8/20/2025 2:13:03 PM A new dawn... Preparing for new Renters' Rights By Emma Hardman Penny Bournes The final stages of Parliamentary process for the much talked about Renters’ Rights Bill are now scheduled for September. Royal Assent so...
8/18/2025 7:23:30 PM Breach of pre-action protocol for housing conditions claims (England) cases By Suzanne Gregson A recent County Court judgment reviewed the pre-action protocol for housing conditions claims (England) and the consequences of breaching...
8/13/2025 9:37:15 AM Briefing on the Employment Rights Bill - Focus on key changes to trade unions By Katherine Sinclair The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) is a landmark piece of proposed legislation currently going through Parliament that aims to modernise...
8/8/2025 1:35:12 PM Housing succession claims – Who classes as a ‘stepchild’? By Mollie McQuade The recent Court of Appeal case, Abdelrahman v Islington LBC [2025], offered useful guidance as to who is considered a ‘stepchild’ for...
8/6/2025 2:30:22 PM Awaab's Law... Next steps and key takeways from the draft guidance By Suzanne Gregson The ‘Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England)Regulations 2025’ (the ‘regulations’), also known as Awaab’s Law, were...
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...
7/29/2025 2:16:25 PM Procurement UnpACked: A supplier’s guide to the debarment list By Amy Callahan-Page The Act is making a (debarment) list and checking it twice… In this Procurement UnpACked, we explore one of the more dramatic changes...
7/29/2025 12:54:22 PM Procurement UnpACked: Contracting authorities' debarment list duties By Amy Callahan-Page The debarment list In this Procurement UnpACked, we explore one of The Procurement Act 2023’s more dramatic changes: the introduction of...
7/28/2025 1:53:51 PM Mortgagee protection clauses in focus: Lessons from Westminster City Council v Gems House Residences [2025] By Sarah Kay In the recent High Court decision of Westminster City Council v Gems House Residences Chiltern Street Ltd & Anor [2025] EWHC 1789 (Ch),...
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...
7/22/2025 1:13:28 PM Renters Rights' Bill - timescale update By Emma Hardman We now know that the Renters' Rights Bill (the Bill) will not be finalised before the summer recess, with the next stage of its...