Organiser: Pannone (Partner)

Venue: Pannone LLP, 123 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BU

Litigation

1. Costs update.
2. Part 36 offers and use of w/p correspondence.
3. Defending injunctive relief.
4. Debt recovery techniques
5. Real Estate Litigation update

Lunch 2.5 CPD Hours

Pannone
Paul Jonson
David Brown OR Wayne Nash (RE Lit)
Karl Williams OR Mark Burch (Debt Recovery)

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Organiser: South Lakeland District Council

Venue: Kendal Town Hall

Linda Walker of Dickinson Dees, who is an expert in the area of Equality Impact Assessments will deliver this training for free on 15th March 2012 in Kendal Town Hall from 1pm to 4pm. CPD points will apply to this event, The event will be a joint training event between SLDC, Cumbria County Councils, Cumbria Constabulary and Carlisle City and the Solicitors in Local Government Group, Northern Branch and opened up to the other branches of SLG and to the North West Legal Consortium in order to maximise attendance.
Linda has written an article most recently in the Lawyer on the impact of the Birmingham case and will present training on how to avoid challenges under the Equalities Act, the impact of the Birmingham case and any other recent relevant case law relating to Equality Impact Assessments together with things to think about as a result of recent case law in terms of completing equality impact assessments with respect to different Council service areas.

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Organiser: DLA Piper (Partner)

Venue: DLA Piper UK LLP, 101 Barbirolli Square, Manchester M2 3DL

Enforcement
The training will be aimed at both investigators and lawyers and will cover:
• The gathering and use of relevant evidence
• Making the decision to prosecute
• Magistrates court practice

We will provide background materials setting out the principal powers of relevant regulators and likely offences to be investigated.

Lunch 2.5 CPD Hours

Richard Smyth, DLA

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Organiser: Preston City Council

Venue: TBC

Lancashire County Council Training day – please do not arrange any other training on this day

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Organiser: Pannone (Partner)

Venue: Pannone LLP, 123 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BU

Property
This seminar is an update on important issues facing all those involved in commercial property. We will look at topics including:

• Key issues in public sector land disposals
• Commercial Leases - Problem Areas and Solutions
• General Commercial Property Update - Recent Cases
• Green Issues – Contaminated Land and CRC update
• Competition Act and Land Agreements

Lunch 2.5 CPD Hours

Pannone
Stephen Chalcraft, Stephen Lintott, Stephen Crook, Keith Davidson, Amanda Howlett

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Organiser: DAC Beachcroft

Venue: DAC Beachcroft, 3 Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3HF

Planning

To assess how Localism has bedded in and its operation in practice together with a review of recent planning cases and legislative changes.

This should be of interest to those directly and indirectly involved in planning matters.

Frances Robinson, Beachcroft

Lunch 2.5 CPD Hours

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Organiser: Weightmans (Partner)

Venue: Weightmans, First Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BN

This employment law session will concentrate on collective employment issues as they affect local authority employers. It will include the following:

an update on collective redundancy restructuring legislation and the latest interpretation of this legislation for example in the anticipated USA v. Nolan decision

practical guidance relating to redundancies and restructures to help avoid disputes and liabilities.

rights and duties in times of industrial action

Mark Leach, David Fagan, Weightmans 3CPD Hours Lunch Provided

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Organiser: DLA Piper (Partner)

Venue: DLA Piper UK LLP, 101 Barbirolli Square, Manchester M2 3DL

PFI/Academies
A half day training event aimed at local authority legal and other officers with responsibility for the contract management of operational PFI projects and the potential procurement of new projects. The training will focus on accommodation PFI projects, particularly education / BSF, and also consider the interfaces with the Academies programme. The session will throughout draw on a range of 'real life examples' and also consider Government infrastructure policy and funding.
An introduction to PFI projects, by reference to concepts and documents
The principles of risk transfer
Key public sector risks
Contract management
Common operational project issues
Education / BSF projects - sector specific features, including an introduction to the LEP
Academies, the interface with PFI schemes
New schemes - procurement issues
Government policy and funding - the future for PFI and similar project financed infrastructure schemes

Nick Helm, DLA Piper

Lunch 3 CPD Hours

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