ALEP’s tenth conference was held on 21 March 2012 at the IET, Savoy Place, London and hosted by Damian Greenish, ALEP’s Honorary President. The first presentation was given by Stephen Ladyman PhD, the former Member of Parliament for South Thanet until 2010 and the outgoing CEO of Retirement Security Ltd. Stephen argued that the retirement market is generally poorly understood by surveyors and the legal profession. The purchase of a leasehold or freehold for a potentially vulnerable person is a transaction that requires particular sensitivity for advisers and their children, who invariably will have no prior expertise of this niche sector.
The second subject of ‘Development value - how to retain it, claim it or avoid it’ was co-presented by Thomas Jefferies, a barrister from Landmark Chambers, and Michael Lee MRICS of Shaw & Company.
A bonus presentation given before the main conference entitled ‘Everything you wanted to know about enfranchisement valuation but were afraid to ask’ by Alex Greenslade of Leasehold Solutions and Mark Wilson MRICS of myleasehold was attended by over thirty solicitors and another ten intermediaries and valuers.
ALEP’s Autumn Conference will take place on Tuesday 2 October 2012. For more details visit
www.alep.org.uk
