30 Apr, 2024 Appointment of a Health and Safety Lead By Kathryn Kligerman Section 10 of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 amended the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 so that a duty is placed upon...
29 Apr, 2024 Reflection on "PFI Expiry: Why London Boroughs Must Plan Now" By Caroline Mostowfi On Thursday 25th April, I chaired a roundtable discussion, with Future of London and attendees from 15 London Boroughs on the crucial...
26 Apr, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: ICO guidance for mental health emergencies at work By Chris Cuckney The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance designed to give employers greater certainty when sharing...
22 Apr, 2024 Inquests and Registered Providers of Social Housing; what to do when your organisation is involved in an inquest? By Narin Masera Samantha Grix An inquest into the death of an individual is held where the cause of death was due to unnatural circumstances. Sadly, these occur all...
22 Apr, 2024 Key Takeaways and Insights from the HDN Board Diversity Conference By Sharon Thandi Last Thursday I spent the day up in Leeds and had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Housing Diversity Network (HDN) Board...
22 Apr, 2024 The Labour Party promises more homes by creating a 'Grey Belt' By Hannah Langford The Labour party has revealed that its policy for housebuilding will be based on a hierarchal approach to the Green Belt, with...
19 Apr, 2024 Updated JCT Design and Build Contract: changes for 2024 By Asif Patel Sasha Pirbhai Jamie Leonard The Joint Contracts Tribunal ("JCT") publishes a range of standard form building contracts, which are widely used within the construction...
19 Apr, 2024 Scottish landlord reprimanded by the ICO for data breach By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reprimanded Scottish social Landlord Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) for the...
19 Apr, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Remedy Claim Struck Out By Melissa Chuttur In the recent case of Kaur v Sun Mark Ltd & Ors [2024] EAT 41, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the “EAT”) looked at whether a Tribunal...
18 Apr, 2024 Right to Shared Ownership – an update By Andrew Cowan On 17 October 2019 the Government announced a new Right to Shared Ownership (RtSO). Eligible tenants in eligible social or affordable...
15 Apr, 2024 Double hire for Devonshires as expansion continues By Charlotte Wilson We're delighted to have strengthened our Real Estate and Projects team with two new Partner hires. Taking our total number of Partners to...
11 Apr, 2024 Employment Blog: A recap of legal changes effective from 6 April 2024 By Melissa Chuttur It is undoubtedly an unprecedented year of changes in Employment Law. Whilst these changes have been covered in detail in our previous...