The Rating Diploma Holders' Conference 2021
Revaluation After the Pandemic
The 27th Annual Conference will examine the current issues, facing the modern rating practitioner. The 2021 Conference of the Rating Diploma Holders' Section of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, is open to both members and non-members alike.
| Start Date | Venue | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2021 | Loughborough University, Loughborough | ||
| 16 September 2021 | Virtual Conference Attendance |
Note: All prices are to be paid in GBP and are subject to VAT at the prevailing rate
This event is being managed by CPT Events for the Rating Diploma Holders Section.
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The conference will focus on topics of especial interest to rating practitioners at the present time – Revaluation in a Pandemic; Valuation of Composite Hereditaments; What an Over-Trader looks like; Rebus Sic Stantibus; the Government's View on Rating and, of course, Duncan McLaren’s review of recent rating cases. All sessions will be introduced and led by the Chair of the RICS Rating Diploma Holders' Section 2020- 2021, Helen Zammit-Willson.
The Diploma Conference has become well known for its in-depth analysis of current practical rating problems.
Speakers
- Helen Zammit-Willson OBE MRICS Dip.Rating IRRV (Hons), Director - National Valuation Unit, Valuation Office Agency
- Alan Colston BSc (Hons) MRICS Dip.Rating, Chief Valuer, Valuation Office Agency
- Stuart Hicks BSc (Hons) FRICS Dip Rating IRRV (Hons), Head of Rating, Dunlop Heywood; Immediate Past Chair of the Rating Diploma Holders' Section of the RICS
- Karl List BSc (Hons) MRICS Dip.Rating, Complex Appeals and Case Manager, Valuation Office Agency
- Bjorn Bowles MSc MRICS Dip.Rating, Partner - Business Rates, Knight Frank LLP
- Wayne Cox FRICS Dip.Rating, Head of Leisure and Licensed Property, Valuation Office Agency
- Patrick Bond BSc (EM) FRICS Dip.Rating IRRV (Hons), Visiting Lecturer, City University Business School
- Josh Myerson FRICS Dip.Rating IRRV (Hons), Head of Advisory, Montagu Evans LLP; Chair of the Rating Diploma Holders' Section of the RICS
- Duncan McLaren MBE MRICS Dip.Rating, Technical Advisor, Valuation Office Agency
Programme
Welcome & Introduction From The Rating Diploma Holders' Section Chair - Helen Zammit-Willson
Revaluation in a Pandemic - Alan Colston and Stuart Hicks
- The AVD world - the AVD was 1 April 2021 during lockdown
- What does Sch 6 para 2(7) tell us, including the recent amendments?
- Evidence
- Extrapolation
- Use of trends and previous revaluations
Question & Answer Session
The Valuation of Composite Hereditaments - Karl List and Bjorn Bowles
- What are Composite Hereditaments?
- Does it matter?
- Approaching the valuation
- The Guardians' case
What Does an Over-Trader Look Like? - Wayne Cox
- What does the Guidance advise?
- What do the Courts tell us?
- Overtrading - differing approaches in the jurisdictions
- The public house and the jolly landlord
- The Wetherspoons City case
Rebus Sic Stantibus - Patrick Bond
- A shop, as a shop etc.
- Is it the Principle of Reality?
- Hereditament and Locality
- Frozen state
- Are the Tribunals getting it right?
The Government's Review of Rating - Josh Myerson
- What is likely?
- Where are we now?
- Green agenda - P&M
- Thoughts on development
Recent Cases on Rating - Duncan McLaren MBE
- The traditional and jolly popular examination of recent Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Upper Tribunal (Lands Chambers), Valuation Tribunal, Scottish and Irish cases from a valuer's perspective