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

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Time : 3.15pm - 7pm

Cost : £24 (incl vat) Students free of charge

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.

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Time : 9.00 - 16.00

Cost : Members: £144 (including VAT), Non-Members: £264 (Including VAT)

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

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)

The Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at the Army & Navy Club, 36 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5JN at 6pm on Tuesday, 18 June 2024.

Only ALA Members are permitted to attend the AGM.

The AGM will be followed by the Annual Dinner at 7pm.

To book your place, please CLICK HERE

Time : AGM 6pm, Dinner 7pm

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

The Fellowship Course for 2024 is now fully booked

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.

Places are limited to 20 candidates.