Plans to regularly check architects’ competence have been announced by the government. The proposals, set out in a consultation announced by Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, will allow the Architects Registration Board (ARB) to set statutory standards of competence for architects…read more
Petition to Government to block Japanese knotweed loophole. Published December 2020
Property developers can sell new homes without disclosing the risk of Japanese knotweed, putting buyers at risk of significant removal costs says Manchester law firm, Graham Coffey & Co. The firm has launched a petition calling on the government to…read more
FRC ‘operational separation’ of audit practices. Published December 2020
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ordered the ‘Big Four’ audit firms to implement ‘operational separation’ of their audit practices by June 2024. The move followed high profile audit failures at Carillion, BHS, Patisserie Valerie and Thomas Cook. PwC, Deloitte, EY…read more
HMCTS moving forward with digital courts data collection. Published December 2020
HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) is moving forward with data collection recommendations made by researchers, despite claims that progress is ‘disappointingly slow’. In a recently released paper, HMCTS has set out the progress in the last 12 months against…read more
