Nov 25, 2024 PFI Expiry - Greater focus, support and resources needed now, say London boroughs – new report By Caroline Mostowfi Many London boroughs are not yet prepared for the expiry of their private finance initiative (PFI) contracts and are constrained from...
Nov 15, 2024 Key takeaways - Delivering affordable housing through Joint Ventures and Partnerships with the private sector By Joanna Bouloux Kris Kelliher Joanna Bouloux and Kris Kelliher were joined by Saheeda Bowmer of 31ten Consulting at a recent session on the growth of joint ventures...
Oct 30, 2024 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...
Oct 21, 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...
Oct 10, 2024 PFI Expiry Series By Luke Hartnell Welcome to our PFI Expiry series of articles produced by our Infrastructure & Projects team!
Oct 02, 2024 PFI Expiry - But what about NHS LIFT? By Caroline Mostowfi Much has been written over the last 12 months or so stressing the need to take positive action in preparation for the expiry of...
Oct 02, 2024 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...
Aug 30, 2024 Building Safety Act 2022: Devonshires' Flagship Conference Returns By Lee Russell Mark London Following last year’s success, we are delighted to announce the return of our flagship conference on the Building Safety Act 2022. The...
Jul 22, 2024 All Change? Get commonhold done! By Neil Toner What are Labour’s plans for commonhold? And what is commonhold anyway? Leasehold, as a tenure for home ownership, has received a pretty...
Jul 18, 2024 All Change? Grounds for optimism? By Neil Toner What will the Labour Government do about ground rents? Within their manifesto, Labour committed to “tackle unregulated and unaffordable...
Jul 18, 2024 Collateral warranties are not construction contracts: the Supreme Court’s decision in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Augusta 2008 LLP By Patrick Trevor Summary In its judgment in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd (Respondent) v Augusta 2008 LLP (formerly Simply Construct (UK) LLP)...
Jul 15, 2024 Commercial Contracts and Force Majeure – UK Supreme Court decision By Joanna Bouloux Kris Kelliher Prateek Sharma On 15 May 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024] UKSC 18, unanimously reaffirming the principle...