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Government minded to send Commissioners into Croydon

The Government is minded to escalate the intervention at Croydon Council following the ninth report of the local authority's Improvement and Assurance Panel, which has warned of a rapidly deteriorating financial position at the London borough. Read more

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June 13, 2025

Unlocking legal talent

Jonathan Bourne sets out why in-house council teams and law firms should embrace apprenticeships.
June 12, 2025

AI in the UK public sector

In the first in a series of articles on the adoption of AI by the public sector, Justin Harrington sets out some use cases and provides a regulatory overview.
June 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.
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Home Truths - The Abolition of ASTs and s.21 No Fault Evictions

Stefan Liberadzki and Peter Jolley of 42BR discuss how new laws will bring about an end to the fixed term assured shorthold tenancy and s.21 notices.

Property Nuts and Bolts – Part 4 – Boundary disputes - Landmark Chambers

This event is part of Landmark Chamber's popular Property Law Nuts & Bolt webinar series.

Home Truths - An Introduction to the Renters' Rights Bill

42BR's Housing team discuss the new Renter's Rights Bill.

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June 11, 2025

Subsidy control: referral of subsidies

The financial threshold for referral of subsidies to the Competition Markets Authority is to increase from £10m to £25m with effect from 4 August 2025. Jonathan Branton and Alexander Rose assess the likely impact of the move and the further news that two new ‘streamlined routes’ will also be created.
June 11, 2025

Clarity on solar ‘overplanting’

The High Court recently considered the role of a National Policy Statement in an ‘overplanted’ solar farm development with capacity under 50MW. Katherine Evans examines the ruling.
June 06, 2025

Restrictive covenants and practical benefits

The Court of Appeal recently considered whether restrictive covenants in a lease provided the lessor, which was also the planning authority, with practical benefits of substantial value or advantage to it. Lina Mattsson looks at the lessons of the case.
June 06, 2025

Section 106s and yet more reflection

John Pugh-Smith considers not only the “takeaways” from a recent case on publication of draft section 106 agreements, but also reflects on how the litigation could have been avoided or truncated had “ADR” (Alternative Dispute Resolution) been deployed.
June 06, 2025

Navigating automatic suspensions

Richard Binns, Ryan Jenkins and Luke Parry-Billings look at the issue of a “sufficiently serious” breach in an application to lift an automatic suspension in procurement proceedings.
June 06, 2025

Fact-finding hearings and allegations of rape

Although a private law children case, there are various points in a recent judgment from Mr Justice Hayden that are relevant to local authorities involved in public law children proceedings, write Joanna Thom and Harrison Engler.
June 06, 2025

The statutory duty under s.41 Highways Act 1980

Carol Cheng makes some observations on two different public liability cases alleging breach of statutory duty under s.41 Highways Act 1980 (Duty to maintain highways maintainable at public expense) which gave rise to different outcomes.
June 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.
June 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.
June 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.
June 04, 2025

Housing case law update: May 2025

Karen Smith, Emily Howe and Sumi Begum round up the latest housing law cases of interest to housing associations and local authorities.