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Further to my blog in December 2024 on the Government’s plans to speed up the remediation of high-rise buildings in England, the...

In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and after years of consultation, new requirements for Residential Personal Emergency...

On 22 July 2025, a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was published between the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) and the Health and...

Two lengthy Court of Appeal judgments were given last week on 8 July 2025, providing authority on issues arising from the ‘leaseholder...

Well, I’ve just about recovered from another brilliant NFTMO Annual Conference - and yes, I still haven’t figured out (or is that refuse...

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...

The Building Safety Regulator was set up under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022). One of its key purposes is to regulate...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s ‘Code of Practice for the remediation of residential buildings’ (the Code)...

Many housing and care providers will seek to mitigate the risk of falls from windows by installing window restrictors. However, the legal...

Angela Rayner made an announcement yesterday in Parliament (26 February 2025) introducing the Government’s response to the Phase 2 Report...

In a recent case (381 Southwark Park Road RTM Company Limited & Ors v Click St Andrews Ltd & Anr), the High Court has given valuable...

You may be aware that on 2 December 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published a Remediation...