12/15/2025 10:13:12 AM Residential PEEPs: Updated guidance – What you need to know By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain In our recent blog, we explored the requirements for Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs), which will take effect on 6...
12/10/2025 1:16:54 PM Public Accounts Committee unpacked: Key insights for children’s home providers By Precious Mealia On 17 November, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) held a crucial scrutiny session into the financial sustainability of children’s...
10/21/2025 11:07:13 AM Escape from Almacantar (Alcatraz)! By Joanne Wright You may have seen the recent Upper Tribunal decision in Almacantar Centre Point Nominee No.1 Ltd v De Valk [2025] UKUT 298 (LC). It adds...
9/26/2025 7:34:49 AM PFI Fridays #3 – Managing the evolving fire and building safety landscape: Hurdles at handback By Emma Beynon Lorna Kenyon-Pain Paul Slinger Elizabeth Massey +1 more... Show less As the UK enters a critical phase of PFI contract expiries, the handback process presents a complex legal and operational challenge,...
8/4/2025 9:21:19 AM Updated plans, updated expectations from social landlords – The Remediation Acceleration Plan update By Joanne Wright Paul Slinger Further to my blog in December 2024 on the Government’s plans to speed up the remediation of high-rise buildings in England, the...
7/28/2025 1:35:44 PM Residential PEEPs: A new chapter in fire safety for vulnerable residents By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and after years of consultation, new requirements for Residential Personal Emergency...
7/28/2025 10:38:25 AM New Memorandum of Understanding between the Regulator of Social Housing and the Building Safety Regulator – Giving the regulators more teeth? By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain On 22 July 2025, a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was published between the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) and the Health and...
7/16/2025 1:39:49 PM More pieces of the ‘leaseholder protections’ puzzle fall into place: two important decisions in the Court of Appeal By Joanne Wright Two lengthy Court of Appeal judgments were given last week on 8 July 2025, providing authority on issues arising from the ‘leaseholder...
7/1/2025 2:40:57 PM Reflections on NFTMO 2025: Banners, banter and big ideas By Sarah Patrice Well, I’ve just about recovered from another brilliant NFTMO Annual Conference - and yes, I still haven’t figured out (or is that refuse...
6/30/2025 9:25:01 AM Reflections from NFTMO 2025 – Building safety and management: communication breakdown (and other fire hazards) By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey If you attended our session at the NFTMO conference this year, you’ll know it quickly turned into something of a legal surgery - and we...
6/24/2025 2:00:03 PM Reviewing the Regulator: Is the Building Safety Regulator fit for purpose? By Lorna Kenyon-Pain The Building Safety Regulator was set up under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022). One of its key purposes is to regulate...
5/15/2025 3:29:12 PM Do you know the code? By Joanne Wright The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s ‘Code of Practice for the remediation of residential buildings’ (the Code)...