Upcoming Courses

Organiser: Browne Jacobson

Venue: Webinar

Please join experts from Browne Jacobson for this advanced level webinar on 19 May, 12 – 1.00pm.

Local housing authorities are facing significant shortfalls in their budgets for homelessness services as a result of rising homelessness, severe housing shortages, and spiraling costs.

This webinar will explore how the legislative framework impacts on the funding of temporary accommodation, including:
-Powers for acquiring, providing and disposing TA.
-The HRA ringfence, and the use of general funds.
-The housing benefit and housing benefit subsidy rules; and Application of the Rent Standard.

It will provide an overview of some of the options available to local authorities to mitigate their housing benefit subsidy deficits.

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Organiser: Browne Jacobson

Venue: TBC

Please join us for this in person Procurement Workshop, delivered by our Partner law firms Browne Jacobson and Capsticks at Browne Jacobson’s office in Manchester.

The workshop will include:

Procurement routes and running a procurement under the Procurement Act 2023;
How to draft meaningful KPIs that can be managed under the Procurement Act 2023;
Modernisation and evaluation in procurement and how to avoid common pitfalls;
Provider Selection Regime.

It is FREE for members to attend and lunch will be included.

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Organiser: NWLC

Venue: In person

The next in person Practice Managers Group meeting will be held at Browne Jacobson’s offices in Manchester. It will include an SRA Update from Oliver Sweeney, GC Risk and Compliance Team at Browne Jacobson and is FREE for all NWLC members to attend.

The SRA Update will include:

The Mazur judgement
The Post Office case
Consultation on CPD
Update on high volume consumer claims
Digest of recent SDT cases

The SRA update will commence at 11am and will be followed by a general discussion of topical issues and lunch.

If you would like to attend please reply by email by 23 June 2026 to info@nwlegalconsortium.com and confirm if you have any special dietary or access requirements.

Organiser: Browne Jacobson

Venue: Webinar

Please join experts from Browne Jacobson for this advanced level webinar on 7 July at 12 – 1.00pm.

Subsidy control is often a key issue in regeneration projects, attaching to key aspects such as land transactions, appointment of contractors and viability gap funding. When considered in good time, subsidy compliance can be built into the project structure at the outset.

This session will give attendees the tools to identify and address these subsidy aspects at an early stage.

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