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Are you ready for yet more changes to the Building Regulations?
The new Dutyholder Regime under the Building Regulations has arrived via the Building Safety Act 2022. The new regime will have a major impact on construction proje…
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How the role of a Responsible Person will change from 1 October 2023
Changes to the long-standing Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 duties will place greater reporting and accountability expectations on developers, as well a…
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Building Safety Act 2022: Clarification on developer’s ability to recover remedial costs
A recent Court of Appeal decision provides some important clarifications for developers on whether and when they are able to recover losses incurred in rectifying d…
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More changes to the BSA affecting Gateway 2
The Government has announced three more important changes to the Building Safety Act which apply to new apartment buildings over 18m.
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Adjudication enforcement: to challenge, or not to challenge?
The TCC has adopted a robust attitude to the enforcement of adjudicators’ decisions and will generally enforce any decision made by an adjudicator who had jurisdict…
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The Building Safety Act 2022: Government publishes draft regulations for the Responsible Actors Scheme
On 25 April 2023, the Government published draft regulations governing a Responsible Actors Scheme for residential developers which are anticipated to be brought in…
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How the Government’s developer remediation contract will affect developers
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has imposed an ultimatum for developers to sign up to their developer remediation contract and threatened t…
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Cladding and fire safety defect claim: LDC (Portfolio One) Ltd v (1) George Downing Construction Ltd and (2) European Sheeting Ltd
In this insight, we discuss what is only the second reported cladding case since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, illustrating the commitment of the courts to deal with …
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Legal action against Vista Tower freeholders – a warning for industry to “step up”
Last year saw the Government launch its first legal case against a freeholder for failing to fix identified building safety defects. What does this mean for the res…
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The Building Safety Levy: a consultation
We consider the recently released consultation for how developers will pay to fix unsafe orphaned buildings via the new Building Safety Levy on new builds.