Agenda
Hotel 53 is now fully booked and a residential place is no longer available - however, please contact Unipol if you would like to enquire about alternative accommodation in York.
DAY ONE Monday 11th June 2012
12.00pm - 12.30pm Registration, Coffee & Check-in
12.30pm - 1.15pm Lunch (provided)
1.15pm - 1.30pm
Delegates’ Introductions & Introduction to the Course
THEME: What Can & Cannot be Subject to Contract
THEME LEADERS: John Martin, Barrister and Hilary Crook, Solicitor, Hatch Legal
1.30pm - 2.00pm Recap: What is a Tenant?
2.00pm - 3.15pm Where Statutory Intervention Begins and Ends: Why the Contract is not the Whole Story
3.15pm - 3.30pm Break (Tea and Coffee available)
3.30pm - 4.45pm Regulating Student Behaviour: A Question of Contract or Discipline? Enforcement of obligations, negotiating settlements & risk management
4.45pm - 5.45pm Small Group Work: looking at a variety of examples of case work arising out of the earlier sessions
5.45pm - 6.30pm Reports back from Group Work
7.00pm Dinner (provided for residential delegates)
DAY TWO Tuesday 12th June 2012
8.00am - 9.00am Breakfast (provided for residential delegates)
9.30am - 9.40am Introduction to Day Two & Welcome to Any Day Two Delegates
THEME: The Role of the Local Authority: Enforcing Standards and Voluntary Accreditation
THEME LEADERS: John Martin, Barrister and Neil Marsden, Independent Environmental Health Officer
9.40am - 11.00am The Role of the Local Authority: Public Health Issues, the Housing Health and Safety Ratings System and the Housing Act 2004
11.00am - 11.30am Questions and Discussion
11.30am - 11.45am Break (Tea and Coffee available)
11.45am - 12.30pm Controlling Nuisance and Maintaining Standards
12.30pm - 12.45pm Questions and Discussion
12.45pm - 1.45pm Lunch (provided)
1.45pm - 3.00pm Introduction to and Group Work
3.00pm - 3.10pm Break (Tea and Coffee available)
3.10pm - 3.45pm Feedback from Group Work
3.45pm - 4.15pm Smoking and Drugs in Student Accommodation: Obligations & Rights
4.15pm - 4.40pm Questions & Discussion
4.45pm - 5.30pm Noise Nuisance: Methods of Approach Using Existing Legislation and the Local Authority
5.30pm - 6.00pm Case Studies & Discussion
7.00pm Dinner (provided for residential delegates)
DAY THREE Wednesday 13th June 2012
8.00am - 9.15am Breakfast (provided for residential delegates)
9.20am - 9.30am Introduction to Day Three & Welcome to Any Day Three Delegates
THEME: Harassment & Inter-Tenant Friction
THEME LEADERS: Hilary Crook, Solicitor, Hatch Legal & Sarah Kelly, Tenancy Support Officer, Unipol
9.30am - 10.30am Harassment & Unlawful Eviction
10.30am - 11.15am Case Studies and Discussion
11.15am - 11.30am Break (Tea and Coffee available)
11.30am - 12.30am Inter Tenant Friction: the Role of the Advisor; the use of mediation and other housing management techniques; tackling anti social behaviour and mental health issues
12.30pm - 1.15pm Case studies and Discussion
1.15pm - 2.15pm Lunch (provided)
THEME: Briefing
THEME LEADER: Martin Blakey, Chief Executive, Unipol Student Homes
2.15pm - 3.15pm An Update on Issues Currently Affecting Student Housing: will include the latest update on how the deposit protection schemes are working, Energy Performance Certificates, On Line Applications and the operation of Government Approved Codes of Practice for educational establishments and larger student HMOs
3.15pm - 3.45pm Concluding Remarks
3.45pm Ends
