Ebriefings

Not only has the possession stay been extended until 20 September, the notice periods to be given to tenants has been extended in certain circumstances with some important exceptions.

Catch up with all the latest charity updates in this fortnight’s news roundup

It is almost a matter of relief that “normal” might be on the horizon when we return to the machinations of TUPE and its protections for employees!

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, building safety continues to be a key concern for social housing providers and their residents.

I wrote an article in July 2020 highlighting the “First Do No Harm” report which came about following the independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.

You can read it again here which will give some context to the comments made by Theresa May. The report was long overdue and rightly recognised errors that had been made and the deficiencies within our healthcare system in utilising and dealing with these drugs and products. Like Theresa May, I had hoped that the government would implement plans to carry out the recommendations sooner rather than later.

The Court has confirmed that a party cannot withhold its consent in order to re-write the original bargain.

After much commentary in the housing press in recent days, we are aware that this morning, Friday 21 August 2020, the Civil Procedure Rules Committee approved a further amendment to the Court Rules, extending the current stay on possession proceedings until 20 September 2020. This is simply awaiting a Statutory Instrument to be laid by Parliament to bring the changes in; therefore, the position could change but the possibility of this is very slim.

The National Housing Federation (NHF) has published for consultation a new draft version of its sector-specific Code of Governance with the aim of adopting a new, final version in November 2020.

Catch up with all the latest charity updates in this fortnight’s news roundup.

Yesterday, on 6 August 2020, the Government published the above White Paper. The purpose of the White Paper is to do the following: “Planning for the future, landmark reforms to speed up and modernise the planning system and get the country building”.

On 30 June 2020, Boris Johnson announced radical changes to the planning system.

This article is further to our previous e-briefing (published on 22 July 2020) where we informed you that there are new temporary measures (a new Practice Direction PD55c) that have been brought into deal with possession claims, following the stay being lifted on possession claims on 22 August 2020.