10 years of the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Exploring the welfare jurisdiction of the Court of Protection
Ten years is not a long time in terms of establishing law. The Court of Protection is an ever-evolving beast developing through case law. As a result, there has been […]
Doing the decent thing…
Take Mr M, for example – Mr M was a tenant board member of his local housing association. Mr M, being a community minded man, got involved in supporting the […]
Data sharing rules
Under the changes the DWP is allowed to share the following information with social landlords (not private landlords) about welfare-supported tenants, and landlords are required to receive and hold the information: […]
What’s to come for social businesses?
The mood from colleagues in the community sector was sombre. Afzal Hussain, Chief Officer of Witton Lodge Community Association, reported that his organisation has seen footfall into their local centre rise […]
The main residence nil rate band for inheritance tax
On 8th July HMRC issued a statement setting out some of the detail about this proposal. The Devil is certainly in the detail! Even now we will have to await […]
Rent Increases and Supported Housing
The Inside Housing article listed a wide variety of types of supported housing; and in our view housing associations should increase rents for all types mentioned. However housing associations need […]
A guide for charities to the Persons of Significant Control (‘PSC’) Register
What is a PSC Register? The PSC register is a new statutory register that most UK companies and LLPs (including charitable companies) will be required to keep from 6th April […]
Advisers beware: the need for truly collaborative working
This means that, in certain circumstances, beneficiaries who have not received what the deceased intended may well have a legal claim against the adviser who prepared the Will. A recent […]
The Autumn Statement – Feeling the cold winds of Brexit…
All the civil servants’ time, effort and brains appear to have been sucked into Brexit issues, leaving an unimaginative response to some of the most significant challenges people are currently […]
Top tips – protecting and enforcing your intellectual property rights
1. Be proactive – New organisations, in both the private and third sector, spring up all the time. Existing organisations re-brand or change their name on a regular basis. Search the […]
Is your authority economically active? – State aid post Brexit
We never liked it anyway… The difficulty with EU State aid law is the width of transactions captured. If the Government was proposing to subsidise our steel industry, so that […]
When is a Care Assessment not a Care Assessment?
Background JF was, at the relevant time, 22 and he has complex needs arising from his learning disabilities and autism. He was at a further education college with his placement, […]