Section 5 report details “fundamentally flawed” and “unlawful” building disposal decision
Must read

Fix it fast: How “Awaab’s Law”
is forcing action
Eleanor Jones sets out what "Awaab's Law"
will mean in practice for social landlords.

Housing management in practice
Rebecca Rees provides key takeaways
on six key challenges in housing
management including how to tackle
anti-social behaviour.

Local authority legal teams after Mazur
Local authority legal teams will need to review
their practices and work allocation in the wake
of Mazur, but there is no need for
panic writes Timothy Leader.

Why AI must power
the next wave
of Social Housing
delivery
For years, national housing policy has wrestled with the tension between aspiration
and delivery. Targets have been set and missed; waiting lists have grown longer,
and the most vulnerable people in our society have been left with fewer safe,
affordable places to call home. Technology has a key role to play to address this
situation writes Andrew Lloyd of Search Acumen.
Features
Contempt, disclosure failures, and information governance
The ‘Hillsborough Law’, senior leaders and prevention of critical harm
Hoarding and learning from inquests – safeguarding to prevent tragic outcomes
Judging the use of AI
Natural justice and costs in the Court of Protection
Costs, detailed assessment and misconduct
Airport expansion, EIAs and emissions
The Autumn Budget and Public-Private Partnerships
Calculation of Biodiversity Net Gain
The new National Licensing Policy Framework
Caravan site licensing and planning control
From 1925 to 2025
Self-neglect and capacity
The lost enforcement of section 21
SPONSORED
How Finders International Supports Council Officers
Walker Morris supports Tower Hamlets Council in first known Remediation Contribution Order application issued by local authority
Unlocking legal talent
How hair strand testing should be instructed for family court proceedings
Webinars
Service Charge Disputes and Forfeiture: Pitfalls, Practicalities, and Procedure
More Features
Housing case alert - November 2025
Section 21 - It’s not over yet
Expert evidence in housing conditions claims
Inquests and Housing
Is there a discretion to extinguish CIL?
Meaning of father in s2 Children Act 1989
A “43 moment” for the local government workforce
Growing apart?
Political and mayoral assistants
PFI expiry and employees
Welsh-medium inquests and the death register
No liability for sap falling on the public highway
Enjoying the challenge
Abandoning procurements: risky business
The surge in Subsidy Control litigation
Dispersal of asylum seekers
Causation and being “homeless intentionally”
-
Government issues guidance for councils on use of new powers to impose local shutdowns in response to COVID-19 outbreaks
-
Government issues guidance on COVID-19 secure marshals, stresses the role has no enforcement powers
-
Government issues guidance on how local authorities can use Care Act ‘easements’
-
Government issues guidance on managing expiry of PFI contracts effectively
-
Government issues policy note and guidance on public procurement and responses to COVID-19
-
Government issues policy note on applying exclusions in public procurement post-Brexit
-
Government issues policy note on procurements in an emergency, warns on commercial risks of direct awards without competition
-
Government issues procurement policy note on paying suppliers during coronavirus outbreak
-
Government issues procurement policy note on preparing UK for leaving EU
-
Government issues procurement policy note on tackling modern slavery risks in supply chains
-
Government issues procurement policy note on updates to Cyber Essentials scheme
-
Government issues regulations for new enforcement notices local authorities can issue in bid to reduce public health risk of Covid-19
-
Government launches review of judicial review process with report expected later this year
-
Government Legal Department forced to outsource legal services for Test and Trace due to Brexit
-
Government must learn lessons from use of criminal law in pandemic including avoiding blurred line between guidance and the law: Justice Committee
-
Government names 11 firms to framework supplying costs lawyer services to public sector
-
Government proposals for procurement reform
-
Government publishes ‘outsourcing playbook’ to deliver better public services
-
Government publishes adult social care white paper, says reforms to be based on Care Act 2014
-
Government publishes Coronavirus Bill
Page 28 of 69
Lawyer (Planning and Regulatory)
Antisocial Behaviour Legal Officer
Legal Adviser
Regulatory/Litigation Lawyer
Governance Lawyer
Contracts Lawyer
Legal Director - Government and Public Sector
Deputy Director Legal and Democratic Services
Locum roles
17-12-2025
Online (live)
21-01-2026
Online (live)
22-01-2026 10:00 am
Online (live)
28-01-2026
Online (live)
17-02-2026
Online (live)
19-02-2026
Online (live)
09-03-2026
Online (live)
12-03-2026
Online (live)
18-03-2026 1:00 pm
Online (live)
25-03-2026
London
14-04-2026
Online (live)
21-05-2026
Online (live)
On Demand
Online (pre-recorded)
On Demand
Online (pre-recorded)
On Demand
Online (pre-recorded)



