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ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THE DELIVERY OF PUBLICLY FUNDED LEGAL SERVICES: Thursday 12 March 2009 Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Trafford, Greater Manchester |
Keeping abreast of the latest developments is vitally important in these fast changing areas of the law. This conference with its unrivalled programme of high profile, influential and expert speakers is one of the best ways to update your knowledge. It will provide you with a detailed analysis of legislation, case law, procedural changes and policy across relevant practice areas.
The conference programme will include a thorough review of the latest important issues and a discussion of impending changes to the law.
Enjoy a wide – ranging conference
- Ensure you are fully informed of all the key recent developments in housing law, employment law, mental health law, disability rights law and immigration law
- Gain practical advice and comprehensive updates
- An excellent opportunity to network, make new contacts and renew old one
- Exchange experience and ideas with delegates from government departments, local authorities, academia and the legal professions
- Earn up to eight hours worth of CPD points
Solicitors, barristers, legal executives, social workers; advice services and organisations; academics; social housing professionals including environmental health officers, senior personnel and HR professionals; mental health practitioners, mental health act managers and administrators from mental health provider organisations; psychiatrists; psychologists and other mental health and disabilities professionals. Local authority social services departments: Local authority asylum seekers’ teams and asylum consortia; Local authority leaders, chief executives and practitioners; Local education authorities: schools and colleges; immigration advisers, equalities officers; trade unions; accommodation providers and housing association staff; police; voluntary support services’ staff and health authority staff.
Roger Smith, Director of JUSTICE
Roger Smith is a solicitor and has been the Director of Justice since November 2001. He has served as the Director of Education and Training at the Law Society; Director of the Legal Action Group; Solicitor to the Child Poverty Action Group and Director of West Hampstead Community Law Centre. He is an Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Kent, Canterbury and a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences at London South Bank University.
Councillor Stephen Adshead, Mayor of Trafford
Councillor Stephen Adshead is the Mayor of Trafford and represents the Stretford Ward of Trafford MBC. Stephen is a Constituency Labour Party Treasurer; a Governor of St. Ann's School Stretford; a Member of the Stretford Town Centre Partnership and a member of a number of local parks’ groups and residents’ associations.
Professor David Ormandy, Head of the Safe and Healthy Housing Unit, University of Warwick
Professor David Ormandy specialises in the formulation of standards and the relationship between the environment (particularly the housing environment) and health. He was formerly the founder and director of the Public Health Advisory Service (a project funded by Shelter). David served as UK Government Adviser on Housing Standards: Developed the Housing Health & Safety Rating System (HHSRS); an Approved Code of Practice for Management Standards in Multi-Occupied Buildings and the Good Practice Guide for Housing Disrepair Legal Obligations. He currently serves as a Member of the World Health Organisation European Task Force on Health and Housing.
Councillor Mrs. Judith Lloyd, Chair, Trafford Law Centre
Councillor Mrs. Judith Lloyd is the Mayoress of Trafford. Judith represents the Longford Ward and is the Deputy Shadow Leader, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. She is the Chair of Health Scrutiny and Shadow Spokesperson for Education. Judith is also the Treasurer and a Trustee of Trafford Women's Aid; a Governor of Stretford High School and a Member of the Board of Genie Networks.
Housing
Jan Luba QC
Jan Luba QC was called to the Bar in 1980 and was made Queen's Counsel in 2000. He is one of the leading authorities on housing law and practice. Jan has been involved in just about every leading case in the housing field, developing and enforcing the rights of the homeless and those living in substandard accommodation. He is co-author of a number of housing law titles including Repairs: Tenants' Rights (LAG) and Housing Allocations and Homelessness (Jordans). He sits as a Recorder in the civil and criminal courts and as an Employment Judge and was named Legal Aid Barrister of the Year for 2007 by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
Dr. Stephen Battersby
Stephen Battersby is the President of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and Secretary to the CIEH Commission on Housing Renewal and Public Health. He is a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health in the University of Surrey.
Employment
Professor Alan Neal
Professor Alan Neal was called to the Bar in 1975. Alan is Professor of Law and Director of the Employment Law Research Unit at the University of Warwick. He is a practising barrister with Cloisters (1 Pump Court, Temple). He has been an Employment Judge (London Central) since 1995 and is the Convenor of the European Association of Labour Court Judges.
Dr. Stephen Hardy
Stephen Hardy is a practising barrister at 9 St John Street Chambers, Manchester and was formerly a senior lecturer in law in the University of Manchester. He has served as a special advisor to the UK Government for employment matters and since 2006 has been the General Editor of Sweet and Maxwell’s Encyclopaedia of Employment Law.
Mental Health
Mark Mullins
Mark Mullins was called to the Bar in 1988 and is a practising barrister at Outer Temple Chambers, London. Mark’s practice involves mental health law and employment law. He has served as a legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal since 1999 and serves as a member of the Disability Rights Commission Panel.
Aswini Weereratne
Aswini Weereratne was called to the Bar in 1986 and is a practising barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, London. Aswini Weereratne specialises in mental health, medical and public law, including appearing before Mental Health Review Tribunals, Discretionary Lifer Panels, public inquiries and coroners. Since 1996 Aswini has been engaged as Chair in six independent homicide inquiries commissioned by various health authorities. She has been counsel in a number of other inquiries relating to mental health care and treatment (including Ashworth Special Hospital Inquiry, 1998). Since 2001 she has been a part-time legal Chair of the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Southern Region).
Disability Rights
Karon Monaghan QC
Karon Monaghan was called to the Bar in 1989 and was made Queen’s Counsel in 2008. Karon is a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers, London. Karon has a strong practice encompassing discrimination and equality, human rights and EU law. She is a Member of The Bar Equality and Diversity Committee, the Equal Treatment Advisory Committee of the JSB (2003 – 2011) and the Fawcett Commission on Women in the Criminal Justice System. She is a founder member and ex- Chair of the Discrimination Law Association.
Mary Stacey
Mary Stacey is a solicitor. Mary is the Chair of the Industrial Law Society, an Employment Judge, a Deputy Chairman of the Central Arbitration Committee and the Independent Chair of the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education staff. Mary Stacey was formerly the Head of Equality at Thompsons Solicitors before becoming an Employment Judge.
Immigration
Ian MacDonald QC
Ian Macdonald QC was called to the Bar in 1963 and was made Queen's Counsel in 1988. He is Head of Chambers at Garden Court North Chambers, Manchester. He has been a leading figure in race relations and immigration law since the 1960s. His first book on immigration and race relations law Macdonald's Immigration Law and Practice (now co-edited with Frances Webber) is in its 5th edition and is the standard textbook used by most immigration practitioners, immigration officials, adjudicators and judges. In 1987 he was appointed Chair of an Inquiry into Racial Violence in Manchester Schools. In 1998 he was leading counsel for Duwayne Brooks in the Lawrence Inquiry. Also in that year he was appointed by the Attorney General as special advocate to the Immigration Appeals Commission dealing with national security cases, but resigned in December 2004, out of principle, over the indefinite detention without trial of suspected international terrorists.
Alex Durance
Alex Durance was called to the Bar in 1997 and is a practising barrister at Garden Court North Chambers, Manchester. Alex Durance deals with asylum cases and third country removals as part of his overall immigration practice. His practice covers the overlapping social housing, welfare and immigration areas.
08.30 |
Registration and refreshments |
| 09.15 | Welcome: Councillor Stephen Adshead, Mayor of Trafford |
| 09.20 | Chair’s introduction: Professor David Ormandy, School of Law, University of Warwick |
| 09.30 | Setting the Scene: Councillor Mrs Judith Lloyd, Chair, Trafford Law Centre |
| 09.35 | Keynote Address: Roger Smith, Director of JUSTICE |
| Housing | |
| 10.10 | Jan Luba QC, Garden Court Chambers, London |
| 10.50 | Dr. Stephen Battersby, President Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and Secretary to the CIEH Commission on Housing Renewal and Public Health |
11.15 |
Coffee |
| Employment | |
| 11.40 | Professor Alan Neal, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Warwick, Barrister, Cloisters Chambers, London and Employment Judge, London Central |
| 12.15 | Dr. Stephen Hardy, Barrister, 9 St John Street Chambers, Manchester |
| Mental Health | |
| 12.45 | Mark Mullins, Barrister, Outer Temple Chambers, London |
13.15 |
Lunch |
| Mental Health (continued...) | |
| 14.10 | Aswini Weereratne, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers, London |
| Disability Rights | |
| 14.40 | Karon Monaghan, QC, Matrix Chambers, London |
15.20 |
Tea |
| 15.35 | Disability Rights (continued...) Mary Stacey, Employment Judge, London South and Chair of the Industrial Law Society |
| Immigration | |
| 16.10 | Ian Macdonald QC, Garden Court North, Manchester |
| 16.45 | Alex Durance, Garden Court North, Manchester |
| 17.20 | Chair’s closing remarks. |
17.30 |
Close of conference |
To secure a place, please complete the a booking form. Early bird rates apply for bookings placed before 19 January 2009. Booking deadline is 20 February 2009.
You can also use our Online Conference Booking Form by clicking HERE
Details Of Packages |
Early bird rate(plus VAT) |
Standard rate (plus VAT) |
| Full conference: | £285 |
£375 |
| For academics: | £205 |
£245 |
For residents of Trafford, voluntary / charitable organisations, law centre staff, barristers under 3 years call: Pupils, trainers and students |
£125 |
£155 |
Discounts for group bookings will be considered, please contact the Events Coordinator (e-mail: hansa.surti@traffordlawcentre.org.uk).
Payment
A purchase order number is required if an invoice is requested. Booking forms will not be processed without an authorised purchase order number if an invoice is required. All cheques should be made payable to Trafford Law Centre and sent to: Events Coordinator, Trafford Law Centre Conference, 2nd Floor, John Derby House, 88-92 Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0GS. Please note that 15% VAT is payable on the all fees.
Booking confirmation
All bookings will be acknowledged by e-mail. If you do not receive a confirmation within 5 working days of submitting abooking form please contact the Events Coordinator (e-mail: hansa.surti@traffordlawcentre.org.uk).
CPD accreditation
This conference will be eligible for CPD points. Further information will be available on the number of points to be awarded on this site shortly.
Cancellations
Prior to booking deadline 10% of the fee is payable. After booking deadline 50% of the fee is payable. Non-arrival at the event 100% of the fee is payable. Another person may be substituted from the same organisation as long as the details of the substitute are received in writing.
Contact
All enquiries should be e-mailed to: hansa.surti@traffordlawcentre.org.uk or addressed to Events Coordinator, Trafford Law Centre, 2nd Floor, Atherton House, 88-92 Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0GS. Fax: 0161 872 2208.
The venue for conference is the Waterside Arts Centre, Waterside Plaza, Sale, M33 7ZF (website: www.watersideartscentre.co.uk). Waterside Arts Centre is just 20 mins from Manchester City Centre and ideally situated next to the Bridgewater Canal in Sale town centre. The Centre is off the A56 (junction 7, M60) and directly opposite Sale Metrolink Station. Further information on how to get to the Centre is available from: http://www.watersideartscentre.co.uk/access1.asp. Parking: There is a mix of free & charged car parks around Waterside Arts Centre, all within easy walking distance.
Exhibition and sponsorship opportunities
This conference with its unrivalled programme of high profile, influential and expert speakers will attract more than 300 budget holders from the following sectors: real estate and lettings, public administration, education, health and social work and commerce. Conference speakers will address issues relating to housing law, employment law, mental health law, disability rights law and immigration law. The programme will provide delegates with a detailed analysis of legislation, case law, procedural changes and policy across relevant practice areas and will include a thorough review of the latest important issues and a discussion of impending changes to the law. The conference will therefore provide an excellent opportunity for publishers and organisations to showcase their products and services.
Should you decide to have a stand at the conference, this will be situated in the area where refreshments and lunch will take place during the conference. This will ensure maximum contact with the delegates. As space is limited, early application is advised to secure a space. Please download and complete the booking form below.
The deadline for booking is 20 February 2009.
Rates
- sponsorship of lunch on 12 March includes cost of exhibition stand, lunches and refreshments for 2 exhibitors during the conference, company logo/banner on display at event, a copy of flyer/brochure to be included in the packs given out to all delegates – (£2,800)
- standard exhibition stand – (£900.00)
- include a copy of A4 flyer in delegates’ packs (£300.00)
- include a copy of promotional catalogue/brochure in delegates’ packs (£600.00)
Click here to download an Exhibition Booking Form (Microsoft Word Format)
You can also book by using our Online Exhibition Form by clicking HERE