On 30 March 2020, the Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies at Companies House (the Regulator) published an information page for community interest companies (CICs) regarding the challenges that they may be facing and services that it is able to offer during the coronavirus crisis, summarised as follows: • file online—the online filing services to incorporate CICs, file accounts, file the confirmation

On 22 July 2015, the government published a consultation paper setting out proposals for measures to control spending on new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity of 5 megawatts (MW) and below within the Renewables Obligation Order 2015, SI 2015/1947 (RO Order 2015). The response to this consultation, published on 17 December 2015, confirmed the closure of the Renewables Obligation across Great Britain to new solar PV generating stations at 5MW and below in scale from 1 April 2016, and to additional capacity added to existing accredited stations that do not take it above 5MW in total installed capacity from that date, subject to the application of grace periods

Paragraph 11.4 of CPR PD 55A (inserted by the 149th Practice Direction update—see News Analysis: 149th Practice Direction update—changes in force 1 October 2022 and 1 December 2022) provides that: 'In paragraph 1.5— (a) reference to the appropriate claim form and particular of claim is to the following forms as appropriate— (i) N5 (W) claim for possession of property; (ii) N5B (W) claim for possession of property -Accelerated; (iii) N121 (W) claim form (Trespassers); (iv) N120 (W) Claim Form (Mortgaged residential premises); (v) N119 (W) POC (residential possession); and (b) reference to the applicable defence form in connection with a Renting Homes possession claim is to Form N11 R (W) defence form (Rented Premises); and (c) a claim for an extended possession order must be in the relevant claim form listed in paragraph (a) and be accompanied by the notice required under section 65(3)(b) of the 2016

After conducting a thorough search, we have not been able to locate any statutory instruments which have been enacted in pursuance of section 80 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (NHSA 2006). However, in respect of payments

This Q&A considers the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (WL(W)M 2011). In particular, it considers the question of to whom the Welsh language standards imposed by the WL(W)M 2011 apply and whether there have been or will be any significant updates to the WL(W)M 2011. Provision for the Welsh language in Wales is made principally by two statutes―the Welsh Language Act 1993 (WLA 1993) and the WL(W)M 2011. The WL(W)M 2011 is split into 11 parts. The key operative parts, broadly, have three discrete effects on the use of the Welsh Language in Wales (as well as including some miscellaneous matters): • firstly, the WL(W)M 2011 confirms the Welsh language has official status in Wales (see WL(W)M 2011, Pt 1, s 1) • secondly, the WL(W)M 2011 creates the Office of the Welsh Language Commissioner (the Commissioner) and sets out the duties of the Commissioner (see WL(W)M 2011, Pt 2, ss 2–24) • thirdly,

This Q&A refers you to the recent legal update on this subject: Government backs down on sunset deadline as REUL dashboard total rises. Details of the government’s

We have been unable to find anything on the specific point raised in this Q&A. However,

Who is a consumer? In Tarcǎu, the European Court of Justice stated: ‘it should be observed that the concept of ‘consumer', within the meaning of Article 2(b) of Directive 93/13, is objective in nature... It must be assessed by reference to a functional criterion, consisting in an assessment of whether the contractual relation at issue has arisen in the course of activities outside a trade, business or profession… The national court before which an action relating to a contract which may be covered by that directive has been brought is required to determine, taking into account all the circumstances of the case and all of the evidence, whether the contracting party in question may be categorised as a ‘consumer' within the meaning of that

This Q&A considers the requirement for occupation as a qualifying condition for enfranchisement of a freehold under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967) and the changes that have been made to it by subsequent legislation. Practice Note: Guide to the right to enfranchisement and lease extensions of houses under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967) refers to qualifying criteria/conditions. The right to an extended lease arises when: • the tenant has owned the property for at least two years • the house is held on a long lease • the

Where there has been a disposal by a landlord in breach of the right of first refusal in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987), the requisite majority of qualifying tenants may serve a notice on a purchaser of the landlord's interest requiring them to dispose of the interest to their nominee (LTA 1987, s 12B). The notice must be served within six months of the date on which the purchaser complied with any notice served under LTA 1987, s 11A (a notice seeking information from the purchaser). If no such notice was served, the six months runs from the date by which notices under section 3A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (LTA 1985) were served

This Q&A focuses on implied terms in contracts generally. The results of the Q&A were obtained after a basic case search on Lexis+ UK Legal Research against the terms: ‘implied term’, ‘contribution’, ‘shared item’ and a case on the exact point was described. The case of Liverpool

Highways can be created at common law or by statute. It is not possible to say whether this is a presumed dedication situation, and the buyer would need further enquiries to ascertain that. For further information, see Practice Note: Statutory adoption of highways—maintenance responsibility. Potential issues Understandably a landowner may prefer there to be no public rights over his or her land. More significant issues potentially arise if the fence mentioned in the question is erected on or blocks part of the highway. Issues could include (but are not limited to) the following: • under section 130 of the Highways Act 1980 (HiA 1980), a highway authority has a duty to assert the right of public to use and enjoy highways and to prevent obstruction/stopping up of a highway • under HiA 1980, s 137 it is a criminal