Legal Update 2024 Video Course with Justin Bates KC
Make sure you are up to date with the law!
Get these recordings of Justin Bates KC training day (25 March 2024)
It is essential that landlords and letting agents are fully up to date with legal changes:
- New rules mean new penalties
- Penalties tend to get more expensive over time, and
- Non-compliance will also entitle tenants to claim against you
Watch the video clip where Tessa and Justin introduce the training day and explain what will be covered.
Some clips from the recordings
The 1988 Legislation
Jason takes a look at the reasoning behind the existing legislation before looking at the Renters Reform Bill
Law in Wales
Justin looks at the new Welsh legislation and in particular problems incurred for pre-existing tenancies and the transition rules
Civil Penalties
This is where a penalty is imposed by a Local Authority as an alternative to prosecution. The answer to the question posed in the video can be found in the recordings!
The Course Content includes:
1) Legislative reform:
The Renters Reform Bill:
- Where are we now, and what can we expect?
Other reforms
- HMOs and council tax
- Key leasehold issues for the PRS
Wales
- A quick overview of Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016
2) Case-law update
Key cases from 2022 and 2023
3) Policy update
E.g. increased fines under the “right to rent” provisions
4) Rent Repayment Orders and civil penalties
A detailed examination
Who should get this course?
- Managing Agents
- Landlords
- Advisers
- Your staff
Make sure you and your staff are aware of and understand new rules and case law.
What you get with this course:
- Four video recordings
These are the recordings of the training workshop which took place on 25 March 2024.
They are available for you to watch online from the course page.
- Detailed Notes
Justin's course notes are very detailed and include much that he did not have time to cover during the day.
Useful for you and your staff and to keep as a reference.
- Links to further information
In addition to Justin's notes, we have also provided links, for example, to blog posts, legislation, and videos that will further your knowledge of the topics covered in the training.
Bonus content:
- An interview with Justin Bates KC
Find out more about Justin and his work with this interview from 2022.
- The Trecarrel Appeal
Justin explains this important case on section 21 and gas safety certificates
- Landlord Law articles
Justin discusses the litigation challenging the right to rent rules brough in 2020.
- Housing Law Reform
Justin Bates talk to the Landlord Conference 2022.
A Mobile Responsive Website
The training is hosted on the Landlord Law website which is mobile responsive.
So you will be able to access the training on your smartphone as well as on your desktop, laptop and tablet devices.
However, note that documents may not display properly on a smartphone and are best used with a desktop or laptop computer.
What people attending the workshop said:
"The pre-meeting information was excellent (the notes, video, and access link). Not having Power Point slides made it more personal. Very pleased with the way Justin responded to questions and the answers given"
Andrew Burton, Landlord
"I highly recommend the Landlord Law legal update webinar. Incredibly useful to hear from a genuine expert and be able to ask questions"
Suzanne Smith, landlord and solicitor.
About the trainer, Justin Bates KC
Justin is a specialist housing barrister whose practice covers all aspects of housing, property and local government law. He is the Deputy General Editor of the Encyclopaedia of Housing Law and is the author or co-author of a number of other books and annotated statutes.
He has appeared in over 130 reported and significant landlord and tenant cases, including seven in the Supreme Court (e.g. Rakusen v Jepson – rent repayment orders) and 31 in the Court of Appeal (e.g. Global 100; Hussain v Waltham Forest – landlord licensing; Jarvis v Evans – first case on Housing (Wales) Act 2014 licensing; Trecarrel – gas safety; Cooke v Northwood – how a company “signs” a notice). In 2024, he will again be appearing in the Supreme Court in A1 Properties, a case likely to recast the law on how to approach errors in statutory notices.
He is the co-author of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act and the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act and has given evidence to the House of Commons, House of Lords, All Party Parliamentary Committees on both Legal Aid and the Private Rented Sector and the Welsh Assembly on housing law issues.
In January 2024, it was was announced that Justin would be awarded the rank of King’s Counsel, with effect from March 2024
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Q: I am based in Wales/Scotland, is this training suitable for me?
A: We do not cover Scottish law. Justin does discuss the new Welsh laws but not in detail. Much of the rest of the content will be relevant for Welsh landlords though.
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