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Joanne Moseley
Dept for Education is the first government department to publish gender pay gap
All organisations employing 250 employees or more are required to publish the raw data setting out their gender pay gap by 4 April 2018...
29/06/17
Nicola Gooch
The Minister's Dilemma: Build Up or Build Out
It is probably an understatement to say that Alok Sharma began his tenure as Housing Minister in extremely difficult circumstances. The...
29/06/17
Irwin Mitchell
Too hot to work?
Our clients are often surprised that there is no legal guidance on maximum workplace temperature. The Workplace (Health, Safety and...
20/06/17
Joanne Moseley
UK workers are cheated out of at least £1.5bn a year
According to a research group at Middlesex University business school in a report called Unpaid Britain one in 20 workers say that they...
20/06/17
Nicola Gooch
The Joy of Festivals: There is a lot of red-tape behind the revelry
The 2017 festival season is now, officially, well under way. The Isle of Wight and Download have already taken place. This week,...
19/06/17
Irwin Mitchell
Are we talking about the same sector?
Those of us with memories will recall the nursing home crisis of the recession. And, indeed, earlier this year, the Guardian, at...
15/06/17
Nicola Gooch
And now for something completely different - Let's take a break from politics and talk PropTech
This morning, whilst listening to Radio 4, I heard: "There has been an awful lot of politics lately". This single sentence neatly sums...
15/06/17
Irwin Mitchell
"Let's understand each other" - a grown up conversation between surveyors and banks
Well, that's good then. The BBA and the RICS have entered into a joint "Memorandum of Understanding" about valuations, showing their...
09/06/17
Nicola Gooch
Election 2017: Planning Policy and Possible Compromise
Whilst the Conservatives remain the largest party in parliament, by a significant margin, they have fallen short of an overall majority...
09/06/17
Joanne Moseley
Can a worker be paid in lieu of taking a holiday?
Our laws provide that workers can only receive payment in lieu of untaken statutory holiday at the end of their employment. Under the...
08/06/17
Joanne Moseley
Nearly 10 million Britons are in insecure work, says union
Up to 10 million Britons or nearly a third of the UK workforce do not have secure employment, according to the GMB union, which has...
06/06/17
Nicola Gooch
The Community Infrastructure Levy and Care : Inspectors show sense on charging rates
One of the many frustrating things about CIL is the broad brush approach that some local authorities take when preparing their charging...
02/06/17
Nicola Gooch
Reflecting on the power of planning done well
Back in 2014, the RTPI published a report entitled "Success and Innovation in Planning - Creating Public Value" which highlighted...
30/05/17
Nicola Gooch
Election 2017 - Manifesto Week: Conservatives on Planning
The Conservatives have been in government for the last two years. During that time they have introduced two major pieces of planning...
18/05/17
Nicola Gooch
Election 2017 - Manifesto Week: Liberal Democrats on Planning
The Liberal Democrat Manifesto opens with an admission that they will not win the general election. The stated aim is to become the...
17/05/17
Nicola Gooch
Election 2017 - Manifesto Week: Labour on Planning
The three main political parties are releasing their manifestos this week and, as a result, I am afraid you are going to be hearing quite...
17/05/17
Irwin Mitchell
"Single Family Housing" gathers pace in the US
There is an interesting piece on Bisnow about the rise in the US of portfolios of institutionally rented houses ("Single family housing")...
10/05/17
Nicola Gooch
Supreme Court clarification of NPPF reinforces the role of plain English in interpreting policy
Earlier today the Supreme Court handed down its long awaiting judgment in the cases of Suffolk Coastal District Council v Hopkins Homes...
10/05/17
Irwin Mitchell
Rising demand for development land in the Regions
It is interesting to see that the latest Savills report on development land matches the data found in our joint "UK Powerhouse Report"...
04/05/17
Nicola Gooch
Boundary Disputes: The 'Duty to Co-operate' fails when faced with clashes over strategic priorities
The 'duty to co-operate' appears to have been a problem for local planning authorities ever since it was introduced. The original...
03/05/17
Irwin Mitchell
A tale of 20 Cities
Hometrack figures released today show that although markets seem to be softening in London, Oxford, and Cambridge, other regional cities...
28/04/17
Nicola Gooch
Secretary of State refuses 6 recovered appeals on a single day in run up to snap election.
Last Friday (21st April) appears to have been a 'deck-clearing' day for the National Planning Casework Unit. In what was, no doubt, a...
24/04/17
Nicola Gooch
Metro Mayors: planning fireworks or another damp squib?
The nation is about to go to the polls. This time, however, the electorate in six regions of the UK will be tasked with electing their...
12/04/17
Irwin Mitchell
When is a right, a right?
A very recent case in the Court of Appeal Regency Villas Title Ltd and others v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd and another [2017] EWCA Civ...
10/04/17
Nicola Gooch
Demolishing Your Dreams: When Planning Goes (Extremely) Wrong
I am very pleased to say that planning enforcement cases do not cross my desk all that often, but when they do the stakes for the parties...
07/04/17
Nicola Gooch
Playing Catch-Up: The Great Repeal Bill, Permission in Principle, The Neighbourhood Planning Bill...
There have been so many important developments over the last few weeks that I have been struggling to decide which to write about. ...
31/03/17
Nicola Gooch
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council considers a new garden village for the Garden of England
It isn't very often that I write about events taking place in my own back yard, but on this occasion, I am going to make an exception. ...
23/03/17
Nicola Gooch
Minister goes to MIPIM... and makes an announcement that his Diary Secretary may regret
This week, the great and the good of the property industry are networking in the South of France. I am not amongst them*, but Gavin...
17/03/17
Nicola Gooch
Housing Forum report: Take politics out of planning to boost housing supply
Many people take issue with the way in which individual planning applications are decided. The system is far from perfect, and can...
16/03/17
Nicola Gooch
We are not yet prepared for supporting an ageing population: Carl Dyer talks to Planning Resource
Those of you who have been reading these posts for a while, may have picked up on the fact that our team has an interest in the...
10/03/17