This insight is published as part of Capsticks’ Medical malpractice insurance: half-year review 2025.

On 1 April 2024, The Regulator of Social Housing (Regulator) began its new inspection programme for large landlords under the rewritten consumer standards.

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) 2024 suite of contracts was released throughout 2024, starting with the Design & Build forms in April 2024 and eventually working down to the Measured Term Contract last November.

The Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2025, otherwise known as Hillsborough Law, was published on 16 September 2025. It imposes on individuals, for the first time, a statutory duty of candour with criminal sanctions. 

In 2021, the Home Office began consultation on the “12-month rule” in Regulation 12 of the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006.

The Government’s proposed Crime and Policing Bill is currently making its way through Parliament.

In this episode, Kat and Mary takes you through the steps you need to take when you are modifying a contract in order to comply with the Procurement Act 2023.

From 27 October 2025, the first phase of Awaab’s Law will come into force for the social rented sector.

The importance of robust contract management is coming to the forefront with the RSH.

With the next round of proposals for LGR due to be submitted on 26 September for those areas with the Devolution Priority Programme.

Listen to Part 2 with our host Andrew Rowland alongside Capsticks lawyers Andrew Latham, and Tana Dryden-Strong as they continue the discussion around health, data and future opportunities and risks of AI in healthcare.

The past few months have seen not only the 10 year plan and Dash report, which had a strong message about safety and quality of care, but a raft of other S&L publications.