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...
6/12/2025 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...
5/30/2025 11:03:49 AM Roof garden storeys: new MHCLG guidance reiterates that FTT is wrong By Will O'Brien Back in October 2024, a ruling of the First-Tier Tribunal cast doubt over the accuracy and legality of Government guidance as to...
5/30/2025 10:57:23 AM Grenfell - The First Progress Report By Lena Barnes Following the Government’s acceptance of all the findings of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on 26 February 2025, it agreed to take action to...
5/29/2025 4:42:53 PM Housing Ombudsman releases latest Spotlight report on repairs and maintenance By Victoria Smith Kerri Harrison The Housing Ombudsman has released its latest Spotlight report titled “Repairing Trust”. The report sets out that the causes for...
5/29/2025 9:04:47 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: The ‘all reasonable steps’ defence following Mr Campbell v 1) Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & 2) Mr Wesley Hammond By Chris Cuckney Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer is liable for the discriminatory acts of its employees if those acts are done during the course...
5/27/2025 12:46:17 PM Learning from retail cyberattacks - our practical cybersecurity tips By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell The recent cyberattack on retail giant Marks & Spencer serves as a stark reminder of the escalating digital threats facing organisations...