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The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent in April this year.

The Data Protection Bill was published on 14 September. The Bill is intended to be read alongside the GDPR which comes fully into force in May 2018.

Stock rationalisation involves the transfer, from one landlord to another, of tenanted properties along with their associated assets and the business of managing those properties.

This is achieved by establishing a non-vat grouped, wholly controlled subsidiary company to act as a design and build company (D&B Co).

We are pleased to announce that following a 2 year training contract we see the following Trainees qualify: Nat Cartwright, David Emery, Luke Bevis and Sam Moodey.

We are pleased to welcome 6 new trainee solicitors to our growing legal team. Each trainee will undertake four six-month seats across our range of practice areas.

If you’ve obtained a CCJ against a company or individual but they still haven’t paid, the next step is enforcement action. There is a variety of options available dependent on your circumstances.

The Swan Foundation are delighted to announce that they have received a generous donation of £4,000 from Devonshires, after Sharon Kirkham their Head of Securitisation presented the Swan Foundation’s Chair, Dinesh Visavadia and Swan Housing’s Executive Director of Operations, Sandra Fawcett.

Devonshires has advised Sodexo on its acquisition of The Good Eating Company, a leading London-based contract caterer.

Since deregulation was announced and enabled in Section 93 of the Housing and Planning Bill, we’ve been eagerly anticipating sight of the promised draft regulations.

With average levels of bad debt rising at small firms, it’s vital that business owners take steps to help minimise the risk of late payments and recover money more quickly should they need to do so.

The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/769) come into force on 1 October 2017 (“the Regulations”).