Overview
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