Regulatory and Planning Law Conference 2017 (Leeds)
20th November 2017
Six Pump Court presents a Regulatory and Planning Law Conference to be held on 20th November in Leeds.
The event will cover a variety of topics providing essential updates on specialist areas, informative discussion on topical issues and practical tips for regulators and for those who represent the regulated.
Programme
9:30 Registration and Welcome
9:50 Introduction from the Chair – Stephen Hockman QC
10:00 Environmental law update – Charles Morgan and David Hercock
– Environmental case law update
– Waste and permitting
– Nuisance
– Aarhus Convention claims and costs
10:45 Planning law update – Gordon Wignall and Giles Atkinson
– Planning case law update
– EIA update
11.15 Tea/Coffee
11:30 Safety Regulation of Hazardous facilities – Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock
– COMAH
– Public Participation in the control of major accident hazards
– Sentencing in cases involving major hazardous facilities
12.00 Licensing law update – Stuart Jessop
– Case law update for local authority licensing
– House of Lords Select Committee
– Section 182 update
– Taxi licensing update
12:30 Planning enforcement – sentencing and POCA – Gordon Menzies and Stuart Jessop
– Recent examples of sentencing levels and the factors involved
– Interaction of fines for sentencing and POCA
– Recent examples of confiscation orders obtained by local authorities for planning enforcement breaches
– Effects of POCA on the enforcement regime
13:15 Lunch
14:00 Food law update – David Hercock and Laura Phillips
– Case law update
– The Hygiene Package
– The Enforcement Toolkit
– Implications of Brexit
14:45 Due diligence revisited – Nicholas Ostrowski
– Due diligence defence and case law review
– Systems/procedures and the effect on sentencing
– Implications for regulators/regulated entities
15:20 Tea/Coffee
15:30 Sentencing in regulatory prosecutions – Laura Phillips and Gordon Menzies
– How to prepare for a sentencing hearing
– Sentencing guidelines for health and safety, food and environmental offences (to include case law update)
– Prosecution costs
16:15 Questions and Close
16:30 Drinks
