MEMBERS ONLY WEBINAR: NHS Commercial Solutions Legal Series – Construction and Real Estates

30/01/2024

11:00am

This webinar is exclusive to NHS Commercial Solutions members. Please sign up with your NHS email address.

Part 1 – Construction: Changes to the Building Regulations 2010 – Dutyholders and competencies.

Intent outcomes

Understand and know how to fulfil the client’s obligations in respect of the appointment of dutyholders.

Part 2 – Real Estate: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and associated environmental issues in leases, to include allocation of costs and landlord’s access rights for energy improvement works.

We will discuss the issues faced in practice regarding the ever changing energy efficiency requirements for commercial premises. This will include a brief background into the current and proposed energy standards, how this may affect existing leases and issues we are seeing in respect of new lease negotiations.

Intent outcomes

To understand an outline of the current minimum energy standard requirements.

To appreciate some of the practicalities of managing energy standards within a landlord and tenant relationship.

To discuss some of the ways of potentially dealing with costs of meeting energy standards within a landlord and tenant relationship

Please join us for this session presented by law firm Ashford LLP. This session will be of interest to those working within your estates and facilities team and estates procurement.

Delivered by: Sebastian Pigott, Ben Tarrant and Charlotte Hill from Ashford LLP

Sebastian is a senior construction barrister, formerly of Atkin Chambers, one of the UK’s leading construction sets, and now a professional support lawyer in Ashfords’ Construction and Infrastructure team. Sebastian has a wealth of experience in the construction industry with over 25 years' experience in advising on complex construction matters. Sebastian is described in The Legal 500 as “an intelligent and considered thinker” who is very user-friendly and pro-active. Sebastian has acted on numerous reported cases.

Ben is a Partner in the Real Estate Team and advises corporates local authorities, public bodies and individuals on commercial freehold and leasehold property transactions throughout the UK including the grant and taking of leases, acquisitions, disposals and ongoing property management. Ben has particular expertise in the health and care and charity sectors and acts for a number of property-owning charities, GPs, local authorities, public bodies, domiciliary care operators, care homes, learning disability care providers and supported living businesses as well as some of the leading lenders in these sectors.

Charlotte is an Associate in the Real Estate Team undertaking a broad range of commercial real estate work, including acquisitions and disposals, and landlord and tenant matters. Charlotte acts for a wide variety of private sector clients, including developers, funders and commercial landlords and tenants as well as numerous public sector bodies including police authorities, NHS Trusts and local authorities.

Closing date: Please book your place by midday on Friday 26th January 2024