LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR THE CURRENT PROPERTY ISSUES 2017 CONFERENCE IN PETERBOROUGH ON 8TH JUNE 2017
6 HOURS FORMAL CPD
Session I
LANDLORD AND TENANT CASE LAW UPDATE
Speaker: John Beckett
· Understanding the importance of any pre-conditions necessary for a tenant to successfully exercise a break option in a lease.
· Waiving and re-instating a tenant’s repairing obligations.
· Identifying what needs to occur for a surrender of a lease by operation of law.
· Can a tenant assign its lease to its guarantor if all parties agree
· How long after a lease is forfeited can a tenant successfully apply for relief from that forfeiture?
· Do exclusivity arrangements in leases fall foul of competition legislation?
· How should a landlord undertake works that have a significant detrimental effect on a tenant’s premises.
Session II
THE ENERGY ACT – MITIGATING THE RISK OF MINIMUM ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
Speaker: Chris Bennett
This session will answer the following questions:
· Is MEES a real risk to my managed portfolios?
· Are there exemptions and how do I apply them?
· How does it affect me as a property manager?
· What steps should I take now to be ready for the MEES deadline?
· What is the risk of doing nothing?
Session III
PROPERTY VALUATION –
VALUING SUSTAINABILITY AND VALUING IN UNCERTAIN TIME
Speaker: Nick French
After this presentation delegates should have:
· An understanding of the impact of government legislation on the valuation of certain properties
· An understanding of adopting the correct model for each valuation
· An understanding of property pricing in uncertain markets
· An understanding of the role of regulation in property valuations
Session IV
PROPERTY MARKETS IN THE AGE OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
Speaker: Angus McIntosh
This session will answer the following questions:
· Why is globalization coming to an end?
· How is inequality such an issue, and is property a cause or victim of this trend?
· What has been the impact on property of Quantitative Easing and Austerity?
· Is there too much debt, and how does it make equities and property more volatile?
· How will changing democratic politics impact on property?
· Is technology change good or bad for property markets?
· Who are the property losers and winners?
Session V
THE 2017 RATING REVALUATION
TOTAL UPHEAVAL IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS RATES – WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Speaker: Jerry Schurder
· To be updated on Government’s review of the business rates system
· To learn of changes in values for the 2017 rating revaluation
· To understand how rates bills are calculated from April 2017
· To learn of Government’s proposed changes to the process for challenging Rateable Values
Session VI
RENT REVIEWS AND THIRD PARTY REFERRALS
Speaker: Chris Osmond
Rent reviews are returning in some sectors of the market as rents have risen above post
2008 recession levels. The paper will provide learning opportunities on these important
issues:
· When fixtures and fittings in a property are to be valued at review, and how they are
valued
· The extent to which a Statement of Agreed Facts in a property dispute is binding and
whether it can be varied at a later date
· Improving the quality of reports to third parties in rent review and lease renewal
disputes