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Social Housing Newsletter – Winter 2021
Welcome. In this edition of our quarterly newsletter, we have a variety of topics to share with you. Warning: Two articles, one considering the move from LIBOR to SONIA, and the other, an overview of a recent ASB case, do contain some music-themed puns (we’ve all been in lockdown for...
Read more26 February 2021
Social Housing Case Bulletin – February 2021
Welcome to the February issue of our case law update Our social housing team are delighted to share the cases from October from the higher jurisdiction courts in England and Wales that are relevant to the affordable housing sector. We trust that this update will be helpful and we welcome...
Read more23 February 2021
New taxes announced to fund cladding remediation
On 10 February 2021, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced further plans in respect of remediation of defective cladding works. As part of the announcement of the five-point plan, two new tax provisions were detailed: A new “Gateway 2” developer levy, to be applied when a developer seeks permission for...
Read more17 February 2021
Social Housing Case Bulletin – December 2020
Welcome to the December issue of our case law update Our social housing team are delighted to share the cases from September from the higher jurisdiction courts in England and Wales that are relevant to the affordable housing sector. We trust that this update will be helpful and we welcome...
Read more22 December 2020
Developer De-brief – Autumn 2020
Welcome to our first edition. We are all being advised to take care and avoid risk to our health at the moment. Development is about taking risk – there is no guarantee of a successful or profitable outcome – but those most likely to succeed will have paid proper attention...
Read more18 November 2020
Social Housing Newsletter – Autumn 2020
Autumn 2020 edition In this edition we look at the consequences of ‘being nice’ to residential tenants, the impact of the shared ownership rules for RPs, and try to help clear the fog around possession claims now they are back on the table. In addition, the focus of our ‘In...
Read more18 November 2020
Social Housing Case Bulletin – November 2020
Welcome to the November issue of our case law update Our social housing team are delighted to share the cases from August from the higher jurisdiction courts in England and Wales that are relevant to the affordable housing sector. We trust that this update will be helpful and we welcome...
Read more18 November 2020
Modular construction and fire risks
Considerations when using modern methods of construction (“MMC”) In the early hours of Monday 27 July 2020, The Moorfield Hotel in Brae, on the Shetland Islands, burned down, with the hotel destroyed in its entirety. No guests were injured, having safely been evacuated. This was the second devastating fire in...
Read more3 November 2020
Social Housing Case Bulletin – October 2020
Welcome to the October issue of our case law update Our social housing team are delighted to share the cases from July from the higher jurisdiction courts in England and Wales that are relevant to the affordable housing sector. We trust that this update will be helpful and we welcome...
Read more23 October 2020
Telecoms: Important New Code case relating to residential rooftop
Considered market evidence for the first time – the Tribunal provides further guidance on levels of consideration for rooftop sites of residential blocks In CTIL -v- L&Q [2020] the Tribunal was asked to determine the terms (including the consideration) to impose a new telecoms code agreement for a rooftop site...
Read more21 October 2020