Information & advice

Monday 5 November 2007
Woburn House‚ Tavistock Room‚ London

Thank you to everyone who attended our leasehold conference. The conference focused on the opportunities and threats for private retirement housing‚ as well as giving practical guidance.

We had an excellent line-up of speakers:

• Simon Hughes MP‚ President of the Liberal Democrats. The challenges facing private retirement housing
• Nicholas Kissen‚ Senior Adviser‚ LEASE
  The threats and opportunities for leasehold retirement housing
• Jennifer Slocombe and Lorraine Flisher‚ Consumer Protection Group‚ The Office of Fair Trading
  Unfair contract terms in leases
• Annette Cafferkey‚ Barrister‚ Arden Chambers
  Recent case law and LVT decisions
• Anna Hinchliffe-Wood‚ Programme Officer‚ Older People Residing Abroad‚ Age Concern
  Marketing opportunities from returning migrants
• Pauline Vernon‚ AIMS Manager
  The Right to Manage final report

Mark Wagstaff from The Housing Corporation chaired the event.

Presentations can be downloaded at the bottom of this page‚ apart from Simon Hughes - sorry‚ you had to be there. But‚ as one delegate told us‚ his talk was "very interesting and thought-provoking".

To register your interest in receiving details of next year's conference as soon as they are known‚ please contact AIMS.

AIMS subscribers are entitled to a 50% reduction in the attendance fee. See 'Subscribe to AIMS' page for full details of benefits.

Last year's conferences
You may also want to check out last year’s excellent line-up of speakers at both our conferences:

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