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  • EWS process: a good idea badly implemented?
    Our experts take a look at the External Wall System (EWS) process. On one level the Consolidated January 2020 Government guidance is to be welcomed. It gives clarity following a...
  • Signing deeds during the COVID-19 pandemic
    The Land Registry have announced that with effect from 27 July 2020 and until further notice, as well as 'Mercury' signing being an approved method of signature, electronic signatures are...
  • Charities Newsletter – July 2020
    We hope that, wherever you are reading this, you remain safe and well in what has been a very difficult 2020 so far. The lockdown restrictions are not as tight...
  • Building Safety Fund update
    Registrations to the Building Safety Fund for the remediation of non-ACM Cladding Systems are due to close at the end of this month and must be made by 31 July...
  • Fitness to practise appeal ruling
    Our regulatory law experts look at a case involving the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) and fitness to practise following the use of a racist acronym by a paramedic. In the...
  • Stamp duty land tax holiday
    Reduced rates of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) lasting until 31 March 2021 were announced on 8 July 2020 with immediate effect. The holiday applies to all residential property, whether...