20 Mar, 2024 PFI Expiry: Are schools ready? By Caroline Mostowfi Today's Schools Week article “Warning sounded as schools not ready to exit PFI deals” highlights schools not being prepared for PFI deals...
12 Mar, 2024 Remediation Contribution Orders cover preventative and historic costs By Zoe McLean-Wells James King Remediation Contribution Orders Section 124 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ("BSA") allows anyone with a legal estate in a relevant...
09 Feb, 2024 What happened to our insurance?! How PAS 9980 Assessments and external wall remediation might impact, and possibly jeopardise, your building insurance By Michael Wharfe Stephen Netherway Amongst our Housing Association and public sector clients, we are noticing a developing trend in buildings insurance that raises...
02 Feb, 2024 Axiom Ince: our role so far By Luke Hartnell Immediately after an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) that identified a £64m hole in Axiom Ince’s client...
29 Nov, 2023 Challenging expert evidence: TUI UK Ltd (Respondent) v Griffiths (Appellant) [2023] UKSC 48 By Pauline Lépissier The facts Mr Griffiths suffered a serious stomach upset while on an inclusive package holiday booked with TUI, which left him with long...
01 Nov, 2023 Inquiry into County Court Capacity and Resources By Samantha Grix The Justice Committee has launched an inquiry into County Courts in response to long-standing issues relating to capacity and resources...
29 Sep, 2023 Housing Ombudsman & Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman launch consultations on joint Complaint Handling Code By Victoria Smith The Housing Ombudsman and Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman have come together to launch consultations on a joint Complaint...
19 Sep, 2023 Building Safety Act 2022: Devonshires' Flagship Conference By Lee Russell Mark London We are delighted to announce our conference on the Building Safety Act, a flagship event from Devonshires which will take place on Monday...
07 Aug, 2023 An expensive outcome: adjudication enforcement By Karen Morean The summary in Practical Law of the recent case (Home Group Ltd v MPS Housing Ltd) was a salient reminder of the risks associated with...
02 Aug, 2023 The Technology and Construction Court enforces, what was in reality, a “vanilla ‘final account’” adjudicator’s decision By Karen Morean Adam Mathewson Adjudication enforcement proceedings are rare, not least because the grounds on which an adjudicator’s decision can be challenged are...
02 Aug, 2023 Hoo-ver you talking about? Identification in defamation claims By Pauline Lépissier The Court of Appeal considered the correct test to apply in considering whether allegedly defamatory material refers to the Claimant in...
27 Jul, 2023 Adjudication enforcement - fast track procedure By Karen Morean The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) Guide notes that it has developed a procedure whereby applications to enforce adjudication...