Government statement provides update on Awaab’s Law
12 March 2025
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11 March 2025
The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in R (British Gas Trading and E.ON) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. This judgment follows the Divisional Court’s earlier refusal to grant British Gas and E.ON permission to judicially review decisions made by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and…
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3 March 2025
Sharpe Pritchard recently acted for a Local Authority landlord in a case where they successfully ‘set off’ the tenant’s outstanding rent arrears against the tenant’s legal costs following settlement of a disrepair claim at Pre-Action Protocol stage. Case background The tenant (T) brought a disrepair claim against the London Borough of Newham (LBN) which was…
Read more27 February 2025
In this article, we summarise some important considerations when negotiating standard form construction contracts based on lessons from two recent cases from the Technology and Construction Court (TCC): Workman Properties Ltd v Adi Building And Refurbishment Ltd [2024] EWHC 2627 (TCC) (Workman v Adi); Workman v Adi concerned a dispute regarding design responsibility under an…
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Heat Network Business Rates Relief provides a full exemption from business rates for properties primarily functioning as heat networks which take its energy from a low carbon source. The purpose of the relief is to encourage the development of low-carbon heating solutions, by lowering operational costs. Heat Networks A heat network is a system which…
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The Right Honourable Liz Saville Roberts of Plaid Cymru believes that harassment in the workplace should be deemed a breach and has proposed a private members bill to amend the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to impose further requirements on employers to take proactive steps to prevent violence and harassment in the…
Read more19 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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