Both housing lawyers and housing officers will be kept busy by a widening of the protections for those at risk of homelessness, Judge Stephen Gold writes this week in NLJ’s Civil Way column. The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 imposes a new duty on local authorities to provide a written assessment of the circumstances which caused the homelessness or threat, housing needs and what support would be necessary and to try and agree a housing plan. Judge Gold also reports on a case that will please enforcement officers and discusses the difficulties of family proceedings where there is opposition to sale of property.
22 March 2018
Safe as houses?
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott
Law firm strengthens real estate team with two new partners
DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook
DR Solicitors strengthens primary care expertise with appointment of legal director
Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney
Womble Bond Dickinson appoints David Varney to strengthen digital practice
NEWS
The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
Four recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions have clarified important employment law principles on dismissal, bonuses, trade union activity and tribunal procedure
The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision
The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons
A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
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