On Demand

Blight Caused by Public Works: Is the Statutory Regime fit for Purpose?

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from this months topic "Blight Caused by Public Works: Is the Statutory Regime fit for Purpose?". It will discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

Module Duration: 59 minutes

Recorded: 30/11/2022

During the pandemic, landlord and estate services were significantly suspended which could have impacted on tenants, and with significant number of tenants not paying their lease obligations, are these, and other issues going to unleash significant discourse as the landlord remedy moratorium ends?  

Module Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes

Recorded: 12/01/22

The conclusions of the Fundamental Review of Business Rates (in England) - a review that began nearly two years ago - were published on Budget Day in October. The Final Report reaffirmed the importance of business rates and its continued central role in the tax system. The tax is therefore retained, but will be reformed. The reforms include: 3-year revaluations, which will involve new obligations and responsibilities for ratepayers and their professional advisers and further changes to the appeal system, the introduction of new reliefs - improvement relief and support for investment in green plant and machinery. If you provide rating advice, then you must watch this module. 

Module Duration: 3 hours 20 minutes

Recorded: 17/01/22

This webinar considers the issues of dilapidations in the present economic climate. The lifting of restrictions on landlords’ remedies during the pandemic is on the horizon, and available methods of enforcement will be dusted off. Landlords will want to be sure they are not missing any tricks in maximising end-of-term settlements, while tenants will want to be well prepared for potential claims at lease expiry.  

Module Duration: 2 hours 58 minutes

Recorded: 19/01/22

"Vacant" Property and S65 (5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from the monthly topic. They discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments. 

Module Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes

Recorded: 10/02/22

Certificates of Alternative Appropriate Development: Is the System Fit for Purpose or Ripe for Reform?

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from the monthly topic. They discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

Module Duration: 1 hour 

Recorded: 16/02/22

Applying Case Law to Practice

Best rating practice cannot be achieved without understanding case law. This event is far more than a case law review. Leading lawyers and rating advisors, along with senior VOA contributors will review key cases in the context of current practice. Guided by the Chair, Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke, they review important and topical cases and explore the nuances of what is best and effective practice in the light of these decisions.

Module Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes

Recorded: 02/03/22

Applying Case Law to Practice

Best rating practice cannot be achieved without understanding case law. This event is far more than a case law review. Leading lawyers and rating advisors, along with senior VOA contributors will review key cases in the context of current practice. Guided by the Chair, Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke, they review important and topical cases and explore the nuances of what is best and effective practice in the light of these decisions.

Module Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes

Recorded: 10/03/22

Town Centre Regeneration: Ideas into Delivery 

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from this monthly topic. They discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

Module Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes

Recorded: 09/03/22

With the prospect of the final lifting of almost all restrictions in 2022, commercial landlords will now be able to move forward with some effective measures. This event will discuss in detail the present and future picture of rent recovery. 

Module Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes

Recorded: 16/03/22

Tenants are increasingly looking to rewrite leases, to reflect the impact of COVID, or simply to give flexibility to react to an every-changing world. One opportunity to do this is lease renewal, and a number of recent county court decisions have given valuable guidance on whether flexible terms are available in this way, whether it is a change to rent arrangements, a shorter term or insertion of a break option, a pandemic rent suspension clause, or another of the range of terms which tenants are now asking for. This session outlines the approach which the courts are taking on these issues and others, which in turn sets the parameters for negotiation.

Module Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes

Recorded: 23/03/22

This course, by the author of ‘A Practical Guide to Forfeiture of Leases’, identifies clearly and practically the important steps to effective use of forfeiture, and will be invaluable for anyone managing commercial property.

Module Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes

Recorded: 07/04/22

Producing Effective Challenges

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from the monthly topic. They discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

Module Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes

Recorded: 22/04/22

In a world of climate change, short-term leases, flexible workspaces and greater freedom to change use within the planning framework, there is a need to work towards a more responsive model, and this webinar will consider how different approaches to negotiating and drafting leases, and dealing with tenant’s alterations, as well as making use of alternative dispute resolution procedures, can contribute to that aim. This webinar is aimed at property managers, and surveyors generally, whoever they represent.

Module Duration: 3 hours 12 minutes

Recorded: 26/04/22

Working with the Telecom Code

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from this months topic "Working with the Telecom Code". It will discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

Module Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes

Recorded: 04/05/2022

The Future of the Office

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from the monthly topic. They discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

Module Duration: 1 hour 1 minute

Recorded: 18/05/2022

This webinar will look at equalities impact issues in the CPO context. This will cover the legislation and case-law governing these matters, as well as provide practical guidance on the carrying out equality impact assessments for CPOs as well as engagement issues.

Module Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes

Recorded: 23/05/2022

This years National Rating Day looks at the here and now, policy and reform and best and effective practice. Speakers represent the private sector, the Valuation Office Agency and the Valuation Tribunal Service. If you are involved in rating work, this is the module is said to be too important to miss. 

This years National Rating Day looks at the here and now, policy and reform and best and effective practice. Speakers represent the private sector, the Valuation Office Agency and the Valuation Tribunal Service. If you are involved in rating work, this is the module is said to be too important to miss. 

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill is passing through Parliament. It is likely to pass into law with few amendments. It will impose new obligations and responsibilities on site providers and intends to give greater certainty to telecom operators to speed up the roll out of 5G. What are the details, how does it reset site provider and operator relationships and what do consultants working for one side or the other need to know?

Resolving Land Compensation Disputes: Taking a Case to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) and Alternative Options

Module Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes

Recorded: 23/06/2022

Confronting Change - Virtual Realities, Climate Emergency and Life after Brexit...

The Planning & Environment Bar Association's National Conference will assess the latest developments in planning and environmental law and assess policy and procedure in key areas. The conference will include papers from the judiciary, leading practitioners at the Bar and a leading academic in European law from Oxford University.

The Compulsory Purchase Association's National Conference briefs all who work with compulsory purchase and compensation, covering a diverse range of issues and topics within the sector, providing valuable CPD. Attendees are from the CPA membership and CPO professionals. It is the premier event in the CPO calendar, with a pre-eminent programme and set of speakers. 

The Compulsory Purchase Association's National Conference briefs all who work with compulsory purchase and compensation, covering a diverse range of issues and topics within the sector, providing valuable CPD. Attendees are from the CPA membership and CPO professionals. It is the premier event in the CPO calendar, with a pre-eminent programme and set of speakers. 

Transitional Relief for the Coming Revaluation 

CPT in conjunction with the Rating Surveyors Association, invite you to watch this module of 'Talking Heads' which was hosted at Mills & Reeve in London. The event runs as an informal discussion between a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from this months topic: Transitional Relief for the Coming Revaluation.

Module Duration: 58 minutes

Rating Rides Again

The 28th Annual Conference will examine the current issues, facing the modern rating practitioner. The 2022 Conference of the Rating Diploma Holders' Section of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, is open to both members and non-members alike. 

Commercial leases are the foundation and essence of property management. Anyone who works in this area needs to be familiar with what they say, what they mean, and how to work them. It will explain the key commercial terms of a commercial lease, and focus on the problems the attending delegates have encountered. The course is ideal for administrators who have not been trained in the nuances of property - also PA's, secretaries, accounts personnel, facilities managers, newly qualified and APC candidates.

Commercial leases are the foundation and essence of property management. Anyone who works in this area needs to be familiar with what they say, what they mean, and how to work them. It will explain the key commercial terms of a commercial lease, and focus on the problems the attending delegates have encountered. The course is ideal for administrators who have not been trained in the nuances of property - also PA's, secretaries, accounts personnel, facilities managers, newly qualified and APC candidates.

CPO Reforms in The Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill 

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from this months topic "CPO Reforms in The Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill". It will discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

Module Duration: 1 hour 1 minute

Recorded: 17/10/2022

This webinar disentangles the knottier problems, and deals with the practicalities of landlords’ remedies to enforce lease covenants, as well as how to structure the lettings to simplify matters.

Module Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes

Recorded: 01/11/2022

Valuation Methodology and the Receipts & Expenditure Basis

This event runs as an informal discussion with a small panel of leading and informed practitioners extracting the nuances from the selected topic. They discuss practical issues that arise, with participants in the meeting being encouraged to listen, join in, ask questions and share comments.

Module Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes

Recorded: 16/11/2022

Having unwelcomed and unexpected visitors can happen at the most inconvenient times! When a site or building is in illegal occupation, it’s always a moment to drop everything else and hit the ground running to get possession back as soon as possible, irrespective of what other work was planned in your diary. This one hour seminar, will help you get a plan in place. 

Module Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes

Recorded: 23/11/2022

When Best Practice Standards Make a Difference

The relationship between landlords and tenants does get strained; and particularly so in respect of service charges. Tenants can see it as a hidden extra set of charges; and landlords still use it to recover unplanned or otherwise unrecoverable costs. This module looks at the typical causes of service charge disputes, how to minimise them, and what to do when they arise.

Module Duration: 3 hours 2 minutes

Recorded: 01/12/2022

Working Under the New Act and the Impact of New Case Law 

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill is close to being passed through Parliament. It will impose new obligations and responsibilities on site providers and intends to give greater certainty to telecom operators to speed up the roll out of 5G. What are the details, how does it reset site provider and operator relationships and what do consultants working for one side or the other need to know?

Module Duration: 2 hours 53 minutes

Recorded: 12/12/2022