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- IHBC’s ‘Save the Date’ notice for all Branch Committees: Have your say at our next online Branch Connection Event, 22 January 2025, 2pm – 4pm 23/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6pm AGM 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s Context 185 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Chris Wood on ‘A code of practice for slate and stone roofing’ 23/12/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 23/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research signpost: ‘… synergy… of historic building retrofit and the heritage of traditional building craft practices…’ 23/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’ No.1: DB with its ‘Designing Buildings Christmas verse’ 23/12/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’ No.2: NCE on ‘The dilemma of industrial heritage’… 23/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (pub) doorstep’: The 12 Pubs of Christmas – a seasonal Blog from Historic England 23/12/2025
- Government plans ‘Single Construction Regulator’ to ensure standards across sector, with consultation open to 20/03 23/12/2025
- HES: Troubled body told to address ‘unacceptable’ governance by Audit Scotland 23/12/2025
- Chancellor appoints infrastructure and planning adviser to clear path for new investments 23/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 23/12/2025
- John McAslan + Partners: ‘…transformative alternative vision for Liverpool Street Station…’ 23/12/2025
- Scotland’s ‘Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship’ consultation draft out, open to 23/01 23/12/2025
- Heritage Trust North West takes on Baguley Hall 23/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: NTHP sues to stop White House Ballroom works for violating Constitutional property clause & absent Congress authorisation 23/12/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 19/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’ 19/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (riverside) doorstep’: Historic rail bridge collapses into River Spey 19/12/2025
- UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering 19/12/2025
- Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law 19/12/2025
Tag Archives: legal
IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments
Designing Buildings (DB), host platform to the IHBC’s Conservation Wiki, offers a summary update of the government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB).
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Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, infrastructure, legal, parliament, planning
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Designing Buildings on ‘What is the UK Centre for Mould Safety?’
image for illustration: from DB article The UK Centre for Mould Safety (www.UKCMS.org) launched on 27 September 2025, exactly one month before Awaab’s Law comes into force as part of Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, to ensure landlords are ready … Continue reading
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Tagged building, damp, environment, expertise, health, legal, mould, skills, tenancy
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Bob Kindred updates on IHBC’s ‘LB Prosecutions Database’: Cases always sought – ‘…it relies on volunteered information’
New information is always sought for IHBC’s ‘LB Prosecutions Database’ so if you have been involved with a case please forward the details to Bob Kindred, who complies the list, at government@ihbc.org.uk, and who offers readers an review and update … Continue reading
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IHBC’s Practice Signpost: WhatsApp exchanges may form legally binding contracts
High Court Rulingshould serve as a clear warning to the industry that even informal WhatsApp exchanges can form legally-binding contracts.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (farmers’) doorstep’: Natural England wins right to protect historic sites
The Court of Appeal has granted Natural England a permanent injunction against a tenant farmer to prevent him from ploughing and cultivating land without obtaining the necessary consent, reports Farmers Weekly.
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CLC: Statement on Standard Appointment Terms – Voices concerns at amendments to approved contracts
image for illustration The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has voiced its concerns about the ‘ongoing practice’ in the construction sector, of ‘industry-approved forms of contract being amended by clients and their solicitors to introduce terms that are onerous and/or difficult … Continue reading
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Tagged construction, contract, insurance, legal, services
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