Annual Property Seminar 2025 – Manchester
Please note – this event is now full. If you have any further inquiries, please contact our Seminars Team.
Event Programme:
8:50 – 9:15 – Coffee & Registration
9:15 – 9:30 – Welcome & Opening
9:30 – 10:00 – Address by His Honour Judge Halliwell (Manchester) and Address to be confirmed (Leeds)
10:00 – 10:30 – Paul Lakin & Penny Emmott A Practical Guide to Beneficial Ownership: An update on common intention constructive trusts, practical tips on preparing for trial and possible defences.
10:30 – 11:00 – Lisa Feng What happens when a co-owner becomes bankrupt?: A discussion on common issues in possession proceedings brought by trustees in bankruptcy with focus on the role of constructive trusts and the decision in Nilsson v Cynberg [2024] EWHC 2164 (Ch).
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00 – Andrew Williams Relief from Forfeiture: What sub-tenants applying for relief from forfeiture need to know.
12:00 – 12:30 – Brynmor Adams & Tanita Cross The Law of Boundaries: Brynmor and Tanita will consider recent and anticipated developments including their forthcoming cases in the Supreme Court (Ridley v Brown – re. mistakes as to the boundaries of registered land) and in the Court of Appeal (White v Adler – re. boundary demarcation agreements).
12:30 – 13:00 – Lawrence McDonald Property Pub Quiz: Lawrence will be setting the questions for a quiz highlighting recent developments in property law and reinforcing some older points of principle as well.
13:00 – 13:45 – Lunch
13:45 – 14:15 – Panel Discussion Procedural Considerations for Property Litigators
14:15 – 14:45 – Rachel Coyle Village Greens: What are they? How to register one or develop on one: With Labour’s masterplan of building a lot more homes, protection of green spaces and amenity spaces is once again on the agenda. A whistle-stop tour of Village Greens and how to preserve them.
14:45 – 15:00 – Coffee break
15:00 – 15:30 – Graham Sellers To what extent can a prescriptive easement claim be scuppered by signage and/or a “cease and desist” letter?: An examination of recent case law.
15:30 – 16:00 – Eleanor d’Arcy Laches, Limitation and the Law of Private Nuisance: Eleanor will consider the above principles in the context of the law of private nuisance and will give some practical guidance for property litigators on these thorny but often-encountered legal issues.
16:00 – 16:15 – Questions & Close followed by drinks.
