Ned Beale's article "Access to Financial Justice: Three Financial Services Conduct Scandals, and a Proposal for Reform" was recently published in Sweet & Maxwell's Journal of International Banking Law & Regulation.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has been appointed to the legal services framework for the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), the regulator of private registered providers in England.
The Court of Appeal has held in City of York Council v Grosset that, despite the fact that it had dismissed a disabled employee not knowing that the misconduct for which it was dismissing arose from the employee's disability, the employer had committed discrimination arising from the claimant's disability. This decision is concerning for employers who may be found to be guilty of discrimination even where they conclude that an employee's behaviour (which then leads to the taking of disciplinary action) has nothing to do with their disability.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has announced the appointment of new office heads across its GCC offices.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has been appointed by South London Legal Partnership (SLLP).
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins and research consultancy Agenda Consulting carried out an independent survey.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised two housing associations and an investment fund on a series of large scale portfolio sales and purchases. The sales consisted of over 1,300 units of accommodation with a value of in excess of £84m and the portfolio acquisitions were of over 2,700 units with a value of around £150m, all completed in the same six month period.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has been appointed to the legal panel for Homes England.
What’s the role of customer engagement? What messages should we be sending to ministers as the Green Paper is being drafted? Sixteen well-informed housing experts holding strong opinions were never likely to come to a single coherent view on the future of resident engagement (they didn’t agree on what term to use, for example), but participants in Trowers and Hamlin’s round table in February still reached a surprising degree of unanimity.
Partner Suzanne Benson became head of the Trowers & Hamlins Manchester office with effect from 1 April 2018.
