19 Dec, 2024 45 pages of corrections! By Andrew Millross One would have thought that with a new Government, 45 pages of Regulations and amendments to the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) and related...
18 Dec, 2024 Access injunctions: Sovereign Housing Association Limited v Hall (Bristol County Court) 10 July 2024 By Kabita Akhtar Sovereign Housing Association Limited (Sovereign) obtained an injunction for access to their tenant (Ms Hall)'s property, meaning she was...
18 Dec, 2024 Remediation Acceleration Plan: the MHCLG's answer to cladding remediation concerns By Joanne Wright Paul Slinger Verity Cartwright You may be aware that on 2 December 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published a Remediation...
18 Dec, 2024 2024 in the rear mirror – pretty picture or pretty awful? By Libby Hubbard For our annual employment and pensions round-up of the year, we have asked some of our team members to bring their gifts of insight,...
17 Dec, 2024 Latest report from the Housing Ombudsman: Severe maladministration cases on damp and mould By Kabita Akhtar The Housing Ombudsman's latest report on severe maladministration regarding damp and mould highlights issues with how landlords handle...
11 Dec, 2024 Back to the future? The return of the two-tier code By Doug Mullen The Employment Rights Bill has hit the headlines with the substantial changes to employment law contained in it. But one measure that...
11 Dec, 2024 Renters' Rights Bill - Committee stage By Mollie McQuade The Renters Rights Bill has now completed its committee stage within the House of Commons. This stage involves a number of selected MPs...
11 Dec, 2024 Healthy Homes and Buildings By Emma Hardman Last night I attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthy Homes and Buildings roundtable debate discussing why building...
10 Dec, 2024 Can fees paid by a tenant before the enactment of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 prevent a landlord from recovering possession under S.21 Housing Act 1998? By Mollie McQuade The Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 01 June 2019. In the recent Court of Appeal case of Martyna Switaj v Adrian McClenaghan...
04 Dec, 2024 Last Christmas I gave you my heart… this year it will be a robust risk assessment! By Libby Hubbard Can we still enjoy our Christmas parties? Black Friday is gone, and so has Cyber Monday, and we are left with panic-present shopping and...
21 Nov, 2024 Significant impact on Welsh landlords following High Court decision By Bethan Jones There have been big changes in housing law in Wales in recent years since the commencement of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (RHWA),...
20 Nov, 2024 The Employment Rights Bill - is it all it's cracked up to be? By Libby Hubbard This is the question we ask in our latest podcast. The dust has settled, alongside the powdery snow, and we can now ask some questions...