Course focus

Income Generation - Charging Into Trading

Date:
21 March 2012
Venue:
Bevan Brittan LLP, London
CPD:
4.5

Training programmes

Civil Litigation

If you attend this day you will:

  • Receive training from a very experienced local authority advocate
  • Take away for reference full course notes provided on legal updates in all areas affecting Local Authorities
  • Examine cases with full materials supplied
  • Gain insight into skills and knowledge needed to obtain success at hearing
  • Increase your confidence

This day will be of interest to:

  • Housing officers; Benefit agency court officers; Legal executives who need a basic oversight of the court process
  • Other officers who have to attend court, such as for debt recovery actions
  • Solicitors new to local authority work or needing civil litigation refresher

The day will cover:

  • The basic synopsis of a civil litigation claim, from issue, to defence, to case management to trial
  • Housing; Debt recovery
  • Homelessness (including new appeal procedures)
  • Possession actions (including summary actions against trespassers/travellers and the rent arrears protocol)
  • Legal updates
  • Procedural issues
  • Case studies
  • Advocacy skills
  • Evidence
  • Injunctions

" Excellent trainer, very knowledgeable. Answered all questions. Approachable "

Marcia Merry, Leicester City Council

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