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In this issue: Social housing Adult social care Judicial review Governance Local government finance Children's social care Education Public procurement Licensing Pensions Planning LexTalk®Local Government: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Social housing Microwave alone insufficient to amount to ‘cooking facilities’ in HMO test (Oxford Hotel Investments Ltd v Great Yarmouth BC) In Oxford Hotel Investments Ltd v Great Yarmouth Borough Council, the Upper Tribunal (UT) assessed the meaning of cooking facilities within the section 254 Housing Act 2004 (HA 2004) HMO test, specifically whether a single microwave fulfilled that requirement. The property had no other means for preparing food. The UT determined that a microwave on its own does not constitute cooking facilities capable of excluding the premises from the definition of an HMO, and consequently found the property formed part of an HMO and was subject to the HA 2004 regime....

UNESCO backs the Ramsar convention focused on conserving and using wetlands. UNESCO estimates that over 64% of the world’s wetlands have vanished since the start of the last century. In most parts of the world, wetlands continue to shrink, undermining the benefits they deliver for people. Wetlands are marshes, fens, peatlands or waters, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is still or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including marine areas where the depth at low tide does not exceed six metres. Wetlands of international importance are designated under the Ramsar Convention. These may also include riparian zones (banks of a stream, river, pond or watercourse) and neighbouring coastal areas, as well as islands or bodies of marine water deeper than six metres at low tide that lie within the wetlands. Ramsar Convention The Ramsar Convention is an international agreement signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, setting the framework for national action and international co-operation for the conservation and good use of wetlands. The...

This Practice Note identifies several key and/or recent authorities addressing heads of loss frequently pursued in construction disputes, including defect claims, loss of profit, overheads and preliminaries, wasted management costs, the passing on of settled claims, and other instances. It is not a definitive compendium of all cases (and is centred on construction decisions rather than broad principles), yet it serves as a practical first port of call when assessing different claims. For guidance on factors that may need to be weighed when a party on a construction project is putting together the quantum of a claim, see Practice Note: Quantum in construction claims. That note draws out issues for routine contractual claims (for example, relating to loss and expense or suspension), as well as matters arising from breach of contract or negligence (ie a claim for damages). It considers the thresholds and tests for typical heads of loss, and other quantum topics including use of global claims, mitigation and betterment, contributory negligence, contractual restrictions or...