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

We are delighted to announce that our next session of ACsess Risk will be focused on handling complex complaints.  Recap: What is the aim...

Surveyors are routinely instructed to provide expert reports in housing disrepair claims; most of those surveyors are members of the ...

Section 106 agreements (s106s’) are the bread-and-butter of the sector. But they can present challenges, and there are plenty of things...

The recent High Court case of Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership (2025) EWHC 933 (KB), considered the issue of proportionality when...

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...

Section 12 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) requires that contracting authorities (a) have regard to the fact that small and...

We are delighted to announce the first of our ACcess Development Club sessions on 29 April 2025.   What is the aim of ACcess Development?...

In a mini-competition run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the invitation to submit mini-tenders told framework suppliers...

As the Renters' Rights Bill (the Bill) continues its journey through Parliament, scheduled for Committee Stage in the House of Lords on...

Contracting authorities will have seen that there is a range of obligations relating to key performance indicators (KPIs) under the...

Lawyers love this word ‘reasonable’ – I would go as far as to say that we spend an unreasonable amount of time debating what reasonable...