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The Green Deal The Green Deal was a government initiative enabling households and businesses to carry out energy efficiency upgrades to domestic and commercial buildings using a ‘pay-as-you-save’ model. Approved Green Deal providers sourced low-cost finance for the works with no advance payment required. Instead, the cost of the efficiency measures was added to the property’s energy bills and settled in instalments by the energy bill payer, in accordance with the Green Deal Golden Rule, namely that the anticipated monetary savings from the measures would be equal to or exceed the charges applied to the bill. Responsibility for repayment is attached to the property itself, and therefore passes to any new owner or occupier on sale or letting. The Energy Company Obligation (ECO), which replaced the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and the Community Energy Saving Programme, operated alongside the Green Deal. The Green Deal was brought in across Great Britain by the Energy Act 2011 (EnA 2011) and given effect through various regulations and orders, including the Green Deal...

In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Work sponsorship: sponsors Business, investment and non-sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments—Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar highlights the main upcoming changes that matter to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works ICIBI inspection on Home Office age assessments The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has released findings on how effectively and efficiently the Home Office applies age assessments, with specific focus on the Irregular Migration Intake Unit and the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB). The review pinpointed multiple areas where the Home Office could enhance its methods and procedures for establishing age, as well as its collaboration with local authorities. ICIBI issued eight recommendations covering every phase and element of age assessment. The Home...

In the dynamic field of dispute resolution, Harmony stands as a testament to the fusion of traditional methods and cutting-edge technology. Anchored in the principles set out in 'Kleros Mediation Bridge: A Cohesive Approach Blending Traditional Mediation and Kleros Blockchain Arbitration', this forward-thinking AI system marks a major advance in reshaping dispute resolution. Harmony aims to nurture productive dialogue between disputants, helping them surface and express the underlying causes of disagreement while exploring viable settlements. It starts with empathetic, human-like engagement, moves through a structured mediation pathway, and, where appropriate, hands cases over to the Kleros platform for transparent, efficient determination. Here’s how it works. Structured mediation process of Harmony Harmony sets out a systematic, structured approach to mediation that is both comprehensive and easy to use. Its methodology follows clear, well-defined stages designed to promote transparency, efficiency, and a focus on fair outcomes in the mediation process. The approach remains adaptable, enabling a human mediator to refine it when required. Each stage deliberately builds on the last,...

The Tropical Zoo Ltd v The Mayor and Burgesses of Hounslow London Borough Council [2024] EWHC 1240 (Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? The court upheld a covenant rarely encountered in commercial leases, requiring a tenant to “remedy any breach of a Tenant Covenant Notified by the Landlord to the Tenant as soon as possible and in any event within two months after service of the Notice”. This covenant (9.1) appears to have been included because of the customised nature of the arrangement—i.e. a local authority granting a lease, probably at a discount, to support the operation of a zoo within its area. The clause grants landlords a renewed opportunity to act, enabling forfeiture for a breach even where the right to forfeit for that same breach has already been waived. The High Court’s confirmation that this drafting works as intended may prompt landlords to incorporate similar wording more often, as it lets them choose a strategically convenient moment to forfeit—for example, when a replacement...

This Practice Note explains when and in what circumstances, under section 31A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954), a tenant can seek to overcome a landlord’s resistance to renewal on relevant redevelopment grounds pursuant to LTA 1954, s 30(1), ground (f), for example by proposing a fresh tenancy that contains detailed provisions granting the landlord lawful access and necessary facilities to undertake the planned works, or by agreeing to a new tenancy of an economically distinct part of the existing holding, thereby enabling the landlord to reasonably carry out the proposed works. Where a landlord opposes renewal of a business tenancy on ground (f) (intention to demolish or reconstruct the premises—see Practice Note: Grounds of opposition: ground (f)—demolition, construction, reconstruction and substantial works), the tenant may defend its application for renewal if LTA 1954, s 31A applies. The landlord’s stance can be overcome if: the tenant agrees to include in the new tenancy terms permitting the landlord relevant access and other suitable...

The Building Act 1984 (BA 1984) BA 1984 authorises the Secretary of State or Welsh Ministers to create building regulations for multiple aims, among them safeguarding the health and safety of people in or around buildings. It creates criminal liability for contraventions of those regulations. It further allows practical guidance on the requirements of the building regulations to be set out in Approved Documents. The Building Regulations 2010, SI 2010/2214 (Building Regulations), are issued under BA 1984 as its enabling statute...

This practical guidance relates to the pre-Procurement Act 2023 regime This Practice Note provides guidance for procurements that began before the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) commenced on 24 February 2025. Procurements within scope that start on or after that date fall under PA 2023. Under the Act’s transitional and savings provisions, the prior procurement regimes still apply, so far as is needed, enabling contracting authorities to finalise and administer procedures launched before PA 2023 took effect (ie live procurements). Read this Practice Note on that basis. For context, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023. Additional practical material on PA 2023 appears in the separate subtopic, Procurement Act 2023—overview, which also includes: Practice Note: Direct award—PA 2023. Using the negotiated without a notice procedure The legal bases for applying the negotiated procedure without a notice are set out in regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102. Because this route amounts to an effective direct award without competition, it...

3 Collaboration Objectives and Steering Group The parties agree to: Maximise the overall value of the Development Site, taking account of good planning practice. Settle the Master Plan as soon as reasonably practicable. Secure a Satisfactory Planning Permission for the Development (including Enabling Works and Shared Infrastructure), and thereafter: obtain any agreed Funding; deliver the Enabling Works and Shared Infrastructure promptly, efficiently and on time; and approve and implement the Sale Strategy. Apportion the Collaboration Expenses and any Development Profit or Development Loss in the stated Proportions, unless this Agreement provides otherwise. The Steering Group must: Provide strategic direction to achieve the Collaboration Objectives, including agreeing variations, monitoring progress and issuing instructions. Meet at least monthly (or more often if required); each party will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure its representative, or a suitably senior substitute, attends; minutes are to be taken on rotation and circulated within five Working Days. Invite appointed consultants and...

Pinpointing when a planning permission issued under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) takes effect, in circumstances where works have already begun, is frequently hard to assess. Consents made under TCPA 1990, s 73 constitute a fresh planning permission, leaving the initial permission untouched and unchanged, and enabling the developer to decide which permission it prefers to put into effect in each case...