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6/26/2025 2:02:22 PM Awaab’s Law: Government releases its response to consultation and publishes draft guidance for social landlords By Kerri Harrison Baljit Basra The Government has released its response to the consultation on new requirements under Awaab’s Law,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...
6/25/2025 11:19:39 AM Housing Governance 2025: What We Heard, What You Need to Know By Sharon Thandi Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the NHF Governance Conference 2025. Despite battling cancelled trains (my ongoing nemesis!), I...
6/24/2025 4:17:51 PM A new National Housing Bank to catalyse funding for housebuilding By Gary Grigor Alice Overton Jonathan Corris Caroline Mostowfi +1 more... Show less The UK Government’s support for housing continued at the end of last week, with their announcement of the creation of the National...
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...
6/23/2025 11:14:09 AM Vulnerable groups provided greater access to social housing By Anna Bennett On 19 June 2025, the Government laid out regulations which will exempt care leavers under 25 and domestic abuse victims from local...
6/20/2025 3:48:43 PM 8 Key Takeaways from our Litigation Risk for Audit & Risk Committees Webinar By Avary Patutama On 18 June 2025, Matthew Garbutt and Avary Patutama of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution team delivered a webinar designed to equip...
6/20/2025 2:47:35 PM The Data (Use and Access) Act receives Royal Assent: What does this mean for your organisation? By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell The Data (Use and Access) Bill (“the Bill”) received Royal Assent on 19 June and is now the Data (Use and Access) Act ("the Act"). We...
6/18/2025 1:09:24 PM Midas v Harmsworth: Security for costs in adjudication enforcement By Will O'Brien John O'Mahony Where an insolvent party has the benefit of an adjudication decision, it must provide sufficient security for the Defendant’s legal costs...
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...