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...
7/7/2025 10:17:39 AM Safe as houses? Not anymore – the legal reality of modern property fraud By Nikki Bowker Fraudsters view properties as attractive assets to target and are increasingly exploiting system weaknesses and technological...
7/7/2025 8:01:29 AM Consultation announced: Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services By Mark Foxcroft Zoe McLean-Wells This consultation seeks to bring about proposals to implement aspects of Part 4 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 ('LAFRA')...
7/3/2025 12:33:07 PM New consultation published on reformed Decent Homes Standard for social and privately rented homes By Victoria Smith Anna Bennett The MHCLG launched a consultation on 2 July 2025 on a reformed Decent Homes Standard (DHS) for social and privately rented homes. This...
7/3/2025 8:29:00 AM STAIRs to come into effect from October 2026 By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell From October 2026, social landlords will be required to proactively publish information about the management of their homes. From April...
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...
6/27/2025 8:00:56 AM Top 5 Takeaways: Crime and Policing Bill Breakfast Briefing By Rebecca Brady Charlotte Knight On Wednesday 25 June, we held an informative Breakfast Briefing on the Crime and Policing Bill (“The Bill”) chaired by Rebecca Brady and...
6/26/2025 2:56:28 PM New Electrical Safety Regulations laid in Parliament By Anna Bennett On 25 June 2025, the Government laid new electrical safety regulations before parliament, “The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private...
6/26/2025 2:02:22 PM Awaab’s Law: Government releases its response to consultation and publishes draft guidance for social landlords By Kerri Harrison Baljit Basra The Government has released its response to the consultation on new requirements under Awaab’s Law, including timescales for repairs in...
6/25/2025 12:43:01 PM The Expanding Reach of Environmental Criminal Law By Michael Lewis Prateek Sharma Think breaching a Tree Preservation Order is just a planning issue? Think again. Environmental offences are no longer a side note in...
6/24/2025 1:41:08 PM When Directors Get Burned: Liability for Corporate Misconduct Before and After Office By Michael Lewis Can a director be liable for misconduct that happened before they joined the board, or after they left it? The answer is yes,...
6/23/2025 2:59:53 PM The FTT finds that legal costs of Remediation Order and Remediation Contribution Order applications can be recovered via a RCO By Zoe McLean-Wells Will O'Brien The First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) recently arrived at its decision in respect of a Remediation Order (RO) pursuant to section 123 of the...