7/22/2025 10:09:47 AM Peabody Successful in Court of Appeal Judgment By Alicia Ogborn Will O'Brien Mark London Devonshires successfully acted for Peabody Trust (“Peabody”) in an appeal to the Court of Appeal (see judgment), in Peabody’s claim...
7/17/2025 2:46:14 PM Confirmation that Remediation Contribution Orders can be made retrospectively By James King Background Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ("BSA") introduced Remediation Contribution Orders ("RCOs") which enable ‘interested...
7/17/2025 2:33:05 PM Landmark “Building Safety (Wales) Bill” released By Alex Clarke Lena Barnes Last week on 7 July, the Welsh Government introduced the new Building Safety (Wales) Bill and its Explanatory Memorandum. Alongside this...
7/17/2025 1:41:49 PM New Infrastructure Projects Pipeline Published By Caroline Mostowfi As promised in the Government's 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, the pipeline for new infrastructure projects has now been published...
7/16/2025 8:00:31 AM Building Safety Levy Regulations Published By James King The Draft Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 have now been published. Set to come into force on 1 October 2026, the draft...
7/11/2025 11:16:44 AM Health & Safety Update: Awaab’s Law By Yaasica Hamilton-Haye The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (“MHCLG”) has published draft guidance for social landlords in relation to...
7/10/2025 3:04:04 PM Recent Government announcements and consultations, including the launch of the rebranded £39 Billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme By Jonathan Corris Triya Maicha Jonathan Jarvis The UK Government has over the last couple of weeks made several significant announcements and published a number of consultations,...
7/9/2025 8:49:32 AM Whose property is it anyway? High Court refuses to make a vesting order where company dissolved By Will O'Brien Rosemary Pijper When an English company is dissolved whilst still owning assets, those assets (normally a property) vest in the Crown. Where a freehold...
7/8/2025 9:31:44 AM Government releases Regulations: Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (‘Residential PEEPs’) By Lee Russell Mark London On 4 July, the Government laid The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 (‘the Regulations’). These...
7/3/2025 8:58:11 AM Health and Safety Update: Work-Related Fatalities Statistics Published By Yaasica Hamilton-Haye The Health and Safety Executive has published annual statistics in relation to work-related fatal injuries, including asbestos-related...
7/2/2025 8:00:54 AM UK Government Launches Ambitious Ten-Year Infrastructure Strategy – perspectives for housing and other social infrastructure By Caroline Mostowfi Following the recent Spending Review and related announcements, the UK Government has now provided a landmark ten-year Infrastructure...
6/30/2025 11:02:37 AM Building Safety Regulator Reform - a 'Fast Track' process By James King HRB building control approval applications under the new approval process, known as Gateway 2, have been facing criticism for the...