Fire safety: The continuing cladding conundrum

Alexandra Adams and Dean Cooper look at the most recent government announcement in response to unsafe cladding and what exactly has changed Critically, the government has said that it will take all necessary steps to make this new plan happen, including restricting developer access to government funding and future procurements, using planning powers, pursuing companies …
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Cladding: The current landscape

Liam Waine and Oskar Musial look over the commercial and legal horizon of the UK’s ongoing cladding crisis Plans have now been announced by the government to remove the need for EWS1 forms for buildings below 18m in height given the continued calls for reform, with a ‘proportionate approach’ favoured as an alternative. It remains …
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Barder: Exceptional and rare

Cate Maguire looks at how the Barder principle has been applied in cases involving ‘known unknowns’ Neither of the decisions in S v T and HW v WW represent a restriction or characterisation of the Barder principle, but rather affirmation of its exceptionality, even in these most unusual times. The family courts have recently had …
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Cladding: A way forward

Jeremy Raj, Mark Clinton and Claire Petricca Riding of Irwin Mitchell provide an insight into how the industry can move forward from the ‘cladding crisis’ Some responsible developers came forward early in the process volunteering to remediate buildings they had constructed. Others have been less forthcoming, and positions have hardened as the extent of the …
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