Last week the FCA confirmed its plans to introduce a new regulatory return for consumer credit firms who engage in certain regulated activities.

In Nelson v Renfrewshire Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that an employee's failure to exhaust a grievance process is irrelevant in constructive dismissal claims, focusing solely on the employer's conduct when assessing liability for breach of trust and confidence.

Neurodiversity refers to the differences in brain processing that can affect social interaction, learning, attention, and/or sensory processing.

The impending expiry of Local Improvement Finance Trust projects necessitates strategic planning to address estate management and service procurement, with Community Health Partnerships providing centralized oversight for effective stakeholder management.

Apress release from the MHCLG has confirmed that from October, social landlords will be forced to investigate and fix dangerous damp...

HRB building control approval applications under the new approval process, known as Gateway 2, have been facing criticism for the significant delays which have a knock on effect to construction projects.

Recent industry news makes for worrying reading as insolvencies within the construction industry continues.

The Housing Ombudsman launched a "Call for Evidence" to inform its August 2024 "Repairing Trust" report, addressing rising complaints about housing maintenance, costs, and skill shortages. The report seeks solutions and highlights positive landlord changes ahead of Awaab's Law.

Welcome to the inaugural publication of our Real Estate & Projects Newsletter. In each edition, we will keep you updated with topical and insightful updates.

Back in October 2024, a ruling of the First-Tier Tribunal cast doubt over the accuracy and legality of Government guidance as to determining whether a building is a higher-risk building.

The Building Safety Fund is a fund of over £5bn that provides grants for the remediation of buildings over 18 metres.

The Sector Risk Profile highlights fraud as a key risk in social housing, including embezzlement, procurement fraud, and cyber fraud. Detecting fraud has become more challenging, requiring robust internal controls, specialized expertise, and employee vigilance. A 2025 conference on fraud prevention is planned.

Wave 3 of the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund is now open, offering grants for energy efficiency improvements in social housing. Applications must comply with the Subsidy Control Act 2022, with specific requirements for small and large landlords.

Earlier this week, we held our Tackling Fraud in Social Housing Conference. Our in-house fraud experts and a number of external speakers delivered a 360 degree look at fraud in the social housing sector.

Most people are aware that there are severe consequences for employing someone who does not have the right to work in the UK.

On 18 June 2025, Matthew Garbutt and Avary Patutama of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution team delivered...

Following Matthew Pennycook's November statement outlining the Government's plans to begin implementing the reforms from the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (the Act)...

On 26 February 2025, in a Ministerial statement in the House of Commons, Angela Rayner commented on the Phase 2 report and noted that the Government accepts its findings and all 58 recommendations.

Following the Government's acceptance of all the findings of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on 26 February 2025, it agreed to take action to deliver the 58 recommendations.

Another day, another ‘once in a generation' announcement, but the latest significant boost to existing grant funding has been uniformly welcomed by the affordable housing and wider house-building sectors.