Sep 12, 2024 Renters Rights Bill finally lands By Helen Tucker At last, the long-awaited Renters Rights Bill abolishing assured shorthold tenancies and the s21 notice ‘no-fault eviction’ process, has...
Oct 07, 2024 EHRC launches consultation for its updated Code of Practice on discrimination, harassment and victimisation in services and public functions By Emma Watt The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a consultation on its updated Code of Practice for services, public...
Oct 03, 2024 Golden owls and treasure hunts: Keeping an enterprise going after your death By Nikhil Handa There's good news for treasure hunters this week as it was announced that a long-running mystery has been solved. As this BBC news...
Oct 03, 2024 Making the procurement of technology work equitably for people and society By Steven Brunning The Ada Lovelace Institute (ADA), an independent research institute which aims to ensure that data and AI ‘work for people and society’,...
Oct 02, 2024 100 weddings! And a funeral? Thinking about wills when you get married By Nikhil Handa Many of us will have been pleased to read about the 100 weddings that took place at Old Marylebone Town Hall yesterday in celebration of...
Oct 02, 2024 When is a Swiss Army knife not the right tool? By Christopher Frankling Recent whistleblowers have reported an alarming history of patients being injured during surgery at University Hospitals Sussex NHS...
Oct 01, 2024 Proposed reforms to community benefit societies may have far-reaching consequences for the social housing sector By Victoria Jardine In mid-September 2024, the Law Commission published the findings of its ongoing review of the laws and regulations that govern...
Sep 30, 2024 Rising whistleblowing in charities - what this means and how to respond? By Anna Dabek Today's article in the Civil Society highlights the Charity Commission’s latest report showing a significant rise in whistleblowing...
Sep 27, 2024 Regulatory round-up: Care and housing prosecutions update 2024 By Freya Cassia Beth Parlane Understanding regulators’ priorities can help care and housing providers focus their improvements and proactively address any issues...
Sep 27, 2024 Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace - New updated guidance By Libby Hubbard This week has seen some deeply troubling stories of sexual harassment told by ex-employees of Harrods. It is somewhat timely that the...
Sep 25, 2024 Back to work (again): Home Office's right to work guidance updated By Hazel Findlay The Home Office updated the employer’s guide to right to work checks again on 23 September 2024 (and it is stated to apply to right to...
Sep 25, 2024 Things landlords can do to stop RTB fraud By Lucy Worrall Right now there is a surge in right to buy (RTB) applications given tenants justified concerns that the new Labour government is likely...
Sep 24, 2024 Accessing a loved one’s assets when they pass away By Nikhil Handa According to this recent BBC news article, Apple has refused a widower access to his wife’s iPhone, preventing him from having...