Members only

By the end of the course participants will:

• Understand property and occupation rights and their legal basis
• Be clear about family home rights of tenants who are married, in a Civil Partnership, cohabiting, lesbian/gay, friends or relatives
• Appreciate the differences between sole and joint tenancies when relationship breakdown occurs
• Be able to outline good practice in resolving who should hold the tenancy
• Recognise the options when domestic violence is involved
• Have considered their organisation’s policy on relationship breakdown.

Who should attend:

Everyone who has to deal with relationship breakdown in their organisation.

Richard Paris has an MA from Queens’ College, Cambridge and a post-graduate Diploma in Housing from LSE. From 1991-93 he was senior research officer at LSE Housing, and has worked for short-life and supported housing agencies, mainstream housing associations and local authorities. He is a freelance housing law specialist with 20 years’ training and development experience undertaking educational training, consultancy, policy and procedure health checks. He specialises in housing law updates, dealing with anti-social behaviour effectively, preventing and controlling rent arrears, do-it-yourself possession proceedings, the law in supported housing and the law on disrepair and best practice.