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...
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...
12 Sep, 2024 High Risk Buildings: Security Considerations By Charlotte Ingram The horror of the tragedy at Grenfell Tower continues to reverberate throughout the social housing sector, as we soberly digest the...
02 Sep, 2024 Social Housing's Professionals' League: Devonshires ranked No.1 for institutional investment deals By Rachel Dros Rachel Orgill-Harris Alice Overton We are delighted to be the most instructed legal advisor for housing association borrowers and issuers, as reported by Social Housing's...
09 Aug, 2024 The proposed new UK Prospectus regime – key forthcoming changes for housing association bond issuers By Rachel Orgill-Harris Michelle Pascua The publication of the FCA’s proposed new rules for admission to trading on regulated UK markets has been long-awaited and eagerly...
22 Jul, 2024 What should my board know about interest rate hedging? By Luke Bevis Sharon Thandi Hedging arrangements are commonplace among housing associations and are a useful tool for mitigating financial risk. In times gone by,...
03 Jun, 2024 New UK legislation to compensate victims of Push Payment scams By Matthew Garbutt Authorised Push Payment ("APP") fraud occurs when fraudsters trick individuals or businesses into authorising a payment to an account...
16 May, 2024 Without Prejudice v's Protected Conversation: What's the Difference? By Katie Maguire There are certain situations where an employer may want to have an off the record conversation with an employee, meaning their...
23 Nov, 2023 SHDF Wave 2.2 - Funding Applications Now Live By Jonathan Corris Gemma Bell Alice Overton Following the success of SHDF Wave 2.1, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (“DESNZ”) has now launched SHDF Wave 2.2 – to...
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...
21 Sep, 2023 Business as usual in the Housing sector, despite PM's policy shift in achieving Net Zero targets By Caroline Mostowfi Earlier this week, PM Rishi Sunak announced revised plans for the UK in forging a path towards Net Zero by 2050. Whilst re-affirming his...
29 Aug, 2023 Government announces plans to unblock housing development and to do away with "defective EU laws" relating to nutrient neutrality By Hannah Langford Michael Gove and Therese Coffey announcement on nutrient neutrality has just been announced: 100,000 more homes to be built via reform of...