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Upskilling Module 5: Resolving CPO Disputes

Equipping professionals with essential knowledge and skills in the compulsory purchase sector. CPT Events have created a series of 10 training modules, comprising lectures and group discussions, which, when combined, form a route to competency in compulsory purchase law and practice for practitioners and professional advisors. This is module 1 of the programme.


Module Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes 

Recorded: 13/01/2025

Areas covered

Session 1

  • How to limit the potential for disputes during the claim process
  • Guidance and the Professional Standards
  • Good project management - prepare for the worst, hope for the best. You have no idea whether a project will become a dispute

Session 2

  • Types of disputes
  • The boundary between a negotiator and an expert and changing behaviours
  • Resolution methods options. What is best?
  • Assemble the right team to take the case
  • Rate your case
  • Playing the 'I'll see you at Tribunal' game

Session 3

  • ADR
  • In the shadow of the Tribunal - Mediation and ADR
  • Calderbank offers
  • Before you embark with the Tribunal – be pragmatic

Session 4

  • The demands of the Tribunal
  • Being an expert
  • Decisions - the process
  • Decisions - the costs
  • Eligibility to appeal

Speakers