12/19/2025 3:50:48 PM Consultation announced: Enhanced protections for homeowners on freehold estates By Kirsten Taylor A new consultation was launched on 18 December 2025 which seeks views, in particular on implementing aspects of Part 5 of the Leasehold...
12/18/2025 2:20:18 PM Higher-Risk Building Definition Anti-Climax By Mark London Lee Russell Currently, the definition of a higher-risk building (HRB) is any building that is: at least 18 metres in height, or at least 7...
12/18/2025 2:08:17 PM A Christmas Birth: The Employment Rights Act 2025 By Katie Maguire Just before Christmas, when calendars thin out and the country collectively exhales, the Employment Rights Act 2025 arrived into the...
12/18/2025 2:08:11 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Employment Tribunal clarifies the law around single sex spaces - Peggie v Fife Health & Dr Upton By Chris Cuckney Against a background of significant media attention and involvement from activist groups, the recently published judgment in the case of...
12/16/2025 12:13:46 PM Welsh Language Standards (Registered Social Landlords) Regulations By Jonathan Bowen The Welsh Language Standards were created by the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (‘the Measure’) and this gives official status to...
12/16/2025 9:23:37 AM House of Lords brand BSR delays as "unacceptable" and makes recommendations for reform By Mark London Asif Patel James King Everyone involved with building work on higher-risk buildings (HRBs) will be acutely aware of the frustration that building control...
12/12/2025 9:21:30 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Rethinking Restrictive Covenants - The Government Targets Non-Compete Clauses By Chris Cuckney On 26 November 2025 the Department for Business and Trade published a white paper setting out the case for reforming non-compete clauses...
12/11/2025 4:28:33 PM New Public Procurement Thresholds from 1 January 2026 By Kris Kelliher The Procurement Act 2023 (Threshold Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 will come into force on 1 January 2026, updating the financial...
12/11/2025 10:39:59 AM STAIRs Update: Regulator Consults on Consumer Standards changes By Hetal Ruparelia Samantha Grix Narin Masera Georgia Maskell +1 more... Show less As previously reported, on 30 September 2025 the Government published its consultation outcome and response on (1) the proposed Social...
12/4/2025 3:14:19 PM Devonshires Advises on Dual Merger as SYHA and Elim Join Places for People Group By Sharon Thandi South Yorkshire Housing Association Limited (SYHA) and Elim Housing Association Limited (Elim) have this week joined the Places for...
12/4/2025 1:39:52 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Employee jailed for wicked and cynical allegations in the Employment Tribunal By Chris Cuckney The High Court’s decision in Commerzbank v Ajao serves as a stark reminder of the serious consequences of misleading the Employment...