30 Apr, 2024 Appointment of a Health and Safety Lead By Kathryn Kligerman Section 10 of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 amended the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 so that a duty is placed upon...
10 Apr, 2024 Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief – April 2024 By Donna McCarthy Lee Russell Our latest Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief, as well as the equivalent Wales edition; are now live! Housing Management &...
09 Feb, 2024 Housing Ombudsman’s Complaint Handling Code becomes statutory By Donna McCarthy The Housing Ombudsman (‘HO’) and the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (‘LGSCO’) have launched their aligned Complaint Handling...
25 Jan, 2024 The First Tier Tribunal makes their first determination on the Accountable Person regime under the Building Safety Act 2022 By Hannah Keane Lee Russell Mark London In their first determination pursuant to section 75(1) of the Building Safety Act 2022 (‘the BSA’), the First Tier Tribunal (‘FTT’) has...
18 Jan, 2024 Building Safety Act 2022 - Requirement for a BSA complaints policy is now in force By Zoe McLean-Wells The Building Safety Act 2022 (the BSA) was introduced partly to give residents and homeowners in higher-risk buildings more rights and...
17 Jan, 2024 Consultation on Awaab’s Law published By Donna McCarthy Victoria Smith Awaab’s Law, which was introduced in the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023, requires landlords to investigate and fix reported health...
04 Jan, 2024 How Data Protection legislation can help the Housing Sector: Common issues and practical steps published by the ICO By Hetal Ruparelia Housing associations rely on the processing and sharing of personal data, such as contact details and medical records, to provide...
12 Dec, 2023 Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016: Where are we now? By Victoria Smith This article is part of our Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief - Wales: Issue 4. It has been almost one year since the...
06 Dec, 2023 Ask the expert - Shared Ownership By Jatinder Bhamber This article is part of our Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief: Issue 31. What is Shared Ownership? It is a form of home...
05 Dec, 2023 Supreme Court confirms that injunctions can be granted against "newcomers" with relevance to unauthorised encampments and trespassers By Rebecca Brady On 29 November 2023, the Supreme Court handed down their decision in the case of Wolverhampton City Council and Others v London Gypsies...
04 Dec, 2023 The First Tier Tribunal and the Building Safety Act – the story so far… By Lee Russell Mark Foxcroft This article is part of our Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief: Issue 31. Since our last HMPL brief, we have now seen the...
01 Dec, 2023 Stay of proceedings for non-court based ADR By Charlotte Greatorex On 29 November 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ...