2/17/2026 11:58:10 AM Grenfell Tower Inquiry: update on recommendations By Dan Cudlipp In September 2024, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry published its final report which made 58 recommendations based on its findings and in our...
7/18/2025 3:58:38 PM Old Bills, New Rules: What do the Hippersley Point and Triathlon Appeal Decisions Mean for You? By Julia Tobbell Sarah Heatley Last week, the Court of Appeal (Newey, Nugee and Holgate LLJ) handed down two important decisions last week concerning the retrospective...
7/1/2025 7:54:39 AM Reforms to Building Safety Regulator to accelerate housebuilding By Richard Spring The government has just announced reforms to the BSR to "bring new leadership, investment and process to accelerate housebuilding." The...
6/3/2025 3:19:37 PM Building Safety Accountability: Key Takeaways from URS v BDW By Dan Cudlipp Isabella Cleary-Moylan Jatin Mapara Sophie Wilson +1 more... Show less The Supreme Court has underlined the importance of holding those responsible for building safety defects accountable in an important...
5/8/2025 2:21:38 PM Industry Statement on cladding - April update By Emma Mantzos In recent years, widespread building safety concerns, particularly in relation to cladding, have necessitated government and industry...
3/5/2025 4:13:07 PM Andrew Parker on the feasibility of Government's Grenfell Debarment Plans in Construction News By Andrew Parker Last week, Angela Rayner announced plans for the Government to utilise the Procurement Act to debar seven firms associated with the...
2/17/2025 1:59:06 PM Andrew Parker speaks to Property Week on new safety gateway delays By Andrew Parker Since 2022, the new Building Safety Gateways have brought a greater element of safety to high-risk developments. The series of three...
2/10/2025 3:22:07 PM Building Safety Act: Takeaways from a new remediation contribution order decision By Annie Lund Sarah Heatley The First-tier Tribunal has made a remediation contribution order ("RCO") of over £13m against a developer and 75 other entities. The...
12/6/2024 2:24:38 PM Andrew Parker on the new Remediation Acceleration Plan By Andrew Parker Andrew Parker, Head of Construction Disputes, spoke with PBC Today and The Construction Index, on the challenge of resourcing the...
9/4/2024 4:11:30 PM Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommends further regulatory change for the construction industry By Charlotte Ross The conclusions of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report, published today, are damning. In his statement the Inquiry’s Chair stated...
8/29/2024 12:52:41 PM Grenfell Inquiry Final Report expected next week By Charlotte Ross The Grenfell Inquiry has confirmed that it will publish its report on Phase 2 of the Inquiry next week, on 4 September 2024. The report...
6/26/2024 9:31:51 AM Building Liability Orders – Insight into a New Remedy By Mark Elias Willmott Dixon Construction Limited v Prater & Ors [2004] EWHC 1190 (TCC) (“Willmott”) is an High Court case that recently provided some...
4/5/2024 1:36:56 PM A step forward for clarity on the second staircase requirement or a step backwards for ensuring safer buildings? By Charlotte Youngs The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities published on 29 March 2024 a change to the building regulation guidance (known...
7/27/2023 10:44:45 AM Only responsible developers welcome here - an update on the Responsible Actors Scheme By Kaileigh Moreton The secondary legislation enabling the creation of the Responsible Actors Scheme (RAS), which prevents certain residential property...
7/10/2023 3:22:34 PM Building Safety: Court of Appeal clarification on extension of limitation periods and more By Andrew Parker Charlotte Ross The recent Court of Appeal judgment in the case of URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 772 covers a number of points...
6/9/2023 5:30:02 PM Registration of Higher-Risk Buildings - An Update By Sarah Heatley It will not be news to many that higher-risk buildings in England that residents occupy or could occupy, of which there are approximately...