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