Anti-Social Behaviour &
Social Housing
Conference 2008

This essential conference will help all social and public landlords get the best out of the remedies available for dealing with anti-social behaviour.

Lime Legal has assembled a panel of some of the country’s leading experts with many years of experience in the key areas of law, policy and practice. The wide ranging programme covers all of the latest developments as well as the new policy and other initiatives. There is also a specially designed case study session in which the speakers will analyse the problems arising and there will be an opportunity to share experiences of others engaged in this challenging work.

Get right up to date on:

• Evidence in ASB cases (including RIPA)

• ASB case management issues

• Injunctions in action

• ABCs, ASBOs and ASBIs

• Problem areas and how to deal with them

• Case law update: ASB and possession

• The new role of the Youth Task Force

• The new law on Tolerated Trespassers

• ASB Policy guidance

• Forthcoming changes you need to plan for

London
Friday 10 October 2008
Café Royal,

68 Regents Street,

London

W1B 5EL
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Fee
£295 + VAT

SPECIAL THIRD AND SUBSEQUENT DELEGATE HALF PRICE OFFER (see booking form for details)

CPD: 5 hours 30 minutes

Who Should Attend?

• Housing Managers and officers

• ASB Team Managers and Officers

• Estate Managers and Officers

• Directors and Heads of Housing

• Housing Policy and Housing Strategy Managers

• Local Authority and lawyers

• Solicitors in private practice

• Social Housing Tenancy Advisors

10.00-10.10

Chairman’s Introduction
Jan Luba QC

10.10-10.40

ASB Policy Update
Peter Fenn

10.40-11.00
Questions on Policy

11.00-11.20

Refreshments and tasty tit bits

11.20-12.00

Day to day ASB Case Management:
How to prepare for a Successful Outcome from Day 1
Gill Marshall

• Preparing to win – effective ASB case management

• Turning ‘information’ into evidence

• Letters and notices – tips and pitfalls

• Using hearsay evidence – avoiding admissibility problems

• RIPA and the use of surveillance in ASB cases

• When and how to use mediation

12.00-12.50

Law Digest:

ASB & Housing in the Courts over the past 12 months

• Introductory tenancies: judicial review

• Demoted tenancies: internal reviews and Article 6

• Secure and assured tenancies: the latest on grounds for possession

• Former tenants: nuisance after the tenancy has ended

• Disability Discrimination: defence or dead-duck?

• Crack House Closure: the court’s approach

12.50-13.00
Questions and Answers
Panel

13.00-14.00

Restaurant Lunch

14.00-14.50

Injunctions and ASBOs in Action
Habib Aziz

• ASBOs and ASBIs : how, when and why

• Injunctions in Urgent cases

  • Evidence

  • Procedure

  • Practical steps

• ASBOs: teenager reviews and ISOs

• Remedy election and venue selection: what order, which court?

• Recent case law and its implications

• Practical tips

14.50-15.15

The role of the Youth Task Force in tackling ASB
Ian Brady

15.15-15.30

Gathering the evidence, applying the law and getting the best outcome: Introduction To Speaker-led Case Study:

• outline of the facts

• identifying the key points

• problem areas to consider

15.15-15.35

Afternoon Refreshments and scrumptious delights

15.35-16.00

Case Study Solutions:

Applying the law and getting the best outcome
Panel

16.00-16.45

Developments in ASB & Housing Law
Jan Luba QC

• The “toolkit”: new guidance

• The new Premises Closure Provisions

• The new Family Intervention Tenancies

• A “duty to act”?

• Blocking the Right to Buy: even easier?

• Failing to act: victim remedies

16.45-17.05

Any Questions?
Panel

17.05

Close of Conference