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Nicola Gooch

TGI Fry Day: Court of Appeal clarifies law on nutrient neutrality in CG Fry & Son Ltd v SSLUHC 

Whilst it might not have taken quite as long as the Supreme Court's decision in Finch, it is fair to say that the Court of Appeal's...

28/06/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment weekly news roundup – 28 June

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

28/06/24
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...

24/06/24
Joanne Moseley

Will it really take 45 years to close the gender pay gap?

We are in the seventh year of mandatory gender pay gap reporting. Progress is being made, but it's painfully slow. Recent analysis into...

24/06/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment weekly news round up - 21 June

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

21/06/24
Patrick Finn

Arbitration and winding up

In a judgment handed down yesterday in Sian Participation v. Halimeda International [2024] UKPC 16 (Sian Participation v Halimeda), the...

20/06/24
Stefano DAmbrosio Nunez

New era for scope 3 emissions in planning applications? Supreme Court rules in favour of Finch

Today, the Supreme Court has released its ruling on the Finch case after around a year of deliberation. The judgement concluded that...

20/06/24
Colette Kelly

The General Election – The Fraud Edition

The main political parties have all launched their manifestos for the 2024 General Election. This article considers the weight the main...

20/06/24
Joanne Moseley

Education sector: what changes will a Labour government bring?

The Labour Party's manifesto has a few things for schools and colleges to look out for. Most are contained in the ‘break down barriers to...

19/06/24
Joanne Moseley

Labour's plan to make work pay: key issues for HR and businesses

Unless something pretty drastic happens between now and 4 July, the Labour Party are likely to form the next government. Its manifesto...

19/06/24
Joanna Onisiforou

Some landlords are still not aware of their selective licensing obligations and are bearing significant consequences

The Housing Act 2004 (as amended) (“the Act”) gives local authorities powers to designate areas for selective licensing of privately...

18/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: A Planning Manifest(o) Comparison.

It's Friday and Manifesto Week is officially drawing to a close. Having spent much of the week summarising manifestos, it only seems...

14/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: What the Labour Manifesto says about Planning

For my third (but not quite final*) post of Manifesto Week, it is time to turn our attention to Labour.  But first, a reminder of the...

13/06/24
Jane Anderson

General Election - The Litigation Edition

The upcoming General Election means that Parliament has now been dissolved and the “wash up” to get as much legislation passed as...

12/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: What the Conservative Manifesto says about Planning

Hot on the heels of the Liberal Democrats, whose manifesto launched yesterday, it is the Conservative Manifesto's turn to be put under...

11/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: What the Lib Dem Manifesto says about Planning

Welcome to Manifesto Week!  All three of the main political parties in England are expected to launch their manifestos this week.  As...

10/06/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment weekly news round up - 7 June

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

07/06/24
Joanne Moseley

Which proposed employment law changes will survive the general election?

Parliament has been dissolved ahead of the next general election. Public bills can't be carried over from one parliament to another and...

07/06/24
Joanne Moseley

Education focus: which proposed employment and education law changes will survive the general election?

Parliament has been dissolved ahead of the general election. Public bills can't be carried over from one parliament to another and any...

07/06/24
Victoria Kempthorne

New JCT Minor Works Building Contracts 2024 published

On the 15 May 2024, JCT released the 2024 edition of the JCT Minor Works Building Contract family. The JCT recommends that the Minor...

07/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: We need a grown-up, serious, discussion about Housing. Now.

I don't know how many of you watched the first election debate on Tuesday night. Having tuned in hoping for a serious policy discussion,...

07/06/24
Laura McKay

New anti-greenwashing rule

In November 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introduced a series of new measures in a bid to tackle greenwashing and increase...

07/06/24
Melanie Bancroft

Navigating Excellence: Insights from the ISBA Annual Conference

May saw Jenny Arrowsmith and I travel to Newport, South Wales for the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association (ISBA) Annual Conference....

06/06/24
Natalie Cane

New JCT 2024 – Sustainability / ESG

The new JCT Design and Build contract, 2024 edition has been released, and as we have seen, there have been a number of updates to the...

06/06/24
Charlotte Rees-John

Labour’s employment law reforms: what employers in retail, leisure, and hospitality need to know

Labour's potential victory in the general election in July could usher in the New Deal for Working People, necessitating swift action...

06/06/24
Joanne Moseley

New RSHE guidance: what it means for sex education lessons in schools

The government has published a new consultation on proposed changes to the statutory guidance on teaching relationships, sex and health...

05/06/24
Gordon Chan

Taking a Risk with the Contract? The Good Faith Provisions in JCT DB 2024

This article is part of Irwin Mitchell’s “thought pieces series” on the JCT Design and Build Contract 2024 (DB 2024), by members of the...

05/06/24
Lydia Robinson

Liquidated Damages, The Triple Point Case, and the New JCT

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has released its new Design and Build Contract 2024. A new clause (2.29.5) relating to liquidated...

04/06/24
Ella Ovenden

Will green leases, green finance and EPCs help to reduce the property industry’s environmental footprint?

In September 2023, the UK government announced changes in its approach to reaching the country’s 2050 net zero targets. Continued...

03/06/24