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DLA Piper | United Kingdom | 25 May 2023
England’s affordable housing regime: Essential guide for overseas investors
Affordable housing (housing for those who cannot afford to buy or rent in the private housing market) has to be provided on most new residential…
Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 3 May 2023
Responsible Actors Scheme - what is it and which developers need to join?
The Scheme is initially aimed at major housebuilders and other large developers that have developed or refurbished multiple residential buildings…
Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 2 May 2023
Five key reforms introduced in the new Non-Domestic Rating Bill
The more regular revaluations should keep rateable values closer to market reality. However, what is uncertain is the extent to which the proposed…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 1 May 2023
Building Safety Act 2022: draft terms for the Responsible Actors Scheme introduced
On 25 April 2023 the government introduced draft regulations to create a Responsible Actors Scheme ("RAS") for residential developers under Sections…
Marks & Clerk | United Kingdom | 28 Apr 2023
Cambridge: City of Innovation - The city's evolution into a telecoms hub
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first public mobile phone call, made by then-Motorola employee Martin Cooper on 3rd April 1973…
Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 17 Apr 2023
Climate risk - the need for data
Site-specific climate data is therefore becoming essential in order to help landowners, property owners and lenders assess the likelihood of…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 6 Apr 2023
Occupied higher-risk buildings under the building safety regime - Are You Ready for registration?
In February, we published a blog discussing a few of the principal updates arising from the government consultation on the new building safety regime…
HFW | European Union, United Kingdom | 5 Apr 2023
Enforcement Pack
This Pack is the second edition of the enforcement series and has been produced as so often our clients go through expensive and time-consuming…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 3 Apr 2023
Care home operators and their legal duties: the importance of ensuring safe staffing levels
Care home operators have a legal duty to, so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure the safety of their staff and residents. In order minimise the…
Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 30 Mar 2023
Gearing up for the responsible actors scheme
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, delivered a clear message last week: “The Responsible Actors Scheme is…
