10/2/2025 1:47:16 PM The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2026 rankings: Devonshires recognised as top-tier across multiple practice areas By Devonshires News We are delighted to once again be included in the Legal 500 rankings with 47 of our lawyers being named and five of our practice areas...
10/10/2025 9:32:08 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Liability Under the Equality Act 2010 - What Does "In the Course of Employment" Actually Mean? By Chris Cuckney Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer is liable for the discriminatory acts of its employees if those acts are done “in the course of...
10/9/2025 3:09:33 PM Managing your Joint Ventures: Incoming changes for LLP administration By Thomas Molony Joanna Bouloux Jonathan Corris The Limited Liability Partnership (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (the Regulations) are due to bring a...
10/7/2025 3:45:59 PM FCA Skilled Person Reviews: What Regulated Firms Need to Know By Matthew Garbutt The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has the power to appoint independent “skilled persons” to examine how regulated firms conduct their...
10/6/2025 10:53:17 AM Homebuying Reform: What It Means for Developers and Registered Providers By Stavrina Tofallis The UK Government’s newly proposed overhaul of the homebuying process, which is being hailed as the most significant reform in decades,...
10/6/2025 8:45:10 AM The Government’s new attempt at preventing a ‘two-tier workforce’ in public sector outsourced services – what impact will it have for FM providers in this space? By Kirsty Thompson The incoming Employment Rights Bill contains many and various things but one area of particular interest to FM providers who provide...
10/3/2025 2:20:27 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Digital ID Cards Confirmed and the Possible Return of Employment Tribunal Fees By Chris Cuckney Mandatory Digital ID Cards to Confirm Right to Work The year to 22 March 2025 saw an 40% increase in the number of illegal working visits...
10/3/2025 11:21:27 AM You Don’t Have to Profit to Pay: the Supreme Court Speaks on Dishonest Assistance By Avary Patutama Pauline Lépissier In its recent decision, Stevens v Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (In Liquidation) [2025] UKSC 28, the Supreme Court ordered dishonest...
10/2/2025 8:35:55 AM The Competence & Conduct Standard cometh By Kirsty Thompson Following consultation which closed 18 months ago, the Government has now issued a direction to the Regulator of Social Housing to set a...
10/2/2025 8:03:12 AM The Power of Whistleblowing in Tackling Fraud By Devonshires News Nikki Bowker, Partner at Devonshires, sat down with Steve Moseley, Executive Group Director for Governance and Transformation at L&Q, to...
10/1/2025 3:43:55 PM STAIRS Update: Consultation outcome now published By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) has today published: The outcome of its consultation on: (1) the proposed...
10/1/2025 8:26:35 AM Supply chain risk in the wake of the JLR Cyber Incident By Thomas Molony Joanna Bouloux The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has highlighted the debilitating nature of severe cyber incidents for companies and...
10/1/2025 8:09:39 AM An Update on the Grenfell Recommendations - as 1 becomes 3 By Lena Barnes In our May article, we wrote about the progress made by the Government following its acceptance of the 58 recommendations made by the...