Programme
Devonshires & Five Paper: Risks and Opportunities for Housing Providers created by the New (and impending) Legislative Environment
Thursday 11 September 2025
Sailsbury House, London, EC2M 6SE
12:00 - 13:00
Registration and Lunch
Join us for a delicious networking lunch
Welcome & Introduction
13:00 - 13:15
Welcome & Introduction
Session 1
13:15 - 14:00
Renters’ Rights & Awaab's Law
Rebecca Brady, Anna Bennett and Angela Hall
Rebecca Brady, partner at Devonshires, Anna Bennett partner at Devonshires and Angela Hall of Five Paper, will talk through the implications of the vast raft of changes that the Renters’ Rights Bill will bring when it becomes an Act later this year. We will explore the challenges the social housing sector will face.
Session 2
14:00 - 14:45
Crime and Policing Bill
Charlotte Knight and Kelly Lloyd
Charlotte Knight, trainee Legal Executive and Kelly Lloyd, Senior Associate at Devonshires will then take a look at the Crime and Policing Bill concentrating on how new powers will affect social housing providers, with a particular focus on closure orders and injunctions.
Tea and Coffee Break
Session 3
15:00 - 15:45
The challenges of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act
Kirsten Taylor, Jatinder Bhamber, Stephen Evans and Sonia Rai
Kirsten Taylor, Senior Associate at Devonshires, Jatinder Bhamber, Partner at Devonshires, plus Stephen Evans and Sonia Rai of Five Paper will take a look at how various reforms within this Act will affect housing providers and what we are expecting following current and planned consultations. We will look at key provisions of the Act, implications and opportunities for leaseholder and freeholders and cover practical steps to prepare for the changes and key risks we know about now.
Session 4
15:45 - 16:30
A look into Commonhold
Mark Foxcroft, Alex Clarke, Nick Grundy and Tristan Salter
Mark Foxcroft, Partner at Devonshires and Alex Clarke, Senior Associate at Devonshires plus Nick Grundy and Tristan Salter of Five Paper will explore Commonhold and its role in the changing property landscape. They will also look at what opportunities this type of ownership can bring along with the challenges providers will face.
Session 5
16:30 - 17:15
Q&A panel
Mark Foxcroft and Rebecca Brady
Mark Foxcroft, Partner and head of HMPL and Rebecca Brady, partner at Devonshires plus Nick Grundy from Five Paper will lead a panel session taking questions from the audience on the days’ sessions and discussing their views on the changes ahead.
17:15
Event close
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