Professional associations

Commercial Real Estate Legal Association

The Commercial Real Estate Legal Association is a specialist forum for non-contentious commercial real estate lawyers. It is designed to facilitate collaboration with a view to promoting best practice and providing networking opportunities within the property industry. It provides a number of educational events for members. To access the site click here

Property Bar Association

The Property Bar Association is an association of barristers specialising in property law. Their site has a full list of members; details of lectures and other events are also given. To access the site click here

Property Litigation Association

The Property Litigation Association is an organisation for professionals specialising in all aspects of commercial, residential and agricultural property litigation. Their site includes details of events and education and training courses. There are also case reviews and articles of interest and contact details of members. To access the site click here

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the representative professional body which regulates property professionals and surveyors in the United Kingdom and other sovereign nations. It also provides training, publications. Of particular interest to commercial landlord and tenant lawyers is detailed information on PACT (Professional Arbitration on Court Terms), the scheme that can be used to resolve lease renewal claims instead of litigation. To access the site click here To access RICS publications click here