5/15/2025 12:59:30 PM Devonshires named finalists at the Midlands Residential Property Awards 2025 By Devonshires News We’re proud to announce that Devonshires has been shortlisted for ‘Law Firm of the Year’ at this year’s Midlands Residential Property...
6/18/2025 1:19:59 PM Social Housing to receive equal access to the Building Safety Fund By Rachel Jones Mark London The Building Safety Fund is a fund of over £5bn that provides grants for the remediation of buildings over 18 metres. Under existing...
6/18/2025 1:09:24 PM Midas v Harmsworth: Security for costs in adjudication enforcement By Will O'Brien John O'Mahony Where an insolvent party has the benefit of an adjudication decision, it must provide sufficient security for the Defendant’s legal costs...
6/18/2025 12:57:34 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Employment Appeal Tribunal: External HR Consultants can be personally liable when acting as agents of the employer By Chris Cuckney It is more common than most people might think for companies to appoint external consultants to carry out investigations. For example, if...
6/13/2025 1:21:30 PM A wind of change is blowing: The Office of the Whistleblower Bill By Pauline Lépissier A raft of legislative changes have been taking place to contribute to the fight against fraud. Successive laws have for instance expanded...
6/13/2025 11:26:36 AM Recent Prevention of Future Death Report Highlights the Importance of Internal Investigations By Narin Masera On 20 May 2025, a Prevention of Future Deaths Report (PFD) was made by the Coroner in Birmingham and Solihull Coroner's Court following a...
6/12/2025 10:20:37 AM APP Fraud Meets AI: A Smarter Threat Needs a Smarter Response By Isabel Keefe Authorised Push Payment (“APP”) fraud is where an account holder, often a consumer, is tricked into authorising a bank transfer to a...
6/11/2025 3:56:37 PM Spending Review marks a big renewal for housing in the UK By Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Ben Halsey The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, presented her 2025 Spending Review (SR25) to Parliament today and, on the face of things, it was very good...
6/11/2025 12:24:21 PM Consumer Credit Reform: What housing associations need to know By Alice Overton Amirah Adekunle-Fowora The government's long-promised overhaul of UK consumer credit regulation has commenced. It wants to modernise this now overly complex...
6/10/2025 5:20:24 PM Carers Week 9 – 15 June 2025: Caring About Equality By Chris Cuckney Carers Week is an annual event designed to highlight the challenges faced by carers and highlight the vital role they play in families...
6/6/2025 8:01:18 AM Case Note: Anti-Suit Injunction – JP Morgan block $156 million Russian lawsuits By Fay Birch The Commercial Court, led by Mr Justice Foxton, today gave judgment in favour of various JP Morgan Chase entities (“JP Morgan”) in their...
6/3/2025 9:46:23 AM Shared Ownership Council creates new Shared Ownership Code By Rebecca Brady Jatinder Bhamber A new Shared Ownership Code (“the Code”) has been created by the Shared Ownership Council, which is backed by 27 housing providers and...
6/2/2025 3:09:33 PM Welsh Government announces Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill By Gemma Bell Victoria Smith The Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill (the “Bill”) and the associated Explanatory Memorandum were laid before the...