7/1/2025 2:07:54 PM In safe hands: Regulatory support for housing providers By Lorna Kenyon-Pain We’ve recently refreshed our website pages, and with that, we thought it was the perfect time to (re)introduce our regulatory team and...
6/30/2025 11:26:26 AM The Coroner's Court: inquests for social housing providers By Lorna Kenyon-Pain The inquest into the death of Awaab Ishak demonstrated the power of coroners to provoke and support change, not just for those parties...
6/30/2025 9:25:01 AM Reflections from NFTMO 2025 – Building safety and management: communication breakdown (and other fire hazards) By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey 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...
6/24/2025 2:00:03 PM Reviewing the Regulator: Is the Building Safety Regulator fit for purpose? By Lorna Kenyon-Pain The Building Safety Regulator was set up under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022). One of its key purposes is to regulate...
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...
8/11/2023 9:32:34 AM Consumer standards consultation – a holistic approach to safety? By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Molly Quinney Late last month, the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) opened the consumer standards consultation. The outcome of the consultation will...
7/27/2023 8:49:37 AM Regulatory round-up: Care and housing prosecutions update 2023 By Freya Cassia We have just published our most recent prosecutions update which comments on some of the regulatory trends we have been seeing over the...
5/24/2023 10:11:47 AM CCTV and the provision of care - the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman gives its view By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Those receiving care and support and their families sometimes choose to install video and audio recording equipment that captures the...
5/3/2023 8:19:29 AM Care Inspectorate Wales to introduce a new ratings system for Welsh care providers - how to prepare By Freya Cassia Care providers in Wales will soon be given ratings as the Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) continues to prepare for its pilot scheme. The...
4/6/2023 9:32:36 AM Building and fire safety reform – 6 April, more than just the start of the bank holiday weekend? By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey Our blog last month advised that the window for registering higher-risk buildings (“HRBs”) was due to open in April 2023, with the...
3/31/2023 4:31:02 PM Expansion of Ofsted's powers - the regulation of accommodation for 16 and 17-year olds By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Freya Cassia Elizabeth Massey There are nearly 7000 young people living in unregulated settings in the UK. For older looked-after children and care leavers, aged 16...
3/15/2023 11:38:11 AM A warning from the Building Safety Regulator to be ready By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey The regulator’s Making Buildings Safer campaign aims to highlight the new legal duties that those who own, manage and/or otherwise...