Search results for 'construction'
Joanne Moseley
Acas publishes new guidance on staff suspensions
Acas have recently published new guidance to help employers understand when it's appropriate to suspend an employee. It recommends...
14/10/22
Irwin Mitchell
COP 21 - Leading companies commit to zero energy buildings
Existing EU requirements require all new buildings to be "nearly zero energy buildings" (nZEBS) by 2020. In an exciting move at the...
06/01/16
Adiba Firmansyah
Important reminder of the requirements for a valid exchange of contracts
In Aslam v Rehman [2022] UKUT 251 (LC), the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) examined the requirements for a valid exchange of contracts,...
12/12/22
Irwin Mitchell
Skill shortages and house building - bad combination
As ever, gaining a skill will give you a much better chance of getting a job that pays well. If you are not 'academic' train as a...
14/01/16
Irwin Mitchell
Pensions, Pooling and Infrastructure
Investment and Pensions in Europe has an interesting article in their November issue on the pressures on UK Local Government Pension...
06/11/15
Claire Petricca-Riding
Environmental news round up - 1 September 2023
Water Pollution Rules Eased by the Government for Housebuilders Under current law, implemented when the UK was an EU member state,...
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Nicola Gooch
Expectation Management: Labour, planning reform and the state of things as they are
According to recent press reports in The Times and The Guardian, Labour will unveil the next piece in it's planning reform agenda on...
29/07/24
Andrew Walker
UK economy narrowly avoided recession
Although technically we’re not in a recession, the reality is that the wheels of the economy haven't turned effectively for a while....
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Timothy Willis
A Frolic Too Far? The Balance between Adjudicator Discretion and Party Consultation in the Context of Natural Justice
As construction specialists drawn from diverse disciplines, adjudicators are well equipped to analyse party submissions and determine...
03/09/25
Irwin Mitchell
Tackling the rise of bullying in the workplace
A recent ACAS report suggests that bullying in the workplace is more prevalent. Bullying itself is not an employment law claim that an...
24/11/15
Claire Petricca-Riding
Environmental news round up - 7 July 2023
Could swift bricks become mandatory on all new housing? That is the hope of many campaigners, and the matter is due to be debated in...
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Claire Petricca-Riding
Environmental Weekly News Round Up – 29 December 2023
Welcome to our latest weekly Environment Law News Update, where we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in the world of...
29/12/23
Nicola Gooch
Affordable Housing: The only winner in the spending review?
Hidden amongst all of the doom and gloom of the spending review, which is due to set out billions of pounds of cuts in spending, is a...
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Alex Delin
Deterioration of Defects
In August 2023, the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) issued the first remediation order under section 123 of the Building Safety Act 2022...
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Anna Tranter
Procedural Unfairness in the removal of a Permitted Development Right: Singhal UK Limited v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Another
The recent Planning Court judgment of Singhal UK Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Anor...
02/09/25
Joanne Moseley
Direct Line ordered to pay menopausal employee £65,000 after failing to adjust its performance management processes
At what point can you raise legitimate concerns with an employee whose performance has declined due to menopausal symptoms? What...
05/09/23
Irwin Mitchell
Snow limit to the perks on offer...
Whilst waiting for the housing white paper it is always worth observing what perks the luxury developers are offering at their prime...
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Will Scott
What is a sustainable building?
Everyone uses the term, but what is truly expected of a “sustainable building” in 2024? William Scott looks at key qualities required. A...
28/08/24
Elizabeth Thomson
IR35: All change for businesses and freelance workers
This article, by our tax experts Sarah Cardew and Anamika Pandey, first appeared in Estates Gazette. The IR35 regime applies to...
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Alexandra Addington
Should you adjust your disciplinary procedure for autistic employees?
Wetherspoons enforced a zero-tolerance stance on breaches of its employee discount policy, but the question of whether it should have...
24/11/25
Nicola Gooch
As one consultation closes, another two open: Performance reviews, price rises, case law and yet another set of changes to PD Rights...
Sometimes, dealing with government consultations on planning reform feels a bit like fighting a Hydra. The ink is not yet dry on our...
01/03/23
Elizabeth Thomson
Less common? – Supreme Court rules on the registration of land as a town or village green
Elliot Cuozzo, real estate trainee solicitor, considers a recent ruling. The Supreme Court has inflicted a significant blow on the legal...
18/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
The rise of co-living
There will be a further addition to the ever growing skyline of Manchester in the coming years as Downing announces plans for its latest...
30/10/19
Nicola Gooch
Ministers pave the way for the Housing White Paper by pre-announcing its content
As a wise man* once said there appears to be a pattern associated with major government policy announcements. First there is a week or...
06/01/17
Nicola Gooch
Communities Secretary: Housing is Number One Priority
It appears, from today's coverage in Planning Resource , that Sajid Javid's speech at the conservative party conference was very...
03/10/16
Elizabeth Thomson
Ignore the lease at your peril
Paul Henson reflects on the implications of a recent professional negligence claim brought by a developer client against its solicitors....
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Katie Gledhill
Post-16 skills reform: what schools and colleges need to know
The UK Government’s Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, sets out a new vision for post-16 education. It aims to align education...
11/11/25
Lorraine Rose-Dugdale
Tribunal permits block of flats in breach of single dwelling covenant
In the recent case of HAE Developments Ltd v The Croft Ealing Ltd and another, the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (the “Tribunal”)...
27/06/22
Elizabeth Thomson
Time to set some boundaries - Material Breach in the modern age
Jackson Tree, an Associate Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell specialising in construction law, considers "material breach". There has been a...
16/10/19
Nicola Gooch
In the first week of Advent, DCLG gave to me....
This the first of four posts based on a popular Christmas song, each of which will contain a quick recap of the week's news from DCLG. In...
02/12/16