6/23/2025 11:37:51 AM Building Safety Act 2022 - addressing defects and recouping losses: Construction Products By Lucy Moon As noted by Stuart Duffy in a previous article the Developer Remediation Contract ("DRC") obliges 50 of the UK's developers to remediate...
1/22/2025 12:29:27 PM UK Government announces the long-awaited 'Remediation Acceleration Plan' By Lucy Moon Overview The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ("MHCLG") finally unveiled its "Remediation Acceleration Plan" (the...
11/19/2024 3:07:13 PM The HRB Regime: Industry Impact By Lucy Moon A recent question put to the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government ("MHCLG") has shed light on the practicalities of...
11/5/2024 12:06:08 PM An LFRA Update: New Regulations introduce further amendments to the BSA By Lucy Moon On 7 October 2024 the Government made the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2024 (SI/2024/1018) (the...
7/25/2024 2:31:56 PM TCC Declines to Order Injunction in Multiple Adjudications By Sean Gamble BECK Interiors Ltd v Eros Ltd [2024] EWHC (TCC), 28 June 2024 Howard Kennedy LLP has acted (with senior counsel, Mr Andrew Singer KC and...
12/19/2023 10:42:34 AM The Building Safety Regulator's Strategic Plan for 2023-2026 By Felistas Shade Mushayandebvu The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published its strategic plan for the built environment sector until 2026. The BSR is part of the...
10/23/2023 9:49:29 AM Building Blocks: Accountable Persons - are you aware of your duties in managing safety risks in Higher-Risk Buildings? By Lucy Moon The Higher-Risk Buildings (Management of Safety Risks etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/907) (the "907 Regulations") were laid...
9/28/2023 3:52:10 PM "Building Blocks: The Building Safety Act - Design, Construction and Occupation Regimes for Higher Risk Buildings By Triada Pulham On 17 August 2023, the government published further specific details of the new design and construction and occupation regimes which will...
8/23/2023 3:12:41 PM Higher Risk Buildings: Registration Deadline Approaching By Daniel Barrett Further regulations enacted pursuant to the Building Safety Act 2022 are now in force and owners of higher-risk buildings (meaning a...
4/18/2023 11:39:09 AM Register of Higher-Risk Residential Buildings opens By Felistas Shade Mushayandebvu In our previous article (HSE-confirms-opening-of-registration-for-higher-risk-buildings) we discussed the requirement that the Principal...
3/27/2023 11:48:20 AM "Higher-Risk Buildings": an overview By Lucy Moon The Consultation The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) launched a consultation on 09 June 2022 on the...
3/16/2023 11:17:56 AM HSE CONFIRMS OPENING OF REGISTRATION FOR HIGHER-RISK BUILDINGS By Lucy Moon The Health and Safety Executive ("the HSE") (the national regulator for occupational health and safety) has announced that those...