Ill health retirement – LGPS employer must pay £1,000 compensation
Mrs Hudspith was employed by Sunderland City Council and was a member of the LGPS. She suffered an injury to her shoulder and went on long term sick leave in […]
The Housing and Planning Bill 2015 – the waiting game…
Key points to note are: Reducing regulation The Bill contains reference to reducing regulatory control over private registered providers of social housing (“HAs”) and their affairs (although it only delegates […]
Introduction
Health and Social Care: Matthew Wort provides some key questions about your readiness to provide new solutions in a changing social care environment and how to provide a public service to be proud of. […]
Frameworks and service charge consultation – not a complete solution
What the case says The case helpfully does confirm that costs incurred under contracts called-off from a framework agreement are incurred “under” that framework agreement (and not just “under the […]
The end of the “golden” era…
The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 A number of other provisions in the Act will come into force with effect from tomorrow, […]
Social care contracts and commissioning – market study update
The CMA recognises that the sector “performs a vital public service that benefits many people”[1] and the good news is that overall (despite public awareness of malpractice) residents and relatives […]
Response to CLG’s consultation on Tackling Unfair Practices in the Leasehold Market
Sparked by the exponential growth in developers selling houses on a leasehold basis, with rapidly rising ground rents, the paper poses a variety of questions to respondents on how to […]
Section S21s and Accelerated Possession Proceedings
As you will be aware the Form N5B is the claim form used for accelerated possession proceedings following service of a Section 21 notice seeking possession (in respect of an […]
A country that lives within its means: home economics for local authorities (1)
[media id=696] A country that lives within its means: Spending Review 2015 presents some hints as to what the government is expecting its departments, and others in the wider public […]
National Minimum Wage Myths Busted
Misconception 1: Following the European Court of Justice case of Tyco, my care workers are entitled to be paid for the time they spend travelling from home to their first […]
A regional hub for charity law
CLA members in the Midlands were able to participate in the meeting from our office in central Birmingham. The collegiate spirit of charity law was very much in evidence as […]
Starter homes – the policy will make its mark
A key point about starter homes is that the sections will only be brought into force by regulation, so there is no “starter” (sic) date. After much debate, the Government […]