07 May, 2024 Government Consultation on 2014 Health and Social Care Regulations Opens By Narin Masera On 26 April 2024, the Government opened their consultation (the Consultation) on whether to remove the expiry date of the Health and...
22 Apr, 2024 Inquests and Registered Providers of Social Housing; what to do when your organisation is involved in an inquest? By Narin Masera Samantha Grix An inquest into the death of an individual is held where the cause of death was due to unnatural circumstances. Sadly, these occur all...
03 Apr, 2024 Procurement Act 2023: New draft Procurement Regulations and Guidance published By Kris Kelliher Following its consultation process the Government has now published the draft Procurement Regulations 2024 implementing certain aspects...
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...
06 Mar, 2024 UK Government expanding remedies under the Building Safety Act 2022 – but it could go further By Will O'Brien Mark London Lee Russell Mark Foxcroft +1 more... Show less The Government’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has made its way through the House of Commons and has had its first reading in the...
09 Jan, 2024 Use it or lose it – local authorities to get control over empty high street premises By Neil Toner The compulsory commercial property auction is one of the most radical, but least reported on, concepts contained within the Levelling-up...
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...
07 Nov, 2023 The new Provider Selection Regime for the procurement of health care services By Kris Kelliher After two years of waiting and two consultation exercises, the draft Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023...
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...
31 Oct, 2023 The Procurement Act 2023 receives Royal Assent By Kris Kelliher The long-awaited Procurement Act 2023 finally received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. The Cabinet Office has said that it plans to...
18 Oct, 2023 RAAC in Scottish housing: early lessons for social housing providers in England By Will O'Brien Image credit: Hillside housing, Girdleness Road, Aberdeen by Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0,...
04 Oct, 2023 Institutional investment in social housing during the last year By Alice Overton It has been a much quieter year in the capital markets for our clients, but we were proud to be the most featured legal advisor for...