Spotlight on Construction Law
28 February 2024
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26 February 2024
Download Article The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (the LURA) received Royal Assent received on 26 October 2023 and is a substantial piece of legislation (over 500 pages long!), creating a raft of new laws concerning the property industry, many of which are yet to come into force. In this round up we explore some…
Read more16 February 2024
On the 12 February 2024, mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (“BNG”) officially arrived! As we outlined in our last article, “Biodiversity Net Gain is a Reality: The Basics”, every grant of planning permission for a major development (unless exempt) will now be subject to a deemed condition to secure at least a 10% increase in the…
Read more14 February 2024
Remediation Orders: What you need to know The Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA”) requires landlords, developers and their associates to remediate historical defects that pose a building safety risk in certain buildings. As part of the package of leaseholder protections implemented by the BSA, the First Tier Tribunal (“FTT”) is able to make Remediation Orders…
Read more6 February 2024
Court of Appeal confirms approach to redactions of names of junior civil servants In a unanimous judgment, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the government’s appeal of a High Court judgment which proscribed the government’s practice of routinely redacting the names of junior civil servants when supplying disclosure in judicial review proceedings. R (IAB and…
Read more29 January 2024
In what continues to be a “new year, new employment rights” theme, the government has published another set of regulations that will impact employers. The Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 amends the rights for paternity leave for employees expecting babies born (or placed for adoption) on or after 6 April 2024. The current position is…
Read more24 January 2024
This is the first in what we expect will be a series of posts on Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). BNG is one of the most significant recent developments in planning law, and the government have announced that it will go live on Monday 12 February 2024. A set of regulations has been made and…
Read more17 January 2024
Smash and grab adjudications are a perpetual thorn in employers’ sides. A claim will pop up that a pay less notice has been missed and significant sums are now owed. Employers then need to cobble together procedural arguments to resist the claim. That’s hard enough as it is. But what if the contractor could also…
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