Amending JCT Design & Build Contract – lessons learnt from recent case law.
27 February 2025
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24 February 2025
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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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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On 10 December 2024, the Court of Appeal delivered a significant judgment in Test Valley Borough Council v Chala Fiske [2024] EWCA Civ 1541, providing essential guidance on the scope of planning condition variations permissible under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. This decision has substantial implications for local planning authorities…
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This subsidy, worth £29.4 million, is drawn from the London Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land (BIL) Fund to Berkeley Homes (East Thames) Limited from March 2025 – March 2026 for the development of Lombard Square, an ex-brownfield site. It will support the Phase 2 infrastructure works, comprising 1,038 homes of which 23% are affordable. Our key…
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