Events
Booking details
With occasional exceptions, ALA events are open to all professionals with an interest in the subject. A restricted event will be indicated as such in the Calendar of Events. If you would like to attend any unrestricted ALA event, please e-mail us at enquiries@ala.org.uk or telephone 07885 643341. CPD hours are available at all ALA events unless stated.
ALA Starter for Ten – Wales 2024
Tuesday 16 April 2024 - Thursday 18 April 2024
Starter for Ten – Wales
ALA’s training course, Starter for Ten, gives a basic introduction to elements of the law which are relevant to rural business advice.
Land law and tenancies are covered as are the new agricultural policies and legislation as they apply to Wales.
The course also covers general rural planning, farm business structures, agricultural tenancy litigation and general rural property law.
The 2024 Starter for Ten Wales will be held at Crai Valley Eco Lodges, Brecon LD3 8YP on Tuesday, 16 to Thursday, 18 April inclusive.
Click Here for the full Prospectus and Enrolment Form.
The course is limited to 20 attendees.
If you have any queries, please contact us at enquiries@ala.org.uk
Time : 09.00 - 16.00
ALA South Central – Spring Workshop
Monday 22 April 2024
The ALA South Central Group are pleased to invite you to a Spring Workshop – Advising the Family Farm – Protection of Land and Assets, kindly hosted by Moore Barlow, Southampton.
Please see below for further details:
3.15pm – Refreshments and Networking
4.00pm Workshop and Q&A
6.00pm – Dinner and Drinks
ALA and Non-ALA Members are welcome to attend
Click HERE to book
Time : 3.15pm - 7pm
Cost : £24 (incl vat) Students free of charge
ALA Agricultural Tenancies Masterclass (England) – 30 April 2024
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Our Masterclass events are designed to take an in-depth look at matters of professional interest, in a fully interactive format.
Our next masterclass event at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, Kensington, London, on Tuesday 30th April 2024, will focus on the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 including amendments under Schedule 3 of the Agriculture Act 2020
Led by Mike Holland (ALA Secretary and Adviser), this workshop will cover:
- Notices to Quit
- Repairing Obligations
- Succession
- Rent Reviews
- Compensation
- End of Tenancy Claim
- Agricultural Land Tribunal/ First-tier Tribunal cases
- FBT drafting
- No Tenancy agreement
- Natural Capital in the context of tenancies
The event is open to ALA Members and non-Members (Members benefit from preferential course fees).
Places will be limited to 50.
Click HERE to book
Time : 9.00 - 16.00
Cost : Members: £144 (including VAT), Non-Members: £264 (Including VAT)
ALA Agricultural Tenancies Masterclass (England) – 1 May 2024
Wednesday 1 May 2024
Our Masterclass events are designed to take an in-depth look at matters of professional interest, in a fully interactive format.
Our masterclass event at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, Kensington, London, on Wednesday 1st May 2024, will focus on the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 including amendments under Schedule 3 of the Agriculture Act 2020
Led by Mike Holland (ALA Secretary and Adviser), this workshop will cover:
- Notices to Quit
- Repairing Obligations
- Succession
- Rent Reviews
- Compensation
- End of Tenancy Claim
- Agricultural Land Tribunal/ First-tier Tribunal cases
- FBT drafting
- No Tenancy agreement
- Natural Capital in the context of tenancies
The event is open to ALA Members and non-Members (Members benefit from preferential course fees).
Places will be limited to 50.
Click HERE to book
Time : 09.00 - 16.00
Cost : Members £144 (Incl VAT) Non- Members £264 (Incl VAT)
ALA/WS Society 27th Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture 2024 – 7 June 2024
Friday 7 June 2024
ALA/WS Society 27th Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture 2024
The ALA and the WS Society are holding our 27th Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture at The Signet Library on Friday, 7 June 2024.
Our speakers/ topics are:
Chaired by Heather Bruce, Turcan Connell
Michael Upton, Advocate – Case Update
Anna Gardiner and Jackie McCreery, Scottish Land & Estates – Housing Reforms and Agricultural Properties
Dr Bob McIntosh, Tenant Farming Commissioner – Tenant Farming Commissioner’s Update
Margi Campbell, Saffrey – Tax and Agricultural Land Update
Emma Robertson, Shepherd + Wedderburn and Tom Oates, Oates Rural – Resumption and Relinquishment: Risks or Rewards?
Andrew Linehan, Murray Beith Murray – Agricultural Arbitrations in 2024: How When and Why?
Tim Macdonald, Anderson Strathern – Time Limits and Deadlines under the Agricultural Holdings Legislation
Andy Macdonald, Savills – Scottish Agricultural Support Systems – You’re Either Winning or You’re Learning
The deadline for booking is 5pm on Friday, 24 May 2024
As with all our Conferences, the event is open to Members and Non- Members with a preferential rate for ALA and WS Society Members
Please CLICK HERE to book your place
Time : 09.00 - 16.30
Cost : Members - £228 (incl VAT), Non Members - £276 (incl VAT)
ALA Wales – Annual Conference 2024
Wednesday 3 July 2024
ALA Wales are pleased to announce that following the success of our inaugural one day conference for Wales last year, the ALA Rural Law in Wales Conference (supported by The Law Council of Wales) will be held on Wednesday, 3 July 2024 at The Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells.
Full details will be circulated in due course but for now you may wish to make a note in your diary.
Time : 09.00 - 16.00
ALA Fellowship 2024
Monday 16 September 2024 - Tuesday 12 November 2024
We are delighted to announce details of the 2024 Fellowship course which will be held at Warwick University.
The course will be held on the following dates:
Week 1 Monday, 16 September to Wednesday, 18 September
Week 2 Wednesday, 16 & Thursday, 17 October
The exam for award of the Fellowship of the Association will be held at The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London on Tuesday, 12 November.
Click here for the full course Prospectus and Enrolment Form.
Places are limited to 20 candidates.