May 30, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: The “Sick Note Culture” and the Government's Plans for Reform By Melissa Chuttur We have prepared this blog to digest the Government’s prospective plans to reform the benefit system, which aims to tackle the so called...
May 29, 2024 The Principal Accountable Person regime: the FTT's first decision By Hannah Keane Zoe McLean-Wells Ellie Fletcher The First Tier Tribunal ('FTT') has made its first determination under section 75 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ('the BSA') as to the...
May 29, 2024 Warning for Consumer Credit providers as HSBC fined for failures in treatment of customers in financial difficulty By Alice Overton The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) last week confirmed it has fined HSBC UK Bank plc, HSBC Bank plc and Marks and Spencer Financial...
May 29, 2024 Devonshires’ HMPL team attend the Five Paper Spring Housing Conference 2024 By Georgia Maskell Daisy Tremlett A number of the Housing Management and Property Litigation team had the pleasure of attending Five Paper's Spring Housing Conference at...
May 28, 2024 The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 becomes law By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 was given Royal Assent on 24 May 2024. The Act was pushed through in a six month period and...
May 28, 2024 Renters (Reform) Bill not passed before Parliament dissolves By Rebecca Brady Following the Prime Minister calling a General Election for 04 July 2024, the Renters (Reform) Bill has not been passed in the wash up...
May 28, 2024 11/06/2024 - Inquests and the Regulator of Social Housing – Considering the interplay between inquests and the new Consumer Standards By Luke Hartnell Sadly, inquests occur all too often and we have seen a significant increase in Registered Providers of Social Housing (RPs) being drawn...
May 23, 2024 Consultation on the new Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements launched By Hetal Ruparelia Rebecca Brady Georgia Maskell The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has launched a consultation on the introduction of the new Social Tenant...
May 22, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Neurodivergent Disabilities and reasonable adjustments in a Recruitment Process By Melissa Chuttur We thought this blog would serve as a useful reminder to employers of their duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable...
May 22, 2024 28/05/2024 - The Building Safety Act 2022: the Accountable Person, Principal Accountable Person and Responsible Person Regimes By Luke Hartnell This webinar will look at what is required of the Accountable Person and the Principal Accountable Person regime pursuant to the Building...
May 20, 2024 Remediation Orders: Update on First Tier Tribunal Decisions By Hannah Keane Zoe McLean-Wells Ellie Fletcher The First Tier Tribunal ('the FTT') has recently ruled in three cases regarding Remediation Orders bringing the current total to six....
May 16, 2024 Devonshires advise Tai Tarian on Private Placement and Loan Refinance By Luke Bevis We are delighted to have acted for Tai Tarian on their recent refinancing, involving repaying their existing syndicated loan through a...