Empty Homes: Classroom Session
When: 29th September 2022 | 9:30am – 3:30pm
Location: Etc. Venues, 11 Portland St, Manchester, M1 3HU
Cost: FREE
Compulsory Purchase Orders – The Basics and Beyond
Finders International are hosting yet another FREE classroom session for Empty Home Officers and those working in association with empty properties, for those based in the North West of England. To deliver the session and back by popular demand, we have invited specialist solicitors, Fiona Anthony and Chris Burgess from NP Law (Norfolk County Council) who will be delivering training on legal solutions for empty properties.
This training course will cover compulsory purchase orders and enforced sales, explain the circumstances in which these solutions might be used and aid in understanding the processes involved in pursuing these routes.
This event is FREE to attend and has limited availability. Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Our Speakers:
FIONA ANTHONY
Solicitor | Practice and Professional Development Manager
Fiona is currently the Practice and Professional Development Manager at nplaw (Norfolk County Council) and is the Training Director of Lawyers in Local Government. She is a qualified solicitor and has spent many years practising law in local government as well as being a qualified teacher, having taught law on a variety of different courses.
Fiona has developed expertise in the area of compulsory purchase, streamlining nplaw’s processes, producing guidance notes and keeping lawyers and clients up-to-date with developments in the law. Fiona has produced training materials for managers within a large public sector organisation which has involved writing manuals on “Compulsory Purchase Policy and Procedure” and “Compulsory Purchase Compensation and Valuation”, delivering a series of live and recorded webinars and producing assessments. She has worked on large infrastructure projects and regeneration schemes but particularly enjoys supporting local authorities with empty homes and seeing the benefits to the community of bringing empty properties back into use.
CHRIS BURGESS
Solicitor | Team Lead (Planning)
Chris Burgess is the team lead for the planning and CPO team at NPLaw (Norfolk County Council). Chris graduated with a law degree from London University and was articled in local government where he spent twelve years as an in-house lawyer at district and then county council level.
Chris then spent 9 years working in the national planning team of a major international law firm and then several years at other law firms acting on a whole host of planning, highway, compulsory purchase matters, development schemes and major regeneration schemes. Chris holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Law. Chris joined nplaw last year. In addition to being a qualified solicitor, Chris is a legal associate of the RTPI and a member of the Compulsory Purchase Association and has written legal articles and delivered speeches at conferences on topical law issues.
LOCATION:
Etc. Venues
11 Portland Street,
Manchester,
M1 3HU
8 minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly
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Event Organiser:
MUHAMMED UDDIN
Public Sector Development Manager
Finders International
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