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July 10, 2025
The Building Safety Act and retrospective service charge protection
Mark Loveday and Hugh Rowan examine Court of Appeal rulings on retrospective service charge protection under Schedule 8 of the Building Safety Act 2022.
Jul 10, 2025
Right to Buy (RTB) leases — be warned about service charges
Andrius Roos outlines five important takeaways from a recent case on the grant of Right to Buy leases and the ability to recover service charges.
Jul 10, 2025
Awaab’s Law – implementation of Phase 1
Matthew Lake, Sian Evans and Clare Jones consider the Government’s recent announcements on phase 1 of Awaab’s Law.
Jul 09, 2025
Seven key insights: Lord Justice Birss considers AI in civil justice
Matthew Lee sets out what expert witnesses and housing lawyers must know from the views on AI expressed by the senior judge who is to become Chancellor of the High Court later this year.
Jul 09, 2025
Imperative requirements in homelessness: nuts and bolts on a bumpy roadmap to suitable accommodation
Lindsay Johnson analyses an important Court of Appeal ruling on whether a local housing authority is precluded from determining the suitability of offered accommodation if it has not prepared a lawful section 189A (1) assessment, and the further documentation required by that section.
Jul 09, 2025
Home Truths - Dissecting Section 16J: Criminal Confusion in the Renters’ Rights Bill - 42 Bedford Row
Landlords, brace yourselves! Section 16J of the Renters’ Rights Bill could land you in criminal trouble for relying on shaky eviction grounds—but its sloppy drafting leaves huge questions unanswered.
Jul 09, 2025
Home Truths: Grounds for Possession under the Renters' Rights Bill - 42 Bedford Row
In this episode of Home Truths, Alex Adamou and Max Gordon discuss some of the interesting grounds for possession proposed under the Renters' Rights Bill and debate if the Bill will bring the change that commentators are expecting.
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Home Truths - Dissecting Section 16J: Criminal Confusion in the Renters’ Rights Bill - 42 Bedford Row
Landlords, brace yourselves! Section 16J of the Renters’ Rights Bill could land you in criminal trouble for relying on shaky eviction grounds—but its sloppy drafting leaves huge questions unanswered.
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Jun 27, 2025
Too little? When intervention is not required
In the third article on a recent Court of Appeal judgment that involved a wide-ranging exploration of the law and procedure relating to challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event, Catherine Rowlands looks at how the local authority responded.
Jun 20, 2025
The Procurement Act 2023 and new homes
Lee Pickett, Colin Murray and Shaun Gamble examine how the Procurement Act 2023 assists contracting authorities in delivering new homes.
Jun 20, 2025
Heat network zoning coordination
Carrie Davies sets out some early-stage considerations for local authorities when it comes to heat network zoning coordination.
Jun 18, 2025
Too late
In the second article of a series on challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event, Catherine Rowlands looks at how the Court of Appeal dealt with the issue of whether a claim was brought out of time.
Jun 18, 2025
Too little? Or too late?
In the first in a series of articles, Catherine Rowlands examines a Court of Appeal judgment that involved a wide-ranging exploration of the law and procedure relating to challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event.
Jun 11, 2025
Planning reform to accelerate housing delivery - at what cost?
Chrisa Tsompani examines how the Government’s sweeping planning reforms could reshape every layer of the building sector – from local authorities to small-medium builders, and considers the critical implications for environmental policies.
Jun 04, 2025
Who inspects the inspectors?
Richard Dewsbery and Holly Sims explore why housing condition claims see the involvement of one or more (often two) experts.
Jun 04, 2025
Expert witness functions in the housing disrepair sector
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) recently issued a practice alert after receiving reports condemning the quality of expert witness functions being performed in the housing disrepair sector by its members. Bethan Jones examines the issue.
Jun 04, 2025
Lessons from regulatory inspections of local authorities
Darren Hooker sets out the key learning points arising from the Regulator of Social Housing’s inspections of local authorities.
Jun 04, 2025
The importance of vacant possession
Stephen Postlethwaite considers a recent county court case which highlighted the importance of ensuring the property a registered provider or local authority is purchasing has vacant possession.
Events
Institutional landlord series: Possession – High Court Enforcement - 5 Pump Court
22-10-2025 4:00 pm
22-10-2025 4:00 pm
Institutional landlord series: Costs Recovery and Legally Aided Parties - 5 Pump Court
05-11-2025 4:00 pm
05-11-2025 4:00 pm
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