Ebriefings

Luton Borough Council was prosecuted by the HSE late last year following an incident at a high school in which an assistant headteacher was attacked by a pupil and left with life-changing injuries.

Most housing practitioners have perhaps been waiting for this news since the latest lockdown was announced by the Prime Minister on 4 January 2021.

A case at the end of 2020 is a warning for contracting authorities using agreements for lease and similar development agreements to commission buildings and developments from developers.

Local authorities should be wary of reserving contracts for local suppliers, as recommended by Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 11/20. Other contracting authorities may want to maximise their use of this

Climate change and biodiversity is an area where significantly faster changes are needed on a global and local basis.

Our previous round-up began by sharing the news that two vaccines had shown very promising test results. Here we are, not even a month later, and the first vaccines have already been administered!

The first report of Donna Ockenden and her team into the review of maternity services at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been published today.

While Christmas is looking a little different and we may be feeling less festive than we normally would, it is still a good time to reflect on what we have overcome this year.

We now know what the short-term holds for public procurement at the end of the Brexit transitional period.

On 1 December 2020 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Pimlett v Curo Places Limited EWCA Civ 1621 where prior judgments in the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal were overturned.

On 26 November 2020 further changes to the ‘Building Regulations: Fire safety – Approved Document B’ will take effect.

Last week, the NHF published its final version of its new Code of Governance and made some important changes from the previous draft that will impact on those housing associations looking to adopt it.