The price of the half day course is £60+VAT per person including morning refreshments, coffee break and 2 course hot lunch with networking.

• 8:30 am – Registration and coffee
• 9:00 am – X-Press Presentation – Jonathan Howgill
• 9:30 am – Stephen Desmond seminar – Part 1
• 11:00 am – Break
• 11:15 am – James Warren – Off Mains Solutions
• 11:45 am – Stephen Desmond seminar – Part 2
• 1:00 pm – 2 course lunch and networking
• 2:00 pm – Event close

As a busy property lawyer, you will know that leasehold remains one of the most complex and high-risk areas of residential conveyancing. This practical update examines the latest legal and practice developments affecting residential leasehold transactions, highlighting the issues most likely to impact your day-to-day work and saving you the time of having to track legislation, consultations, tribunal decisions and practice guidance yourself.

As this is a rapidly evolving area of law, the precise content may change to reflect significant legislative or policy developments announced before the course date.Key topics covered by this course will include:

Key leasehold reform measures, including leasehold sales information requests, lease extension reforms, the proposed abolition of forfeiture and the proposed cap on existing ground rents.

• Main elements of proposed Commonhold reform.
• Important changes to the TA7 Leasehold Information Form.
• Current issues concerning repair covenants, service charges, insurance and alterations.
• Latest developments relating to fire safety, fire risk assessments and EWS1 forms.
• An essential round up of recent cases.

Speaker: Stephen Desmond

Since 2004, Stephen Desmond has delivered more than 2,500 CPD events to lawyers from a variety of backgrounds, with a particular focus on flat and apartment leases and practical solutions. Delegates at these events have included practitioners from a variety of size of firms, ranging from sole practitioners to City Solicitors.

Stephen is a contributing editor to Butterworths Property Law Service, writing on the complex law relating to long and short leases. He has written for a monthly publication on the subject of commercial property.

He also once ran a university-accredited distance-learning course for aspiring paralegals in the subject of residential conveyancing.A non-practising Solicitor with several years post-qualification experience, Stephen has represented many business and private clients, including property investors and local authorities.