Telecoms update

Since the previous webinar An Introduction and Update to the Telecoms Code just a year ago, there have been numerous important cases on the Telecoms Code, including a decision of the Supreme Court, and several new pieces of legislation and consultations.  This webinar will bring you up to date with all the new developments in this area, including:

• The Supreme Court decision in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v Compton Beauchamp Estates Limited; Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v Ashloch Ltd and AP Wireless II (UK) Limited; On Tower UK Ltd (formerly known as Arqiva Services Ltd) v AP Wireless II (UK) Ltd
• EE Ltd v 100 Nox SARL (interim access rights)
• On Tower UK Limited v AP Wireless (II) UK Limited (landowner liability for telecoms apparatus)
• EE Ltd v Stephenson (lease terms)
• Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hackney (safety issues)
• Vodafone Ltd v Gencomp (No 7) Ltd & AP Wireless II UK Ltd (concurrent lease issues)
• New telecoms legislation – The Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act 2021 (and regulations made under it) and The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (and its effect on the decision in Ashloch)
• Statutory guidance on building regulations relating to telecoms
• 2 Ofcom consultations on forms of notice
• The Government response to the consultation on changes to permitted development rights (in the context of telecoms) – not yet the subject of legislation