Annual Rating Conference 2021

Programme

9.30 - 10.00 Registration & refreshments 10.00 – 10.05 Welcome and introduction – Dan Kolinsky QC Session 1 The implications of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Rossendale for rates mitigation 10.05 – 10.25 The Supreme Court’s decision – Admas Habteslasie 10.25 – 10.50 A reflections on its wider implications for Makro occupations and other rates mitigation scheme – Tim Morshead QC 10.50 – 11.00 Questions 11.00 – 11.20 Break Session 2 11.20 – 11.45 COVID-19 and rating – nothing to see? – Galina Ward 11.45 – 12.05 The Tribunal’s powers under regulation 38 of the Valuation Tribunal for England Regulations 2009 – Joel Semakula 12.05 – 12.15 Questions 12.15 – 13.10 Lunch Afternoon sessions Chaired by Tim Morshead QC Session 3 13.10 – 13.35 Recent developments in charitable relief – Jenny Wigley QC 13.35 – 13.55 Res judicata and issue estoppel in rating cases – Peter Sibley 13.55 – 14.20 Practical suggestions for the preparation of challenge document – Dan Kolinsky QC 14.20 – 14.30 Questions 14.30 – 14.50 Break Session 4 14.50 – 15.30 What, if anything, is in the rating list?: What rating practitioners need to know about council tax and unit of assessment – Luke Wilcox 15.30 – 16.15 Panel discussion - hot topics in valuation – Tim Morshead QC, Dan Kolinsky QC, Jenny Wigley QC, Galina Ward and Luke Wilcox 16.15 Close