Fixed recoverable costs – Extended regime now in force – a reminder one month on!
Proceedings issued on or after 1 October 2023 for most civil claims of up to £100,000 will now be caught by the extended fixed recoverable costs regime.
Outsourcing the problem: equal pay and local authority trading companies
The most high-profile story has been Birmingham City Council’s issuing of a section 114 notice over an equal pay liability estimated at £760 million but this is far from an […]
Charities monthly round-up – October 2023
With the weather now feeling much more autumnal, our October newsletter is here to fill you in on some of the most important updates in the charity sector this month.
Submerged in detail – Part 2 consultation on notices under the draft Procurement Act
It has been a little while now since we responded to this Cabinet Office consultation. Read some of the points we made in our response to the consultation.
New guidance affects how landlords respond to damp and mould – are you prepared?
Almost three years on from the tragic death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, and ten months after Coroner Joanne Kearsley’s Prevention of future deaths report, the department of levelling up, housing and communities (DLUHC) has published guidance on understanding and addressing the health risks of damp and mould in the home.
The social housing sector and RAAC – what do we know so far?
A few weeks back many of us had probably not even heard of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). However that has now changed as a result of the partial or complete closure of some 140 schools nationally, following safety concerns relating to RAAC.
Severance payments without scrutiny
Local governments award over generous severance payments at their peril as Northumberland Council have recently found out.
Charities monthly round-up August 2023
July was a month of research, with the Charity Commission (the Commission) publishing three(!) major pieces of analysis: its research on public trust in charities; its research on trustees’ opinions; […]
Should disabled employees modify their behaviours?
Brown v General Vending Services Ltd 2023 EAT 98 is both technical and practical in equal measures, no mean feat! Technically all roads lead to the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010.
Regulatory round-up: care and housing prosecutions update 2023
We continue to keep track of recent prosecutions by both the CQC and HSE so that we can identify the trends developing and consider what they might mean for care and housing providers.
Increase in home loss payments
New regulations, the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2023, have been introduced that increase the amounts payable. For displacements on or after 1 October 2023 the new amounts […]
Wildfires in Corfu: A climate call to action for your organisation
The wildfires in Corfu have been a brutal reality check to much of the world’s press and public this past week.