Devonshires

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...

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...

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