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BDLS LECTURE PROGRAMME 2025
BDLS LECTURE PROGRAMME 2025
4 September 2025
11:00 – 12:30
Deliberate Deprivation for Social Care
Live Webinar
Caroline Bielanska
Zoom
23 September 2025
11:00 – 12:00
The Small Sewage Discharge Binding Rules – 10 Years On
Live Webinar
James Warren
Zoom
25 September 2025
12:00 – 13:00
AI in Business: Risk, Opportunities and Impact
Live Webinar
Luke Wlliams
Zoom
29 September 2025
11:00 – 11:30
Managing Risk: Working with Suicidal and Vulnerable Clients under SRA Standards
Live Webinar
David Green
Zoom
6 October 2025
11:30 – 12:30
Building Regulations for Conveyancers
Live Webinar
Richard Snape
Zoom
8 October 2025
09:00 - 17:00
Private Client Conference
Face to Face
Various
Marsham Court Hotel
14 October 2025
11:00 – 12:00
Importance of Understanding Risk Surrounding SDLT in Conveyancing
Live Webinar
Amanda Perrotton
Zoom
5 November 2025
TBC
Legal Intelligence – Practicing Law in the Age of AI
Face to Face
Various
TBC
6 November 2025
11:00 – 12:00
Love, Law and Letting Go - the Complicated Affair of Joint Ownership
Live Webinar
Paul Sams
Zoom
26 November 2025
09:15 – 17:00
Property Conference
Face to Face
Various
Marsham Court Hotel
3 December 2025
14:30 – 16:30
Implementation of the Renters’ Rights Bill/Act 2025 – an Update for Litigators
Face to Face
Conor Maher
Marsham Court Hotel
BDLS LECTURE PROGRAMME 2026
15 January 2026
11:00 – 12:00
Topic to be confirmed
Live Webinar
Ian Quayle
Zoom
22 January 2026
11:00 – 12:00
Law Firm Growth, Profit and Client Development Strategies for Legal Professionals
Live Webinar
Jay Sahota
Zoom
27 January 2026
11:00 – 12:00
Imposter Syndrome and How to Manage It
Live Webinar
Jess Wiggins
Zoom
11 February 2026
09:30 – 12:45
Topic to be confirmed
Face to Face
Helen Forster
Marsham Court Hotel
11 February 2026
14:00 – 17;15
Topic to be confirmed
Face to Face
Helen Forster
Marsham Court Hotel
26 February 2026
14:00 – 17:15
Topic to be confirmed
Face to Face
Tracy Thompson
Marsham Court Hotel
All lectures are to be booked online. For further details please visit Bournemouth and District Law Society Website. www.bournemouthlaw.com/lectures or scan here:
Course Notes
For environmental reasons, BDLS will no longer be providing printed course notes at lectures. Lecture notes will be emailed to delegates in advance for either printing or accessing via their laptop or alternative device on the day.
Payment for lectures
Please note: Payment must be received at the office before the lecture takes place. All payments are to be paid by BACS. Course bookings will only be confirmed upon payment. Webinars are charged per person and not for group bookings.
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be given for any booking cancelled within two days of the lecture/webinar taking place.
We strive to offer our members a range of lectures not just covering competency “B” – Technical Legal Practice but also to meet the wider competencies which all solicitors need to state annually they are meeting. The 4 competencies are:
A – Ethics, Professionalism and Judgement
B – Technical Legal Practice
C – Working with other people
D – Managing yourself and your own work
For further information:
https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/resources/continuing-competence/cpd/competence-statement/.
Summary of Upcoming Live Time Lectures and Webinars
WEBINAR Thursday 4 September 2025 – 11:00 – 12:30
Topic IN A NUTSHELL – DELIBERATE DEPRIVATION FOR SOCIAL CARE
Lecturer Caroline Bielanska
Cost £60 – Member and Associate Members of BDLS/Trainees (Solicitors; Cilex; Apprentices)£85 – Non Member of BDLS
Care costs are expensive, and many clients may find themselves without sufficient money to fund their own care and so seek local authority help. In all cases, local authorities will now look at the person's financial position going back into to see if the person has previously made gifts with the intention of reducing the amount they will subsequently pay for their care and support needs.
This session is aimed at all professionals who advise on the making of gifts or where clients have now run out of money and are being denied local authority funding and will strengthen your client's ability to challenge an adverse decision
The session will cover the following:
• Understanding when deliberate deprivation is relevant
• Identifying what cannot be treated as a deliberate deprivation
• Understanding the components of deliberate deprivation, including purpose and timing
• Increase awareness of when a deprivation can be inferred
• Identify when a gift can be made when already in receipt of care
• Update on Local Government Ombudsman decisions
WEBINAR Tuesday 23 September 2025 – 11:00 – 12:00
Topic THE SMALL SEWAGE DISCHARGE BINDING RULES – 10 YEARS ON
Lecturer James Warren
Cost £35 Member and Associate Members of BDLS/Trainees (Solicitors; Cilex; Apprentices) £55 Non Member of BDLS
This webinar will include:
• An overview of the General Binding Rules (GBRs) – why was it introduced, by who and when.
• What is a ‘Small Sewage Discharge’.
• What do the GBRs mean to property owners served by ‘private’ off mains drainage systems.
• What is a non-compliant system, what needs to happen when one is discovered and who’s
responsible.
• When an EA permit is required and where Planning and Building Control come in.
• What a specialist can do to help and why it’s important.
WEBINAR Thursday 25 September 2025 – 12:00 – 13:00
Topic AI IN BUSINESS – RISK, OPPORTUNTIES AND IMPACT
Lecturer Luke Williams
Cost FREE for Member and Associate Members of BDLS/Trainees (Solicitors; Cilex; Apprentices) and £15 Non Member of BDLS
This educational webinar is designed for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of AI. This webinar will cover:
• An overview of the current capabilities of AI.
• Likely impact on the working environment and workforce.
• Talent development, adaption and training.
• Risks and Opportunities from AI.
WEBINAR Monday 29 September 2025 – 11:00 – 11:30
Topic NAVIGATING RISK: WORKING WITH SUICIDAL AND VULNERABLE CLIENTS UNDER SRA STANDARDS
Lecturer David Green
Cost £20 Member and Associate Members of BDLS/Trainees (Solicitors; Cilex; Apprentices) and £35 Non Member of BDLS
This webinar will cover:
1. SRA and vulnerable clients
2. Confidentially and issues to consider
3. Managing clients
4. Staff welfare
5. Summary
6. Q&A
WEBINAR Monday 6 October 2025 – 11:30 – 12:30
Topic BUILDING REGULATIONS FOR CONVEYANCERS
Lecturer Richard Snape
Cost £35 Member and Associate Members of BDLS/Trainees (Solicitors; Cilex; Apprentices) and £55 Non Member of BDLS
Building regulations is becoming an increasingly important part of conveyancing. The course aims to look at some of the issues. Topics covered include:
• Building regulations enforcement and changes in England in October 2023
• Exemptions from building regulations
• Septic tanks; building regulations and registration
• The Water Industry (schemes for adoption or private sewers) Regulations 2011
• Solar panels
• Part P building regulations
• Building Safety Act 2022 and changes to building regulations in April 2024
