Sep 12, 2024 Buying time: Procurement Act 2023 delayed for essential repairs By Chanel Quigley As you may have seen, the Cabinet Office has announced that the go-live date for the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) has been delayed and...
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...
Sep 10, 2024 National framework for commissioning care and support: code of practice By Emma Watt The Welsh Government has published a new Code of Practice (the Code) which came into effect on 1 September and applies principles and...
Sep 10, 2024 The London Borough of Merton found itself in the news recently through its first use of a rarely used power By Ammaarah Jaigirdar Section 80 of the Housing Act 2004 gives local authorities the power to designate parts of its area to ‘selective licensing’. This is a...
Sep 10, 2024 Great Ormond Street Hospital has offered 'sincere apologies' to children who have suffered lifelong damage By Stacey Barnard NHS Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is in the press this week, after announcing its review of 721 patients. The...
Sep 09, 2024 Some Ancient Egyptian wisdom – Explaining your reasons for disinheriting someone By Nikhil Handa This weekend I visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and was particularly surprised by one of their exhibits – the ‘Will of Naunakhte’. ...
Sep 09, 2024 Government launches eagerly anticipated NPPF consultation: Summary of the proposed key changes By Stuart Evans The Government has provided further details of its proposed ‘overhaul’ of the planning system, with the publication of a revised version...
Sep 04, 2024 Pensions and fire and re-hire By Doug Mullen Fire and re-hire is a hot topic at the moment, with the Government looking to ban it. Hot off the press, a recent employment tribunal...