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This update has been prepared as a summary of some of the key pieces of guidance and changes to legislation as at 3 April 2020 that will affect community care and welfare Court of Protection (COP) practice.
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Harriet Killeen
Associate
Manchester
Harriet is an Associate who represents social housing landlords in all arears of housing management.
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Neelam Sharma
Partner
Birmingham
Neelam is a partner in our Housing Management team and was admitted as a Solicitor in 1998.
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New ‘Respect orders’ to be introduced under the Crime and Policing Bill
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Property litigation
On 25 February 2025, the Crime and Policing Bill (Bill 187) was introduced in the House of Commons. The bill is intended to assist in…
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Emily Hope
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Our national Real Estate team is one of the largest of its kind in the UK and includes experts in commercial property investment and development, property litigation, planning and the environment, construction law, and restructuring and insolvency.
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Registered Social Housing providers are set to be affected by proposed changes to existing Electrical Safety Standards
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Housing management
The proposed changes will extend requirements relating to the inspection and testing of electrical installations in rented accommodation…
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Gabrielle Roberts
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What you need to know about the new shared ownership lease
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Following the government’s recent technical consultation, Homes England have released a new model shared ownership house and flat lease for homes in England (other than London) funded under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026.
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Hesham Bilal-Hafiz
Housing Management Solicitor
Manchester
Hesham meticulously analyses the merits of social housing disrepair disputes and robustly defends such claims with attention to detail and strong negotiations.
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Building back greener?
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Post Brexit, the UK government is replacing EU environmental law with home-grown environmental law, so what’s changing?
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Charlotte Lord
Senior Associate
Cardiff
Charlotte helps social housing providers and others to obtain funding by acting for those borrowers or those lending to them.
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Clarke Willmott advises on latest South Wales care home deal
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Corporate and commercial law
Clarke Willmott has completed on the latest in a series of care home deals for Linc Cymru Housing Association (Linc). Capel Grange Care Home in Newport was sold as part of a strategic divestment of Linc’s care portfolio.
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Kirill Bingham
, Vicky Kells
and Chris Connors
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