Court awards housing association millions in damages in significant cladding dispute case
This ebriefing comments on the recent judgment in the case of Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley and Co Limited in relation to cladding fire safety defects on high-rise buildings.
Auto-enrolment: First-class lessons from the first tier tribunal
Auto-enrolment compliance is a headache for many employers, with seemingly small failures leading to penalties from the pensions regulator (TPR).
Commercial purchasing tools – Part 2: A market for dynamic markets?
In our second ebriefing on commercial purchasing tools in the Procurement Bill, we look at the provisions on dynamic markets and their likely practical implications.
Regulatory round-up: Care and housing prosecutions
Keeping up to date with regulatory and prosecution trends can help to give organisations a better understanding of regulators’ priorities.
Procurement Bill – Power to the people! (Otherwise known as ‘maximising public benefit’)
On a hot day such as 18 July 2022, what better repast than to wander on to the Government’s Transforming Public Procurement page and then to meander on to the Hansard record of the House of Lords Committee Stage reading of 13 July?
National minimum wage (NMW) – how to ensure compliance
On 23 May 2022, the Government produced its report on the enforcement of national minimum wage and national living wage.
I have been served with Court of Protection Statutory Will proceeding documents, what happens next?
When you receive Court of Protection documents in the post, the keywords you are looking for in the covering letter are statutory will proceedings and respondent.
Charities monthly round-up July 2022
Charities monthly round-up July 2022 contains several nuggets about how charities can ensure they have good governance and leadership, as well as news stories about the fates of those who haven’t.
Child-inclusive mediation: Giving children a voice
As a family mediator, I am often asked to mediate on difficult situations such as when separating couples cannot agree on how their children will spend their time after the family home is sold or one parent moves out.
Increase in home loss payments
Under the Land Compensation Act 1973, a landlord may have to pay a resident a home loss payment if the resident is permanently displaced from their home (subject to the circumstances and various conditions that have to be satisfied).
Commercial purchasing tools – Part 1: Frameworks
Frameworks and dynamic markets will replace the rules in the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015 that apply to framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems (DPS), two commercial purchasing tools that have been used widely across the UK in recent years. This first ebriefing focuses on frameworks.
The Regulator of Social Housing’s consumer review 2021 to 2022: Lessons for the future of social housing regulation
On 14 July 2022, the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) published its annual consumer review. The review covers the year 2021-22, providing valuable insight into the issues causing the RSH greatest concern and highlighting several matters that providers will need to address.