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Safe, Warm and Compliant Social Housing: Insights from the Warm and Safe Homes Summit

30 April 2026

Laura Campbell, Senior Associate in our Construction team, attended the Warm and Safe Homes Summit hosted by Inside Housing, which brought together over 500 attendees from housing providers, local authorities and sector leaders. The agenda reflected continued sector priorities including safer and more energy-efficient homes while balancing building safety, decarbonisation and tenant wellbeing. As ever,... Read more

Make Europe Build Again – The EU Industrial Accelerator Act

3 March 2026

Author: Kamran Zaheer On 4th March 2026, the European Commission is expected to table a proposal titled the “Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA)”. The IAA is an EU industrial policy measure aimed at accelerating the build out of clean industrial capacity and reducing strategic dependencies in key net-zero value chains. In practice it is expected to…

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Millbrook Healthcare Limited v Devon County Council – Its impact on local government procurement

10 July 2025

The High Court’s Judgment in Millbrook Healthcare Limited v Devon County Council [2025] EWHC 744 (TCC) contains useful lessons in relation to interim relief in procurement claims. The Court’s ruling in Millbrook confirms that the “sufficiently serious” test for Francovich damages is irrelevant to the question (at the interlocutory stage of the proceedings) of whether damages…

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ASA Ruling on Wahed Invest Ltd: A Critical Analysis

19 February 2025

Introduction On January 8, 2025, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) issued a ruling regarding a series of poster advertisements for Wahed Invest Ltd (Wahed), an online Islamic investment company (ASA Complaint Ref: G24-1262171). These ads were displayed in Transport for London (TfL) locations, including on TfL trains, London Underground platforms and TfL busses, and drew…

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UK Government Launches Consultation on AI and Copyright

12 February 2025

The UK Government has launched a long-awaited consultation on copyright law and artificial intelligence (AI), to address the complex issues surrounding AI model training. This consultation, which is open until 25 February 2025, offers an opportunity for stakeholders to weigh in on how UK copyright law should apply to AI. The aims of the consultation…

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Recognising the Challenge of IT Procurements

23 January 2025

The National Audit Office released a report on 16 January on the challenges faced by Government when procuring technology suppliers. This is not just a challenge we see with Central Government, but is a challenge faced by authorities across the public sector who are seeking to implement real digital change. The procurement of technology and…

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