03/02/2012
The Government has unveiled plans to house regulation for most financial products under one roof.
27/01/2012
The coalition government was last week on the receiving end of a robust judgment from the High Court the effect of which is to prevent the government reducing the sum that households receive from the creation of electricity via solar panels.
20/01/2012
Excessive fees for using a debit or credit card to buy items such as travel, concert, football or cinema tickets will be banned by the end of 2012, under new government plans. The move comes amid complaints that airlines, booking agencies and even councils were imposing excessive charges for using a card.
19/01/2012
Following a competitive tender process, Cancer Research UK has appointed Henmans LLP solicitors as its principal legal adviser for legacy administration advice. Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research.
16/01/2012
The Housing Act 2004 (specifically sections 213 and 214) was heralded by tenant’s bodies, tenants and charities alike because, for the first time, the government was stamping down on unscrupulous landlords. No longer, it was assumed, could landlords refuse to return a tenant’s deposit on spurious grounds, and, if there was a dispute regarding the deposit it could be adjudicated through an approved scheme such as the Tenancy Deposit Scheme.