Scott Dorling
Can outsourced leisure centres benefit from the VAT ruling?
HMRC has revised its treatment of VAT on in house leisure services. Scott Dorling and Julian Jarrett consider if agency arrangements can retain this benefit for outsourced leisure services.
Time for curiosity on compliance
The Building Safety Act was introduced partly in response to the Grenfell tragedy, and liability could apply to officers and members, says Scott Dorling. If councils are unclear about their path to compliance they need to act now to find out.
Putting social housing compliance in the spotlight
Scott Dorling and Julian Jarrett look at the impact of a new and more muscular approach to the regulation of social housing.
Lessons on procurement from Croydon’s Public Interest Report
In the context of the most recent Public Interest Report on Croydon LBC, Scott Dorling and Louis Sebastian warn of the risks of challenge on the ‘land exemption’ from procurement rules.
