20 Nov, 2024 Adjudication set-offs of the third kind: CNO Plant Hire v Caldwell Construction By Will O'Brien Alicia Ogborn Prateek Sharma On 21 August 2024, HH Judge Kelly, sitting as a High Court Judge in the TCC at Leeds, gave judgment in C.N.O Plant Hire Ltd v Caldwell...
08 Nov, 2024 Clock ticking on the "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence By Matthew Garbutt "Preparing "reasonable procedures" is now essential for businesses to mitigate risk under the new offence - proactive steps today will...
04 Nov, 2024 Abandonment and the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 By Megan Wood Victoria Smith The way an ‘abandoned’ property can be recovered is different in Wales than in England. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 ('the Act')...
31 Oct, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Practical steps for neurodiversity in the workplace By Chris Cuckney Neurodiversity refers to the differences in brain processing that can affect social interaction, learning, attention, and/or sensory...
31 Oct, 2024 Key Messages and Learning Points from the Regulation and Governance Conference By Charlotte Greatorex I was delighted to be able to join social housing board members and governance and risk professionals at the Inside Housing Regulation...
30 Oct, 2024 New Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act Regulations amend Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 By Zoe McLean-Wells Hannah Keane On 7 October 2024, the Government made the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1018)...
24 Oct, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Harassment in the workplace: Insights from Finn v British Bung Manufacturing Company By Chris Cuckney In the case of Finn v British Bung Manufacturing Company, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has provided some important legal clarification...
22 Oct, 2024 Roof garden storeys: MHCLG asks sector and regulators to disregard FTT ruling By Will O'Brien On 18 October 2024, the Government published a joint statement on the issue of whether a roof garden is classified as a storey when...
21 Oct, 2024 Loans to social housing providers backed by National Wealth Fund guarantees By Rachel Dros Alice Overton Rachel Orgill-Harris In recent months there have been loud and numerous calls for innovative finance models to be developed in order to release funding for...
17 Oct, 2024 2024 Regulator of Social Housing Sector Risk Profile: Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) By Nikki Bowker Matthew Garbutt Victoria Smith Rachel Orgill-Harris +1 more... Show less The Sector Risk Profile (SRP) released today continues to highlight fraud as a key risk for the social housing sector. The SRP this year...
14 Oct, 2024 Proposed changes to co-operative and community benefit society law – further thought needed? By Gemma Bell The Law Commission (sponsored by HM Treasury) has undertaken a review of the key piece of legislation governing co-operative and...
09 Oct, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: Government introduces a new Growth and Skills Levy to replace the Apprenticeship Levy By Chris Cuckney The Government has announced that the Apprenticeship Levy will be replaced by a new Growth and Skills Levy. As part of its wider strategy...