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ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR & SOCIAL HOUSING CONFERENCE 2011

Book NowThe unmissable annual event for all ASB and Housing Management Teams within Local Authorities and RSLs.

Conference Programme Includes:                      
“ASB and the New Grounds for Possession Under the Spotlight”

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why you should attend

Programme Summary (see below for full details)

  • ASB and the New Mandatory Grounds for Possession
  • Policy Update:
    • The Big Society and Localism
    • The New Respect ASB Charter for Housing Providers
    • More New Tools, more New Powers
  • Case Law Update: Injunctions, ASBOs, CRASBOs, Possession and More
  • Combating ASB: RSLs and Local Authority Partnerships
  • ASB Problem Areas including:
    • Mental Health and Possession in ASB Cases
    • Premises Closure Orders
  • A Harm Centred Approach to ASB in Social Housing: Best Practice
  • Maximising the Chances of Getting the ASB Order You Want:
  • Ask the Experts: Questions & Answers

Conference Programme

09.00-09.50

Registration

09.50-10.00 

Chairman’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jan Luba QC

10.00-10.30

Policy Update
Tess Ash

  • The Big Society and Localism
  • The New Respect ASB Charter for Housing Providers
  • More New Tools, more New Powers

10.30-11.10

ASB and the New Grounds for Possession
Jan Luba QC

(1) The New Mandatory Ground

  • What will it look like?
  • How will it work?
  • Will convictions prior to enactment count?
  • Will it stand up to Human Rights Act challenges?
  • The likely response of the courts

(2) The Enlarged Discretionary Grounds

  • Enlarging the “Locality” condition
  • What ASB, beyond the immediate neighbourhood of the property, will count?
  • What if your organisation’s tenancy agreement only takes account of ASB near the property?
  • Tenant responsibility for the actions of others
  • Reasonableness

11.10-11.25

Refreshments

11.25-12.00

How to Manage and Make Use of RSL /Local Authority Partnerships in Combating ASB
Liz Chambers

  • Data sharing
  • Cost saving

12.00-12.45

ASB Problem Areas
Gill Marshall

  • Mental Health and Possession in ASB Cases
    • Mental Capacity and its impact on ASB cases
    • Medical reports
    • The role of the Court of Protection
    • Interacting with the Official Solicitor
    • Practical problems and how to overcome them
  • Premises Closure Orders
  • What kind of behaviour qualifies to invoke the closure order jurisdiction?
  • Getting the authorisation needed by Council
  • RSLs
  • Defending adjournment requests
  • A guide to best practice

12.45-13.00

Questions & Answers
Panel

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-14.45

A Harm Centred Approach to ASB in Social Housing
Aaron Devereaux

  • Risk Assessment Tools and Powers
  • Understanding Harm and Vulnerability and its impact on Tenants and Families
  • Responding to Harm
  • Case Management

14.45-15.30

Maximising the Chances of Getting the ASB Order you want: A Crown Prosecutor’s Guide for Social Landlords
Ed Hall

  • What to go for and what not to go for
  • What factors the court will really take into account
  • Evidence-tips and pointers
  • Practical examples and analysis

15.30-15.45

Refreshments

15.45-16.30

What the Latest Decisions Say: Possession, Injunctions, ASBOs and More
Jan Luba QC

  • ASBOs, CRASBOs, and other remedies from the criminal courts
  • Civil Court Injunctions and their enforcement
  • Possession Cases
  • Occupiers without security of tenure
  • Does the landlord have a legal duty to act on ASB?
  • The Ombudsmen as “ASB Policemen”
16.30-16.45

Question Time
Panel

16.45

Close of Conference

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details

Venue: Copthorne Tara Hotel, Kensington, London W8 | Get directions
Date: Friday 25 November 2011
Price: £295 + VAT (Price held for 7th successive year)

SPECIAL HALF PRICE OFFER for bookings of 3 or more delegates See Terms and Conditions

cpd accredited

This conference is accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board and ILEX.
5 hours 25 minutes CPD.

Who should attend?

  • Anti-Social Behaviour Team Managers and Officers
  • Community Safety Teams
  • Housing Management Teams
  • Estate Managers and Officers
  • Housing Policy personnel
  • RSL, Local Authority, ALMO and Housing Action Trust lawyers
  • Housing lawyers in private practice
  • Tenancy Advisors

speaker profiles

Jan Luba QC Garden Court Chambers, London. His many years of experience combined with his encyclopaedic knowledge of Housing law make him ideally placed to lead this year’s Conference. 

Liz Chambers, Community Safety Manager and strategic lead for community safety at Peabody.  Peabody’s Community Safety team work on high risk ASB cases as well as providing advice, support and guidance to other departments on ASB issues.  Liz chairs the London Housing ASB Group and also sits on the London ASB Board (Part of the London Community Safety Partnership), which co-ordinates London wide projects to tackle ASB.  Liz has recently been involved in co-ordinating the g15 response to the Home office consultation on ASB tools and powers, and was part of the national Steering group reviewing the existing Respect Standard.

Gill Marshall Solicitor, Section Head, Leeds City Council. Gill manages a specialist team which deals with anti-social behaviour. She has been involved in anti-social behaviour and social housing cases for over 10 years.

Aaron Devereaux, Community Safety Manager-ASB, Brighton and Hove Council. Aaron has led on integrating two existing teams covering hate incidents/crimes and anti-social behaviour into one approach, based on responding to harm, risk and vulnerability. He also acted as a Home Office Advisor supporting policy development in the ASB Unit, working on the development of a new harm centred approach to tackling anti-social behaviour and crime.

Ed Hall, Crown Prosecutor, Complex Casework Unit: ASB and Public Order Offences, London.  Ed has vast experience in prosecuting ASB cases in the courts.

Tess Ash, ASB Action Team adviser at CiH.  Tess has vast experience in working in the public sector including estate management and had management responsibility for two large housing estates in Manchester. Since 2000 Tess has specialised as an ASB practitioner with the nationally recognised Anti Social Behaviour Action Team, and has extensive experience in managing ASB casework at an operational level as well as being involved in the development and implementation of the wider ASB strategy in Manchester.

testimonials

Just look at what past delegates to this conference have said,

Really Interesting and very informative
ASB Manager  

A brilliantly presented, succinct explanation of the law
Housing Manager

How do you score perfection?
Housing Service Manager

Excellent, practical and clear
Head of Legal Services

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