Fee: Early bird rate available until 21 October - £145+ VAT

21 October until the day of the conference - £185+ VAT

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Landmark Chambers will be hosting the Annual Rating Conference 2022 on Thursday 10 November 2022, 10.00am – 4.30pm.

This event will be held in person at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5DA.

Landmark’s Annual Rating Conference aims to give rating practitioners, solicitors and local authority clients an overview of significant developments in rating.

Programme

9.30 - 10.00 Registration & refreshments
10.00 – 10.05 Welcome and introduction – Lord Carnwath CVO
10.05 – 10.45 Valuing social and socio-economic benefit – David Forsdick KC and Jenny Wigley KC
10.45 – 11.10 Valuation methodology and the choice of approach – Luke Wilcox
11.10 – 11.20 Questions
11.20 – 11.40 Refreshments
11.40 – 12.05 Valuation update – Tim Mould KC
12.05 – 12.30 Completion notices - procedure and practice – Katharine Elliot
12.30 – 12.40 Questions
12.40 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 13.55 Unit of assessment – update and recap – Admas Habteslasie
13.55 – 14.20 Issues relating to the closure of the rating list – Dan Kolinsky KC
14.20 – 15.00 Provision of information: the current regime and proposed changes – Galina Ward KC and Joel Semakula
15.00 – 15.10 Questions
15.10 – 15.30 Refreshments
15.30 – 15.55 Use of judicial review in rating cases – Tim Morshead KC
15.55 – 16.30 Panel discussion - judicial review rating cases – Tim Morshead KC, David Forsdick KC, Dan Kolinsky KC, Galina Ward KC, Jacqueline Lean and Luke Wilcox
16.30 Close