Contracting with housing associations
Value for money — RPs are required to demonstrate compliance with the regulatory standards, under which they are required to “understand the costs and outcomes of delivering specific services and which […]
Technical Update: Cost Sharing Groups
The exemption enables a cost sharing group (CSG) to supply services to its members without charging each other VAT where five criteria are met: the CSG is an ‘independent group […]
National Minimum Wage Consultation Response Published
The response has been published and the Government considers that the draft Consolidated Regulations correctly reflect the Government’s intended policy and recent case law relating to sleep-in time and will […]
Right to Buy for Housing Associations; what reality might look like
Pre-election the HA RTB was included in the list of promises that would be turned into action within the first 100 days. If the Conservatives were anticipating a minority Government they […]
Must we advertise all contracts valued over £25,000?
This is one area where the Crown Commercial Service guidance is correct. As that guidance says, “Where a contracting authority is satisfied that it is lawful not to advertise an […]
Pension Costs – mixed news for employers
Auto-enrolment The Government has announced that the timetable for increasing the employer contributions has been extended by 6 months. The phasing of contributions will now be as follows: In the […]
Water rates as rent? Jones v London Borough of Southwark
It leads to the prospect of defended arrears possession claims and counterclaims for alleged overpayments. The facts of the case and its impact is reviewed below: 1. What were the […]
Thinking about converting to a CIO?
The introduction of charitable incorporated organisations (“CIO”) in 2013 gave those wishing to set up as a charity a new form of legal structure, unhindered by the often complex requirements […]
No freedom of choice over combined and individual lot tenders
A failure to do just this has now led to a successful challenge to the Greater Glasgow Health Board in Johnson & Johnson v Greater Glasgow Health Board [2016] CSOH […]
Children in secure accommodation – where and how can these young children be placed?
The limited number of placements in England and Wales and the complex needs of these young people, who have often reached a crisis point and desperately need to be securely […]
How qualified is your surgeon?
Whilst a patient may be offered an appointment with either a ‘Consultant Podiatric Surgeon’ or a ‘Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon’, the meaning behind a title can be misleading. Patients offered an […]
Waiting (no longer) to exhale – the HCA publishes the outcome of consultation on the new Regulatory Framework
Many of the proposals set out in the 2014 consultation (see our e-briefing on this here) have been carried through into the new Regulatory Framework documents, which will take effect […]