2/26/2025 5:09:45 PM Government Responds to the Phase 2 Grenfell Inquiry Report By Mark London On 26 February 2025, in a Ministerial statement in the House of Commons, Angela Rayner commented on the Phase 2 report and noted that the...
2/25/2025 1:18:20 PM The one about the Moths, the Mansion, and Misrepresentation - Iva Patarkatsishvili & Yevhen Hunyak v William Woodward-Fisher [2025] EWHC 265 (Ch) By Ben Halsey Stavrina Tofallis Judgment has now been handed down by the High Court in the above case: Judiciary.uk Aside from representing a unique opportunity for...
12/19/2024 11:25:14 AM Spotlight on reporting privilege By Pauline Lépissier On 13 December 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in Iqbal v Geo TV [2024] EWCA Civ 1566 considering in some detail the...
12/18/2024 10:18:10 AM Homes England publishes ‘clearance’ database of Section 106 affordable housing sites By Ben Halsey Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Jonathan Jarvis +1 more... Show less Homes England (HE) has now made available the Section 106 Affordable Housing Clearing Service, which is a database (or what some are...
12/11/2024 10:40:04 AM Top Tips: handling negative press By Nikki Bowker It is easy to think of recent examples of people/organisations handling negative press poorly, in a way that has served only to worsen...
10/30/2024 3:22:00 PM Budget: Well that was a surprise (only joking) By Neil Toner Rachel Reeves has just delivered Labour’s first budget for over 14 years. And, whilst it contained some very significant tax changes and...
10/2/2024 8:20:38 AM Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund, Wave 3 and Subsidy Control Compliance By Joanna Bouloux Jonathan Jarvis Applications for the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (formerly known as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (the “Fund”)), Wave 3...
9/19/2024 12:37:19 PM The Procurement Act 2023 – shining a spotlight on supplier poor performance By Nikki Bowker The new Act places a spotlight on supplier poor performance in a number of ways: Lower threshold in respect of poor performance to...
7/24/2024 3:41:02 PM New Shared Ownership affordability guidance: Are you ready for 31 July? By Narin Masera Samantha Grix On 31 July 2024, the transitional period for implementation of the updated Affordability Guidance for shared ownership in Part 6B of the...
7/24/2024 1:41:50 PM Consumer Duty: days to go! By Alice Overton With just a week to go until the final deadline for implementation of the final stage of the FCA's Consumer Duty, here is a reminder of...
7/1/2024 3:08:06 PM Are RPs geared up to deal with inquests? By Samantha Grix The answer to the above question is all too often ‘no’ and is something that needs consideration. Fiona Underwood of Altair and I have...
6/5/2024 8:45:17 AM Shared Ownership and section 166 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 By Jatinder Bhamber Mark Foxcroft Shared ownership is in the spotlight again following the recent judgment in the County Court case of Sovereign Network Homes v Ms Vanessa...