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)...
5/13/2025 11:32:00 AM ACsess Risk – Handling complex complaints By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey We are delighted to announce that our next session of ACsess Risk will be focused on handling complex complaints. Recap: What is the aim...
5/13/2025 11:26:22 AM Expert witness functions in the housing disrepair sector By Bethan Jones Surveyors are routinely instructed to provide expert reports in housing disrepair claims; most of those surveyors are members of the ...
5/9/2025 10:43:47 AM Low-cost home ownership: maximising your section 106 agreement By Digby Morgan Section 106 agreements (s106s’) are the bread-and-butter of the sector. But they can present challenges, and there are plenty of things...
4/30/2025 4:04:41 PM Proportionality – Seeking possession against a tenant with a disability By Rebecca Sembuuze Mollie McQuade The recent High Court case of Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership (2025) EWHC 933 (KB), considered the issue of proportionality when...
4/29/2025 3:30:29 PM April increases to statutory payments By Libby Hubbard To paraphrase the Kipling poem very badly, if you can keep your head and apply the April statutory increases when all around you there is...
4/28/2025 3:03:30 PM Procurement UnpACked: Small business, big impact By Gayle Monk Section 12 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) requires that contracting authorities (a) have regard to the fact that small and...
4/14/2025 1:46:23 PM Welcome to ACcess Development By Lucy Worrall We are delighted to announce the first of our ACcess Development Club sessions on 29 April 2025. What is the aim of ACcess Development?...
4/14/2025 11:28:06 AM Compliant tenders - 'discount' is ambiguous By Andrew Millross In a mini-competition run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the invitation to submit mini-tenders told framework suppliers...
4/14/2025 9:02:35 AM Renters' Rights Bill Hub By Emma Hardman As the Renters' Rights Bill (the Bill) continues its journey through Parliament, scheduled for Committee Stage in the House of Lords on...
4/9/2025 10:16:37 AM Procurement UnpACked: Using KPIs to drive accountability and performance By Sophie McFie-Hyland Chanel Quigley Contracting authorities will have seen that there is a range of obligations relating to key performance indicators (KPIs) under the...
4/8/2025 2:54:14 PM Taking all reasonable steps; more guidance for discrimination cases By Libby Hubbard Lawyers love this word ‘reasonable’ – I would go as far as to say that we spend an unreasonable amount of time debating what reasonable...