ICO including a case study on Niebel v Information Commissioner FOIA and DPA update Overview of the Information Rights Tribunal procedure


Speaker Profiles:

Simon Charlton, Associate from Weightmans advises Local Government and NHS bodiesthroughout the Midlands, Northern and Southern England, on a wide range of legal issues.

His advice and assistance to Public Sector Clients includes representing Clients before the FirstTier Tribunal ( Information Rights), the appellant court for decisions of the InformationCommissioner on data protection and freedom of information issues. He has a particular interest inthe last two areas of law, and has advised Public Sector Clients in respect of their informationsharing policies, and responses to requests under the relevant legislation.

Emma Emery, Senior Associate at Freeths is an experienced disputes lawyer within Freeths publicsector team. Emma advises local authorities, NHS bodies, private companies and individuals inrelation to enforcement action brought by the Information Commissioner and represents thoseclients in the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights). Emma recently acted in the case of Niebel vInformation Commissioner, a successful appeal against a Monetary Penalty Notice of £300,000issued in respect of a breach of the DPA.

Emma also advises clients in respect of disputed subject access and freedom of informationrequests.

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Regulatory

The Local Authority and me, I! The position of Senior Officers and Managers in CriminalInvestigations

Thursday 13 November 2014, 9.30 – 1.00pm, Freeths, Nottingham (with Video ConferencingEquipment to Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)


Seminar overview

There are plenty of seminars on Corporate Criminal Liability but what about the position ofindividual Senior Officers in Local Authorities?This seminar gives practical advice to Senior Officers on what issues they may well face in acriminal investigation and how to deal with them.


The increasing legal liability of Senior Officers Who is a Senior Officer/Manager? Manslaughter investigations – the role of the Police and the HSE What happens on arrest! Interviews at the Station – the Golden rules on how to perform Separate legal representation for the individual Internal Investigation Reports – the dangers within for the individual! The effect on the family The Local Authority will blame me?


Speaker Profiles:

Paul Burnley has handled numerous high profile criminal investigations and defendedClients in areas such as Corporate/Individual manslaughter, Health & SafetyProsecutions and Bribery allegations as well as representing them in Coroner'sInquests which attract their own publicity nowadays.

He has also created successful training sessions for Clients in areas such ashandling a criminal investigation, individual manager liability, interviews undercaution and corporate manslaughter issues to name but a few. Because of hisreputation, he continues to be a guest speaker in high profile venues and is, byway of example, introduced by the likes of Lexis Nexis and Butterworths as beinga "National Expert" and regarded as such by the audience.

Browne Jacobson speaker

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Environmental Health

Regulatory controls in Food Safety and Environmental Protection for Environmental HealthOfficers

Thursday 20 November 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Browne Jacobson, Nottingham

Presented by Browne Jacobson and Weightmans

Seminar Overview


Environmental Permitting Statutory Nuisance Food Hygiene Caselaw Review

This course is intended to cover a series of food and environmental regulatory controls which areenforced by Environmental Health officers with particular relevance to them and their lawyers.

We will look at recent developments in policy, practice and caselaw.

We will consider a case study relating to odour emitted from a facility subject to anenvironmental permit.


Speaker Profiles:

Richard Barlow is Head of Public Sector at Browne Jacobson and lead client partner for EMLawShare. He is a recognised specialist in environmental law with over 20 years experience.Richard acts for Environmental Health teams in relation to complex regulation and enforcement.

Gill Hulme qualified as an EHO in 1993 and she qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and worked withHerbert Smith as a Senior Associate in Environmental and Health and Safety, returned to localauthority as an EHO (Food Safety) and has recently joined Weightmans specialising inenvironment and health and safety. Gill has acted as an expert witness in statutory nuisanceproceedings so she has seen these issues from both sides of the fence!

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Housing Management Litigation, including Anti Social Behaviour

Welfare Reform and Housing Update

Thursday 27 November 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Geldards, Derby/Nottingham TBC


Seminar Overview

This Session will focus on:

4. Recent cases and developments following the Welfare Reforms;5. Recent housing and ASB cases;6. An overview of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.


Speaker Profiles:

Kane Kirkbride at Bevan Brittan has specialised in housing law for 15 years, and is one of theleading lawyers advising on the Welfare Reforms;

Greg Carson at Bevan Brittan has over 20 years working in housing law, specialising in housingmanagement agreements, and right to manage.

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Employment

Keeping a lid on it post Saville ,Haringey and the rest...

This is a repeat

November 2014 JAS CHECKING DATES, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths Birmingham, (with VideoConferencing Equipment to Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Nottingham)


Seminar Overview



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Licensing law – theory and practice

A guide to liquor and taxi licensing and mock hearing

Thursday 4 December 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Gedling Borough Council

Presented by Weightmans, Browne Jacobson and Gedling Borough Council

Seminar overview

An update on recent legal developments and cases relating to alcohol and entertainmentsestablishments to include a discussion on SEV licensing in light of the Bridgerow Ltd case and theban on sales of cheap high strength alcohol

There will also be a general update on taxi legislation and case law; it will not be basic level –the presenters be assuming some knowledge; it will be aimed at solicitors advising on the lawand dealing with consequent proceedings (whether by way of appeal or JR.

The talks will be followed by a mock taxi licensing hearing so that we can see the theory putinto practice.

Duration: Update seminar, half a day (3 CPD points) including lunch

Speaker Profiles:

Lyn Sugden – Lyn is 18 yrs pqe, 10 years in private practice (civil litigation) and 8 years localauthority – working for a Borough Council. Her remit is wide ranging covering both public andprivate law. She is also an Associate Lecturer with the Open University (Public Law and CriminalLaw).

Belinda Moore is a Partner and Solicitor at Weightmans Leicester office. Belinda covers manyareas of public law including liquor licensing. She has acted successfully for police forces onmany occasions in their objection to liquor licences.

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Licensing law – theory and practice

A guide to liquor and taxi licensing and mock hearing

4 December 2014, 1.45pm – 3.00pm, Gedling Borough Council

Presented by Weightmans, Browne Jacobson and Gedling Borough Council

Seminar overview

An update on recent legal developments and cases relating to alcohol and entertainmentsestablishments to include a discussion on SEV licensing in light of the Bridgerow Ltd case and theban on sales of cheap high strength alcohol

There will also be a general update on taxi legislation and case law; it will not be basic level –the presenters be assuming some knowledge; it will be aimed at solicitors advising on the lawand dealing with consequent proceedings (whether by way of appeal or JR).

The talks will be followed by a mock taxi licensing hearing so that we can see the theory putinto practice.

Duration: Mock hearing 1 CPD point

Speaker Profiles:

Lyn Sugden – Lyn is 18 yrs pqe, 10 years in private practice (civil litigation) and 8 years localauthority – working for a Borough Council. Her remit is wide ranging covering both public andprivate law. She is also an Associate Lecturer with the Open University (Public Law and CriminalLaw).

Belinda Moore is a Partner and Solicitor at Weightmans Leicester office. Belinda covers manyareas of public law including liquor licensing. She has acted successfully for police forces onmany occasions in their objection to liquor licences.

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Property Update

This is a repeat

Wednesday 10 December 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths Birmingham, (with Video ConferencingEquipment to Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Nottingham)

Presented by Freeths and Geldards

Seminar overview

A update seminar covering recent developments in property law for local authorities, includinglegislative changes and case law, and topical issues relevant to in-house lawyers and surveyors.


Case law update Legislative update Landlord and tenant current topics Covenants and easements Town & country planning Land registration practice Construction Tax


Speaker Profiles:

Paul Tomkins is a partner in Freeths' Real Estate Litigation department, ranked in first place bythe Legal 500. He deals with property disputes including possession proceedings, trespass claims,service occupier disputes, easement and covenant disputes, dilapidations claims, commerciallease renewals and commercial landlord and tenant disputes. Paul is a member of the PropertyLitigation Association and regularly provides advice on Public Sector matters.

Kerrie Deakin is a principal lecturer and associate head (postgraduate and professionalprogrammes) at De Montfort University. She specialises in property law and is also a professionalsupport lawyer in the Freeths real estate group, providing technical and transactional support tolawyers across all Freeths offices.

James Hart is a partner in Freeths’ public sector real estate team. He advises local authoritiesnationwide on property matters, with a particular focus on development schemes and majorprojects. James recently led the team advising Milton Keynes Council on the £32m-acquisition of1500 assets from the Homes & Communities Agency. Local authority clients describe him as“commercially astute” and providing an “exemplary level of service” to the sector.

Paul Hilsdon is a partner at Geldards and has been advising Local Authorities and EducationInstitutions as well as third sector organisations for many years on all elements of property law.He has worked on some of the most significant property transactions in the East Midlandincluding the acquisition of Pride Park by Derby City Council from the original landownerstogether with its subsequent disposal. He also acted on behalf of the University of Derby during

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its period of major growth and was closely involved in connection with its residential capitalbuilding programme. He currently advises a number of local authorities on strategic propertyprojects and also leads Geldards’ public services property team in delivering services to theconsortium members of EM Lawshare.

Peter Hill is a Senior Associate at Geldards who was formerly a Principal Solicitor at the LondonBorough of Redbridge, moving to TPP Law in 2006 and joining us through the merger betweenGeldards and TPP Law in 2013. Prior to that he had many years of City experience in complexproperty and development projects. Peter has substantial experience of handling property workrelating to Schools and has been involved with more than 20 academy conversions and freeschool projects, including admission arrangements and charity issues. His recent work has alsoincluded development projects under county wide public-private partnerships for residentialsocial care, major property disposals of school sites for redevelopment, and a variety ofregeneration, housing, leisure ICT and community care projects in the local authority sector.

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A practical guide to what you need to know and costs

Thursday 11 December 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Geldards, Nottingham

Presented by Geldards and Sharpe Pritchard

Seminar Overview

This seminar aims to lead you through some of the important principles of and developments inJudicial Review procedure over the last year.


Illegality, irrationality, procedural unfairness, legitimate expectation Quashing, prohibiting and mandatory orders, declarations, injunctions and damages Protective Costs Orders & funding The Planning Court and changes to the planning system and governing procedure The problem of outsourcing of workers and the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 Latest developments in judicial review Review of the top judicial review cases of the last year


Speaker Profiles:

Jonathan Butler, Partner, Geldards regularly acts for local authorities in judicial review andstatutory appeals and is described by Legal 500 as one who "particularly impresses...", one clientremarking that he left "no stone unturned in protecting our position".

Trevor Griffiths, Partner, Sharpe Pritchard is one of the country’s top-rated JR practitioners(ranked as a leading individual in administrative law and local government law in Chambers UK2013 edition). Trevor has vast experience in judicial reviews and statutory appeals and regularlyadvises on appeals to the higher courts and on costs.

Andrew Hogan, Barrister, Ropewalk Chambers, NottinghamRanked in Chambers UK, Andrew Hogan represents various local authorities across the wholespectrum of local government litigation including judicial review and statutory reviews andappeals particularly in respect of legal challenges to development plans and planningpermissions.

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Health Integration

Legal issues associated with the integration of health and social care

Thursday 18 December 2014, 9.30 – 1.00pm, Weightmans Leicester

Presented by Weightmans and Freeths

Seminar overview

The seminar will identify and assess the legal issues associated with the integration of healthand social care, including:

The structure of the NHS and powers of NHS bodies to work with local authorities Local authorities powers and duties to work with NHS bodies Governance and the role of Health and Wellbeing Boards Section 75 Agreements and their role in integration Better Care Fund Employment issues


Speaker Profiles:

Simon Goacher, Weightmans

Simon joined Weightmans in February 2013 as Head of the Local Government Team. Simon hasworked in-house for local government for 16 years. He has extensive experience advising onsocial care and housing issues including an innovative housing stock transfer at the promotion ofa private Act of Parliament. He was awarded the title of Local Government Young Solicitor ofthe Year in 2006.

As Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer at Wirral Council, Simon was the lead legaladviser for key projects including regeneration schemes in New Brighton and Birkenhead.

As Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer at Cheshire West and Chester Council, Simonworked on the creation of a single authority from four councils. The Council’s legal service wasshortlisted for the Local Government Chronicle Awards in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and theMunicipal Journal Awards in 2011 and the Council was shortlisted for the LGC Award forCorporate Governance in 2013.

Since joining Weightmans Simon has advised authorities on a number of key governance and viresissues, including carrying out independent reviews on sensitive and high profile issues. He hasalso delivered a number of training sessions and seminars on governance and member conductissues.

Philip Heath is a partner in the corporate team at Weightmans and he leads on contractnegotiations and drafting, governance and regulatory matters. He advises the public, registeredprovider and civil society sectors on all aspects of corporate governance, he has particularexpertise in advising on partnering arrangements as well as commercial outsourcing and jointventures, including the creation of, and advice on, not for profit organisations includingCompanies Limited by Guarantee, Industrial and Provident Societies and Community Interest

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Companies. He also advises on the formation and registration of all forms of registered andexempt charities.Philip has advised both local authorities and NHS bodies on a range of section 75 agreements.

David Fagan, Weightmans trained in a local government authority before moving into privatepractice. He worked for 20 years in London, where he gained extensive experience as a civillitigator before specialising in employment law. He is a Partner in the employment department.

David specialises in all aspects of employment law. He appears as an advocate beforeemployment tribunals nationwide and is regularly consulted by private and public sectororganisations seeking fast and practical advice, often on highly sensitive matters involving seniorpersonnel and/or arising out of corporate transactions. Clients range from major public sectororganisations to local charities and SMEs to household name companies based throughout the UK,as well as multinationals.

David has acted for many local authorities including Liverpool CC, Cheshire West & Chester,Rochdale MBC, Wirral BC. West Lancs DC and Gwynedd Council. David advised a large localauthority on the employment issues associated with the transfer of public health function to it.

Liz Mulvaney, Partner heads up Freeths’ Healthcare team and serves as the Client Relationshippartner for all health sector clients nationally.

The team provides a full service covering dispute resolution and transactional work across arange of corporate governance, risk management, quality assurance, commercial, employment,property, intellectual property, clinical and information governance matters including MentalHealth, Safeguarding, Inquests and regulatory/enforcement cases.

Liz served for six years as an Associate Director for Governance and Legal Affairs in a FoundationTrust as well as an aspiring Foundation Trust before returning to private practice. She has aclinical background, experience as a NED on a Community Trust Board and is now involved invarious outsourcing and service redesign initiatives involving integration of care andmanagement pathways to achieve cost efficiencies

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Procurement – State Aid (new directive) and Social Value Update

The new Public Contracts Regulations –what to expect and how to be prepared

NB This course is a repeat

Tuesday 13 January 2015, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths, Birmingham (with Video ConferencingEquipment to Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Nottingham)

Presented by Freeths and Sharpe Pritchard

Seminar overview

We are on the verge of a major change in Procurement Law with the introduction of EUDirectives 2014/23 and 24. This event aims to provide a summary and discussion of the majorchanges imposed by the new law in advance of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2014.

This seminar is essential for all procurement officers and lawyers involved in advising onContract Award issues!


Reasons for the new law-flexibility and helping SMEs The new Procedures and when they can be used Abolition of “Part A and Part B” services Self-declarations and the European Single Procurement Document Life-cycle costs as an evaluation criteria Recognition of Public Service Mutuals Treatment of Public-Public co-operation agreements New rules for contractor insolvency and corporate restructuring Treatment of Post-contract Variations New rules for Concessions


Speaker profiles:

Annie Moy is a partner at Sharpe Pritchard specialising in public procurement law and projects,with particular experience in social infrastructure schemes, strategic ICT projects, e.g.broadband and urban Wi-Fi, and regeneration schemes. Annie has extensive experience ofadvising the public sector on contract and procurement law, major construction contracts, stateaid, externalisation / re-let of service contracts and local authority companies.

Gareth Rees is a senior solicitor at Sharpe Pritchard and specialises in advising public sectorbodies on all aspects of the procurement process, including procurement strategy, theapplication of EU legislation, negotiation and evaluation.

Stephen Pearson, Partner at Freeths, holds The Law Society Diploma in Local Government Lawand acts predominantly in the public sector. Stephen is an expert in EU Procurement law,advising on the procurement aspects of many schemes. He gives advice on a daily basis to over50 Council, Education and NHS clients on issues including negotiation of contracts, choice ofprocedures, contract variations, framework contracts, legal challenges and other issues

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following the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. He has recently advised on and created anumber of corporate entities such as companies and LLPs for local authority clients includingDerby City Council, Milton Keynes Council and Allerdale Borough Council, Cumbria and hasrecently advised on several major State Aid issues.

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Local Authority Debt Recovery

Insolvency as an effective recovery tool

Thursday 15 January 2015, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths Nottingham, (with Video ConferencingEquipment to Freeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Birmingham)

Presented by Freeths and Weightmans

Seminar Overview

A practical review of the recovery / enforcement methods available to Local Authorities for the recoveryof debts owed with a particular focus on Insolvency and the benefits this can have to recovery rates andengagement with the debtor.


Effective Selection Do’s and dont’s of using insolvency Results that can be expected


Speaker Profiles:

Graeme Danby at Freeths specialises in debt recovery, insolvency litigation and processimprovement, Graeme joined private practice in 2012 having spent 7 years in the Debt Purchaseindustry as Head of Litigation for Europe’s largest debt purchaser the Lowell Group. Havingspent the majority of his career as a creditor working in house he has a unique perspective onwhat clients require from their debt recovery supplier and takes a very commercial approach todebt recovery on behalf of his clients.

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Handling Maladministration Allegations

Practical advice on dealing with complaints about maladministration:

Thursday 22 January 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Browne Jacobson, Nottingham

Presented by Bevan Brittan and Browne Jacobson

Seminar Overview

This workshop will look at maladministration including complaints from the public andinvestigations by the Local Government Ombudsman and Parliamentary and Health ServiceOmbudsman.


What constitutes maladministration; What is the test the Ombudsmen will apply; Dealing with complaints; Dealing with an investigation; and Potential pitfalls to avoid.


Speaker Profiles:

Virginia Cooper is partner at Bevan Brittan in the Commercial Dispute Resolution Department inLondon with particular focus on the local government sector. Virginia acts for a large number ofpublic bodies including local authorities, regulators, NHS Trusts and ombudsmen in resolvingcomplex commercial, regulatory and public law disputes. She specialises in collective actions forlarge groups of clients advising on all aspects of litigation including mediations, High Courtproceedings and judicial reviews.

Amy Tschobotko is a solicitor at Bevan Brittan in the Commercial Dispute Resolution Departmentin London. Amy acts for a wide range of public bodies and provides regulatory and public lawadvice, particularly in the context of Judicial Review proceedings.

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Employment Law Issues for Local Government Lawyers

A general update on employment law issues which are relevant to in-house lawyers

Thursday 29 January 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Geldards, Derby

Presented by Geldards and Weightmans

Seminar Overview


Alternative service delivery arrangements Social Media – The Employment Issues Restructuring

Employment law is a pervasive area of law which is of relevance to all in-house lawyersregardless of their discipline. Knowledge of employment law issues can be extremely useful on aprofessional and personal level. In this session we will cover a range of topical employment lawissues.

Alternative Service Delivery ArrangementsBudgetary constraints are a common theme in local government and are likely to continue to befor the foreseeable future. This has lead local authorities to look for alternative and in somecases innovative methods of delivering their services. Mutuals, Teckal companies and othercommercial delivery arrangements are being adopted by local authorities. We will provide youwith a background to these alternative service delivery arrangements and the associatedemployment law implications.

Social Media - The Employment IssuesA review of the key cases on social media and discussing how they are now very relevant toemployees in the public sector. The do's and don'ts for Councils when dealing with policies andpractices on social media.

RestructuringA by-product of ongoing budgetary constraints is the need to achieve the maximum productivityand efficiency from the workforce. This is relevant to local authorities as a whole and toindividual service areas. We will take a look at options for restructuring and streamliningstaffing structures and achieving efficiency gains which can be applied across the authority.


Speaker Profiles:

Kim Howell, Partner at Geldards has 20 years’ experience of delivering strategic solutions in thefield of employment across variety of sectors including the UK Government, The WelshGovernment, Local Government, Further and Higher Education, Schools, the NHS and Housing.Kim has developed a practice that is renowned for designing innovative solutions to a variety ofkey challenges for local government, examples include designing a national strategy to managemultiple equal pay litigation and developing alternative strategies and plans to implement SingleStatus, despite Trade Union resistance. Enabling a number of English and Welsh local authoritiesto achieve significant changes to its terms and conditions. Kim also has expertise in managingstaff transfer projects in public body mergers, PFI and outsourcing scenarios.

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Kim has been heavily involved in workforce redesign projects and has been a member of anumber of Government Steering Groups, on workforce redesign. She has recently beencommissioned by the Welsh Government to draft guidance on employment issues associated withcollaboration projects and has also been invited to join a Steering Group consisting of ChiefExecutives representing the full breadth of public sector services, to plan and develop the shapeand requirements of public services in 2025.

Stephen Jenkins, Partner at Geldards has advised the full range of the firm's clients, in bothpublic and private sectors, across the full spectrum of employment issues. He has advised oncomplex TUPE matters, including outsourcing projects involving negotiation of risk allocation. Hehas also acted for a broad range of clients in relation to performance and disciplinary issues,including acting as an independent investigating officer in relation to disciplinary issues relatingto senior employees, up to and including chief officer level.

On the contentious side, Stephen is an experienced advocate and has represented clients atEmployment Tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the Pensions Ombudsman and the CivilService Appeal Board. Stephen also sits as a part-time Employment Tribunal Judge.

Jawaid Rehman, partner at Weightmans has worked almost exclusively for EMLS local authoritiessince joining Weightmans 7 years ago. He has particular expertise in large scale restructures,changing terms and conditions, trade union issues, job evaluations schemes and equal pay.Jawaid regularly trains clients and has articles published in various publications.


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Criminal Litigation, advocacy and prosecutions

Thursday 5 February 2015, 9.30am – 1.30pm, Browne Jacobson, Birmingham


Seminar overview

A refresher course for those involved in the investigation and prosecution of offences.

Aimed at ensuring effective case preparation and informed prosecution decision-making.


Case and law and legislation update including new Regulators’ Code Use of compulsory powers to obtain evidence and information Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 Disclosure and Unused material


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Numbers limited to 12

5 February 2015, 1.45 – 3.30pm, Browne Jacobson, Birmingham


Seminar overview

An opportunity to brush up on and discuss and practice aspects of presenting cases in Court.

A chance to practice, debate and share best practice in relation to prosecution decision-making.


Securing meaningful penalties in the criminal courts Decisions about unused material Instruction of expert witnesses

Duration 1.45pm – 3.30pm (1.5 CPD points)

Speaker Profiles:

Carl May-Smith is a former Senior Crown Prosecutor who specialises in regulatory and criminaladvice and advocacy. Carl advises public bodies on enforcement and undertakes advocacy in thecriminal courts, regulatory tribunals and inquests.

Simon Kiely advises a range of public sector clients on a variety of criminal and civil cases,regularly appearing in both magistrates’ and county courts. In particular, Simon regularly advisesand represents a number of large London Boroughs in relation to regulatory and criminaloffences, with particular specialism in the areas of fraud and confiscation.

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Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and HabitatsRegulations Assessment

Wednesday 25 February 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Browne Jacobson, Nottingham


Seminar Overview

The course is aimed at lawyers new to SEA, EIA, HRA, and to planning officers who need a legalgrounding


Strategic Environmental Assessmento The Legislationo Leading Caseso Latest Cases

Environmental Impact Assessmento The Legislationo Leading Caseso Latest Cases

Habitats Regulations Assessmento The Legislationo Leading Caseso Latest Cases

Applying the theory – case study


Speaker Profiles:

Laura Hughes, Partner at Browne Jacobson has considerable experience of the three forms ofassessment and regularly advises clients upon each of them. She is a partner and Deputy Headof Public Sector at Browne Jacobson LLP.

Fred Baker from Baker Consultants is an ecologist who has considerable familiarity with theoperation of environmental assessment and how it operates in practice. Fred is the founder ofBaker Consultants which is a fast growing and successful ecology consultancy.

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Equalities Act


Two key aspects of the law on Equalities:

Minimising the Risk of Judicial Review Religion and Belief in the Workplace

Tuesday 24 February 2015, 9.30 – 1.00pm, West Midlands

Presented by Bevan Brittan and Weightmans

Seminar overview

Two practical sessions dealing with problems arising from the law on Equalities:

How and when the wide-ranging Public Sector Equality Duty is engaged and properlydischarged. Lessons learned from recent cases. Practical steps to reduce litigation risk.

An interactive session that will look at practical examples of problems and issues withemployees’ religion and belief that can arise on a day-to-day basis, from recruitment todismissal. The session will provide pragmatic solutions that will help to avoid potentiallycostly and time-consuming Tribunal complaints and will include an examination of recentjudgments in this area.


The Public Sector Equality Duty (Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010) Recent cases The extent of the Duty How to minimise litigation risk

The recruitment process Accommodating different beliefs Holidays and religious oberservance Grievances and Dismissals


Speaker Profiles:

Emily Heard is a Partner at Bevan Brittan is recognised in legal directories as having a "leadingpublic sector litigation team". Emily specialises in judicial review and procurement challenges,and acted on the Building Schools for the Future litigation for Sandwell MBC involving the firstlegal challenge to the government's funding cuts.

Fran Mussellwhite is a solicitor at Bevan Brittan specialising in judicial review and has acted fora number of local authorities in connection with challenge arising from failure to adequateconsult or discharge the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Jawaid Rehman, partner at Weightmans has worked almost exclusively for EMLS local authoritiessince joining Weightmans 7 years ago. He has particular expertise in large scale restructures,

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changing terms and conditions, trade union issues, job evaluations schemes and equal pay.Jawaid regularly trains clients and has articles published in various publications.


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Planning Update and Developments in EIA

This is a repeat

25 March 2014, 9.30am – 1.00pm, Freeths Birmingham, (with Video Conferencing Equipment toFreeths offices in Leicester, Milton Keynes and Nottingham)

Presented by Geldards and Freeths

Seminar Overview

The pace of reform and change in planning law continues seemingly unabated. This seminar willbring you up to date with recent key cases, legislative reforms, policy development and currentconsultations in England, as well as the advent and impact of the Planning Court anddevelopment in Environmental Impact Assessment including the recently adopted reforms to theDirective.


Developments in planning legislation and policy The Planning Court Planning case law update Development in EIA law and practice and the Reform of the EIA Directive


Speaker Profiles:

Huw Williams – Lead Partner, Public Law at Geldards LLP has over thirty years’ experience ofadvising on planning law in both local government and, since 1987 at Geldards. Huw has been amember of the Planning and Environment Committee of the Law Society since 2004 and in2011/12 was a member of the Independent Advisory Group set up the Welsh Ministers to adviseon planning law reform in Wales. Huw has recently been advising Powys County Council at theMid Wales Conjoined Windfarms Inquiry.

Tomos Phillips – Associate, Planning at Geldards LLP advises local planning authorities andprivate clients on a wide range of development control and enforcement matters as well asrelated aspects such as compulsory purchase and town and village greens. Much of Tomos’ workrelates to sensitive landscape areas, such as National Parks.

Emma Tattersdill - Legal director, environment at Freeths specialises in environmental law andlitigation. Emma regularly advises local authority clients on a wide range of environmentalmatters, including environmental constraints within the planning regime, Environmental ImpactAssessment, environmental and planning enforcement and all aspects of environmentalregulation and permitting (environmental permits, waste issues, contaminated land). Emma hasextensive experience of judicial review proceedings and statutory appeal processes. Emma isrecommended by Legal 500 as a leading individual in environmental law, where she is describedas a ‘first-class lawyer with a superb depth of knowledge’.

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Penny Simpson – Partner, environment at Freeths is an environmental and health and safetylawyer, with particular expertise in "natural environment" legal issues such as European and UKprotected species and protected habitats law, water law, environmental permitting,environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, freedom of informationand planning issues. Penny trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where she spent her earlyyears of qualification. She spent 3 years as senior in-house counsel at the Royal Society for theProtection of Birds before moving to DLA Piper UK LLP in 2003 and then to Freeths as a partnerin 2013.

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A practical guide to what you need to know and costs

NB this course is a repeat

February 2015, 9.30am – 1.00pm, West Midlands

Presented by Geldards and Sharpe Pritchard

Seminar Overview

This seminar aims to lead you through some of the important principles of and developments inJudicial Review procedure over the last year.


Illegality, irrationality, procedural unfairness, legitimate expectation Quashing, prohibiting and mandatory orders, declarations, injunctions and damages Protective Costs Orders & funding The Planning Court and changes to the planning system and governing procedure The problem of outsourcing of workers and the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 Latest developments in judicial review Review of the top judicial review cases of the last year


Speaker Profiles:

Jonathan Butler, Partner, Geldards regularly acts for local authorities in judicial review andstatutory appeals and is described by Legal 500 as one who "particularly impresses...", one clientremarking that he left "no stone unturned in protecting our position".

Trevor Griffiths, Partner, Sharpe Pritchard is one of the country’s top-rated JR practitioners(ranked as a leading individual in administrative law and local government law in Chambers UK2013 edition). Trevor has vast experience in judicial reviews and statutory appeals and regularlyadvises on appeals to the higher courts and on costs.

Andrew Hogan, Barrister, Ropewalk Chambers, NottinghamRanked in Chambers UK, Andrew Hogan represents various local authorities across the wholespectrum of local government litigation including judicial review and statutory reviews andappeals particularly in respect of legal challenges to development plans and planningpermissions.

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Localism Act

Localism or growth (or both)? Three years on

4 March 2015, 9.30 – 1.00pm, Browne Jacobson, Nottingham

Presented by Sharpe Pritchard and Browne Jacobson

Seminar outline

The Localism Act 2011 was supposedly the message from the government that local communitiesshould have more of a say in the planning of their area. The Act was made in November 2011 andhas been followed by a number of Commencement Orders and other Regulations. It covers arange of topics and issues, such as general powers, governance, standards, communityempowerment, planning and housing. In the field of planning, as part of the above message, theAct led to the abolition of the regional tier of plan-making (although this is not the case inLondon). However, there is also a wider context for considering whether there has been aresultant strengthening of local decision-making. Two factors that have a bearing on this arethe government’s growth agenda and the publication in March 2012 of the government’s NationalPlanning Policy Framework (and in particular the “golden thread” of the “presumption in favourof sustainable development”). This seminar will aim to provoke a lively discussion on thisapparent clash between localism and growth.


General power of competence Community right to challenge Assets of community value Council tax Duty to co-operate Consultation before applying for planning permission Plan-making and development management Housing Neighbourhood planning Related caselaw and other developments


Speaker Profiles:

Alastair Lewis is a partner at Sharpe Pritchard and a Roll A Parliamentary Agent. He heads thePlanning and Parliamentary department and specialises in Parliamentary work for public andprivate sector clients. He acts for the promoters of and opponents to all types of legislation,including legislation for major infrastructure. His experience includes compulsory purchase andcompensation, planning, licensing and general public law advice. His clients include publicauthorities, major land owners, utilities and banks. He has spoken at numerous seminars andrelated events.

Brian Hurwitz is a partner at Sharpe Pritchard and heads the planning law team. He has manyyears’ experience, both in the public sector and in private practice. He has advised localauthorities on plan-making and development management and has negotiated and preparedsection 106 agreements on developments involving important strategic and/or regional sites. He

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has frequently spoken at seminars and client training events and has written articles in theJournal of Planning and Environmental Law and Planning magazine.

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Planning, including environmental issues (1)

The effect of the Government’s on line Planning Practice Guidance


March 2015, 9.30am – 1.00pm, West Midlands

Presented by Weightmans and Sharpe Pritchard

Seminar overview

On the 6th March 2014, the Department of Communities and Local Government (“DCLG”)launched its online national planning practice guidance. According to DCLG, for the first time,planning practice guidance is now available entirely online. In an accompanying writtenstatement, the DCLG Minister Nick Boles stated that the previous planning practice guidance hadbeen cancelled. On closer sight, it appears that not all of the previous advice has beencancelled. For instance, while the well-used Circular 11/95 on planning conditions has beencancelled, the model conditions (in Annex A) are retained. The planning practice guidance is tobe updated as needed and users are able to sign up for email alerts on specific topics. Theplanning practice guidance has useful cross-references to the National Planning PolicyFramework (issued on the 27th March 2012). The Framework must be taken into account inpreparation of local plans and neighbourhood plans and is a material consideration in planningdecisions. This means that local planning authorities, in particular, need to be alert to thechanges introduced via the national planning practice guidance. This session will address someof the planning and environmental topics in the guidance and will assess the effect of variouspolicy changes and how these impact on the role of local planning authorities. We will also coverany case law or further developments on related issues.

Topics to be covered include the following sections within the planning practice guidance:

Determination of planning applications Appeals Use of conditions Planning obligations Viability issues Climate change Environmental impact assessment and the impact of the new EIA Directive Land affected by contamination – where do we go now the contaminated land regime is

defunct? Related case law and further developments The overlap between the planning regime and the environmental permitting regime – the

status quo.

Duration half a day (3 CPD points) including lunch

Speaker profiles:

Simon Colvin is a partner at Weightmans and heads the national environment team. Hespecialises in all aspects of UK, EU and international environmental law and policy. Simon hasextensive experience across a range of sectors and regularly advises both private and publicsector organisations often working with waste operators, manufacturers, water companies,

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energy generators and developers as well as central government, local authorities and regulatorson environment and consenting matters. He speaks and publishes regularly on environmentalissues. Simon works closely with IEMA and writes regularly for the Environmentalist and is a co-opted member of the CIWMs Northwest Group

Lee Gordon is a partner at Weightmans and heads the national planning team. He has a broadrange of experience in all aspects of planning and related law, with particular emphasis onpromoting energy and infrastructure projects, including advising on the first major infrastructureproject to pass through the novel 2008 Act procedures. Considerable experience of advising onEIA law, planning appeals, aviation sector, residential schemes, retail schemes, mineralsschemes, judicial review challenges, Habitats Regulations, Town & Village Green litigation,highways and compulsory purchase.

Brian Hurwitz is a partner at Sharpe Pritchard and heads the planning law team. He has manyyears’ experience, both in the public sector and in private practice. He has advised localauthorities on plan-making and development management and has negotiated and preparedsection 106 agreements on developments involving important strategic and/or regional sites. Hehas frequently spoken at seminars and client training events and has written articles in theJournal of Planning and Environmental Law and Planning magazine.

Lorna Bowry is a senior solicitor at Sharpe Pritchard. She has considerable experience, includingas an in-house local authority lawyer.She deals with a wide range of planning matters, includingnegotiating and preparing section 106 agreements on developments of strategic and/or regionalimportance, preparing agreements under section 278 of the Highways Act 1980 and advising onplanning enforcement and related policy issues. She has frequently spoken at seminars andclient training events.

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Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and HabitatsRegulations Assessment

NB this is a repeat

April 2015, 9.30am – 1.00pm, West Midlands


Seminar Overview

The course is aimed at lawyers new to SEA, EIA, HRA, and to planning officers who need a legalgrounding


Strategic Environmental Assessmento The Legislationo Leading Caseso Latest Cases

Environmental Impact Assessmento The Legislationo Leading Caseso Latest Cases

Habitats Regulations Assessmento The Legislationo Leading Caseso Latest Cases

Applying the theory – case study


Speaker Profiles:

Laura Hughes, Partner at Browne Jacobson has considerable experience of the three forms ofassessment and regularly advises clients upon each of them. She is a partner and Deputy Headof Public Sector at Browne Jacobson LLP.

Fred Baker from Baker Consultants is an ecologist who has considerable familiarity with theoperation of environmental assessment and how it operates in practice. Fred is the founder ofBaker Consultants which is a fast growing and successful ecology consultancy.

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