Homes England has published updated versions of the Grant Funding Agreement, Deed of Trust and Duty of Care Agreement used in the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS). These standard form templates, which are provided for information only and not for completion, apply to organisations participating in the CSS in England.

Homes England has updated its guidance on making structural alterations to Help to Buy homes. The update added a link to guidance on remortgaging Help to Buy homes for the purpose of borrowing additional money for alterations.

Law360: Cairn Homes plc on 3 July 2024 began an up to €45m share repurchase programme aimed at lowering its outstanding share capital.

Thank you payments under the Homes for Ukraine scheme will reduce from £350 to £100 per household per month from 1 January 2027. The change will apply to payments made after that date, affecting both existing recipients and new claimants.

These guidelines set out some practical suggestions and guidance for when you are working from home. Please also refer to our separate Homeworking policy. Keeping in touch We strongly encourage all our staff to keep in regular contact with homeworkers, and in particular for managers and the staff they manage to catch-up regularly. The method of contact should be by agreement between the parties, eg by email, video call and/or telephone. We encourage you to make use of [[insert details of any company-provided messaging software, eg Microsoft Teams] OR available technology] to carry out face-to-face video-based calls where possible. Each party is responsible for maintaining contact with the other. Reporting sickness or injury Homeworkers must follow our normal sickness absence reporting procedures. See our [insert eg, sickness and attendance policy]. If you experience any problems relating to health and safety whilst working at home, then this must be reported to your line manager as soon as possible, including if an accident occurs, or you contract an illness or sustain an injury. Setting up your workstation If you are permanently based at home, this will

1 About you Name [Insert name] Role [Insert role] Address [Insert address] Contact telephone number(s)Please provide both landline and mobile telephone numbers where available [Insert contact telephone numbers] Date form completed [Insert date] 2 Assessment Please answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to all of the below questions. Do not be concerned if you cannot answer ‘yes’ in every case—it is essential that you answer the questions honestly as this will help us ensure that you are fully supported. [Insert name of organisation] will use the answers to conduct a risk assessment. As part of this process, we will decide if we need to provide any further support or equipment or determine if any other measures need to be implemented. [Insert name of organisation] may need to contact you to discuss your answers further and to discuss how any measures may be implemented. Please return the completed form to [insert details of where the member of staff should send the completed form]. 2.1 Working environment Do you have a separate working area away from the rest of your living space, where you can work without disruption? ☐ Yes☐ No Do you have a suitable table or desk and chair which enables

1 Introduction This risk assessment outlines the risks we have identified as arising from homeworking arrangements, together with measures we have, or will, put in place to mitigate those risks. It is based on responses to [insert, eg a questionnaire circulated to staff on [date]]. A copy of the questionnaire is attached. 2 General Date of assessment [Insert date] Review date [Insert date] Person completing

Homicide refers, in general legal practice, to the killing of one human being by another. It is an umbrella term covering both criminal and non‑criminal killings and is used consistently across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. In all these jurisdictions, homicide is not itself usually the name of the main offences charged; rather, it is a descriptive category encompassing offences such as murder and manslaughter (England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland) and murder and culpable homicide (Scotland). These core offences are defined and developed through a mixture of statute and case law. Criminal homicide typically requires that the defendant’s conduct caused death and that the required mental element (e.g. intention to kill or cause serious harm, or an applicable form of recklessness or gross negligence) is proved. Defences such as self‑defence, diminished responsibility, loss of control or insanity may excuse or mitigate liability. Homicide investigations and prosecutions carry the highest level of procedural scrutiny, sentencing powers and public interest. The term “unlawful killing” is often used in coroner’s inquests and fatal accident inquiries when examining deaths potentially amounting to criminal homicide.

Reduction of a contract is precluded on the basis that the party so seeking to reduce has, by their actions, apparently recognised the validity of the contract (see personal bar and rei interventus).

NOTE—to see whether notification thresholds in Honduras and throughout the world are met, see further: Where to Notify. 1. Have there been any recent developments regarding the Honduran merger control regime and are any updates/developments expected in the coming year? Are there any other ‘hot’ merger control issues in Honduras? Decision 04-CDPC-2014 that amended previous Decision 13-CDPC-2012-AÑ-O VII establishes the thresholds to determine which mergers and acquisitions are to require clearance or examination by the Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Competition (CDPC), based on turnover (volume of sales), total assets or market share. In 2015, the competition law was subject to reform, though other than the new filing fee introduced (see Question 10 below), reforms were not specifically in relation to merger control but rather on issues in relation to the leniency programme. Despite the provisions set forth in the Law for the Defense and Promotion of Competition (approved by Decree No. 357-2005) (Law), through an Official Memorandum issued in July 2024, the Commission gave notice of its interpretation of Article 11 of the Law and Article

A re-labelling of the defence of fair comment.

A defence to defamation claims which protects statements of opinion based on substantially true facts (to which it refers in at least general terms) on a matter of public interest and capable of being made by an honest person, however prejudiced or obstinate.