July/August 2022 #399 – Law Journals

Opinion: Why are we not planning for an ageing population?

Nicola Gooch considers the barriers to the seniors housing market, in light of recent research conducted by the firm alongside Knight Frank Developing the seniors housing sector more evenly across England would seem to align quite neatly with both the government’s levelling up agenda and their wider objectives for reinvigorating social care provision across the …

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The new Electronic Communications Code: Welcome clarity

The Supreme Court has provided some clarity on whether operators, in particular those with pre-existing code agreements, have new code rights, as Samuel Lear finds out The purpose of the new code was to facilitate the roll out of electronic communications networks for the benefit of the public at large while balancing those objectives with …

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Climate change: Is it a legal issue?

Climate change regularly grabs the headlines, but are solicitors obliged to consider its impacts for property ownership as part of their advice to buyers and lenders? Julie Vaughan considers what sort of advice might a solicitor be expected to offer Some respected voices at the environmental law Bar now believe there is a decent prospect …

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Revisiting termination: When to stick or twist?

Richard Spring considers the intricacies of terminating a contractor’s engagement and then provides practical advice on how to do so What of a contractor who, put simply, is just not performing? What options are available to an employer who believes its contractor is not holding up its end of the bargain? For employers, exercising a …

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The Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill: The infrastructure levy under the spotlight

Nicola Gooch of Irwin Mitchell and Matt Spilsbury of CBRE consider the proposals in the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill and the questions that still need to be answered before they make their way onto the statute books When reviewing the draft legislation in schedule 11 of the bill, the first thing that strikes is …

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Climate change and material planning: The clouding of the issue

In this second article of two on climate change, Frank Orr looks at the tension between the expectations of action raised by the CCA, the failure of national policy to meet such expectations and the case law that has – to an extent – continued to cloud the issue While the National Planning Policy Framework …

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