A busy time recently. For my sins I am the Hon Secretary of the Norfolk and Norwich Law Society, and I have been very busy dealing with the launch of our new web-site, which went live on Monday. The site not only has more information for the public and members than our old site, but…
I have been neglecting this blog of late, for which my apologies. I have been rather caught up with work – my book is nearing completion and I was given just a few days recently by my publishers to check the proofs. This meant that I had to drop everything to get it done. A…
Nearing completion of my tenants book now. I have done most of the text and now need to check it and improve its readability. I am worried however that it might be a bit weak on social tenancies. My main experience in the past 10 years or so has been with private tenancies. I know…
I’m writing a book. A book for tenants this time (I have already done one for Landlords – see left). Its coming along quite nicely, I have done over 40,000 words so far, but I thought having a blog I ought to use it to vent my angst from time to time, on writing niggles…
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Another missed opportunity
While doing research recently for my book, I was distressed to see that the Department of Communities and Local Government’s Decent Homes Standard, which all social housing is supposed to meet by the end of 2010, does not not include a measure of energy efficiency. I am constantly disappointed by this governments poor record on…