Housing Day 2025
Speakers
Housing teamVenue
The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 38 – 43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PEFee
£125 + VAT
Cornerstone Barristers highly anticipated annual Housing Day returns on Monday, 13th October 2025. This event is your chance to stay ahead in the field of housing law and policy.
Experience a full day of cutting-edge discussions, invaluable networking opportunities, and exclusive knowledge-sharing designed specifically for housing law professionals, local authorities, and housing associations. Followed by a complimentary drinks reception.
Our housing team is at the forefront of housing law and recognised as a leading set by all the major UK legal guides. We are ranked as a Tier 1 set for Social Housing in the Legal 500 (2025) guide and as Band 1 set by Chambers UK Bar (2025).
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- Plenary: Developments in Housing Law and Policy 2024-2025
- Tenancy Management
- AI for social housing providers
- Public Law and Housing Litigation
- The Equality Act 2010, human rights and housing litigation
- Building Safety Act and Social Housing
- Ten years on from Nzolameso and Hotak
- Licensing and housing conditions under the Housing Act 2004
- Social housing regulation and consumer standards
- Homelessness
- Plenary: The Mazur Ruling and what it means for litigation rights; and the year ahead in Housing Law
- Programme
09:30 – 09:45 Registration and refreshments
09:45 – 10:00 Opening address and welcome
10:00 – 10:55 Plenary: Developments in Housing Law and Policy 2024-2025 with Kuljit Bhogal KC, Andrew Lane and Lindsay Johnson
10.55 – 11.45 Breakout session 1
A. Tenancy Management: Housing fraud, subletting, hoarding, right to buy, supporting victims of domestic abuse. (Victoria Osler, Alistair Cantor).
B. AI for social housing providers (Alexander Campbell, Hannah Taylor)
C. Public Law and Housing Litigation:s.204 appeals/JR/mediation/ADR. (Wayne Beglan, Jeremy Ogilvie-Harris)
11:45 – 12:15 Refreshments
12:15 – 13:00 Breakout session 2
D. The Equality Act 2010, human rights and housing litigation: What needs to be done and how to demonstrate you have done it. (Kuljit Bhogal KC, Tara O’Leary)
E. Building Safety Act and Social Housing (Sarah Salmon, Jack Barber)
F. Ten years on from Nzolameso and Hotak (Catherine Rowlands, Max Millington)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and coffee
14:00 – 14:55 Breakout session 3
G. Licensing and housing conditions under the Housing Act 2004. (Tara O’Leary, Riccardo Calzavara)
H. Social housing regulation and consumer standards. (Andrew Lane, Jeremy Ogilvie-Harris)
I. Homelessness: Suitability, discharge into the PRP, supported accommodation and pathway plans. (Matt Hutchings KC, Matt Feldman)
15:00 – 16:00 Plenary: The Mazur Ruling and what it means for litigation rights; and the year ahead in Housing Law with Ranjit Bhose KC, Kelvin Rutledge KC, Jackson Sirica, and Catherine Rowlands
16:00 – 17:00 Networking reception
Timings, content and speakers are subject to change