Monday, 1 December 2025

The Renters’ Rights Act and PBSA Tenancies – Getting to Grips with Implementation

Further details TBC

Spaces Available

Agenda

11.00am - 12.20pm

Online via Zoom

Speakers

Hilary Crook, Hatch Legal

Hilary Crook is a solicitor with over 25 years’ experience of advising universities and other organisations working in and with the higher education sector.  She qualified as a trainer through the Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board, and is one of Unipol’s regular panel of speakers.

Hilary has earned recognition in the legal sector, both in the Legal 500 and Chambers Directory.  The firm she founded, Hatch Legal, is winner of the Global Law Experts’ boutique category: Commercial Property Law Firm of the Year in England - The North West – 2019.

Outside the conference room, Hilary runs a busy law practice advising on a range of student accommodation issues, from nomination agreements and head leasing to student misconduct and dissatisfaction.  Her expertise in landlord and tenant law is complemented by her knowledge of consumer law, data protection, equality and human rights, as well as a down-to-earth approach to negotiating and problem-solving.  She has a wealth of experience of adjudicating tenancy deposit disputes.

Victoria Tolmie-Loverseed, Director of Standards, Unipol Student Homes

Victoria Tolmie-Loverseed has worked in housing and HE since 2004, including student accommodation, the private rented sector and social housing. She works closely with HEIs’, Local Authorities, Governments and major suppliers to raise standards and address student needs through her work leading Unipol’s accreditation and research area. She is an experienced non-exec director and has sat on the boards of two housing associations.

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