19 Dec, 2024 45 pages of corrections! By Andrew Millross One would have thought that with a new Government, 45 pages of Regulations and amendments to the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) and related...
18 Dec, 2024 Access injunctions: Sovereign Housing Association Limited v Hall (Bristol County Court) 10 July 2024 By Kabita Akhtar Sovereign Housing Association Limited (Sovereign) obtained an injunction for access to their tenant (Ms Hall)'s property, meaning she was...
18 Dec, 2024 Remediation Acceleration Plan: the MHCLG's answer to cladding remediation concerns By Joanne Wright Paul Slinger Verity Cartwright You may be aware that on 2 December 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published a Remediation...
18 Dec, 2024 Law Commission report on financial remedy reform to be released By Chris Lloyd-Smith This week is not only the Christmas countdown but the release of the Law Commission Scoping Report on Reform of Financial Remedies Law in...
18 Dec, 2024 2024 in the rear mirror – pretty picture or pretty awful? By Libby Hubbard For our annual employment and pensions round-up of the year, we have asked some of our team members to bring their gifts of insight,...
17 Dec, 2024 Latest report from the Housing Ombudsman: Severe maladministration cases on damp and mould By Kabita Akhtar The Housing Ombudsman's latest report on severe maladministration regarding damp and mould highlights issues with how landlords handle...
12 Dec, 2024 New data laws coming in 2025 By Emma Watt The Data Use and Access Bill (the Bill) contains the Government's proposals to update the UK’s data protection legislation. The Bill...
11 Dec, 2024 Back to the future? The return of the two-tier code By Doug Mullen The Employment Rights Bill has hit the headlines with the substantial changes to employment law contained in it. But one measure that...
11 Dec, 2024 Renters' Rights Bill - Committee stage By Mollie McQuade The Renters Rights Bill has now completed its committee stage within the House of Commons. This stage involves a number of selected MPs...
11 Dec, 2024 Healthy Homes and Buildings By Emma Hardman Last night I attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthy Homes and Buildings roundtable debate discussing why building...
10 Dec, 2024 Can fees paid by a tenant before the enactment of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 prevent a landlord from recovering possession under S.21 Housing Act 1998? By Mollie McQuade The Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 01 June 2019. In the recent Court of Appeal case of Martyna Switaj v Adrian McClenaghan...
10 Dec, 2024 Powered by purpose - our first B Corp impact report By Matthew Wort Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who work at Anthony Collins (AC) and all our clients and referrers...