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 Yorkshire – Visit to Sledmere House
Wednesday 28 May 2025
ALA Yorkshire Regional Group are delighted to invite you to an afternoon at Sledmere House, Driffield on Wednesday, 28 May.
1.00pm Arrival
1.30pm Presentation on the Estate’s farming operations
3.30pm Visit to the Shire horses
4.00pm Tea, Coffee and traybakes
ALA and Non-ALA Members are welcome to attend
Time : 13.00 - 16.00
Cost : £24 (incl VAT) Students Free
ALA/ WS Society 28th Joint Annual Conference
Friday 6 June 2025
The ALA and The WS Society are delighted to invite you to join them at their 28th Joint Annual Conference on Agriculture at The Signet Library on Friday, 6 June 2025.
Our speakers/topics are:
Chaired by Heather Bruce, Turcan Connell
Michael Upton, Advocate – Case Update
Margi Campbell, Saffrey – IHT and Farming Businesses
Kirsten Mitchell, Savills – The Cost of Farming: Subsidy and the other Valuation Conundrums
Alexandra Lane, Shepherd + Wedderburn, Christopher Nicholson,Scottish Tenant Farmers Association, Grierson Dunlop, Turcan Connelland Jackie McCreery, Scottish Land & Estates – A Vibrant Tenanted Sector? Considerations Past, Present and Future Through the Tenant’s Lens and Through the Landlord’s Lens
Rob Black, Tenant Farming Commissioner – Tenant Farming Commissioner’s Update
Catherine Bury, Stewart and Watson – The Accidental Agricultural Lease
Tom Turnball, Association of Deer Management Groups – Managing Game in the Legislative Landscape
The deadline for bookings is 5pm on Thursday, 22 May 2025.
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 : ALA/ WS Members £228 (incl VAT) Non Members £276.00 (incl VAT) Students Free
ALA Fellowship 2025
Wednesday 24 September 2025 - Friday 26 September 2025
We are delighted to announce details of the 2025 Fellowship course which will be held at Warwick University.
The course will be held on the following dates:
Week 1 Wednesday, 24 to Friday, 26 September
Week 2 Tuesday, 21 & Wednesday, 22 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.
Places are limited to 20 candidates.
To download the 2025 Prospectus and Enrolment Form – CLICK HERE