Construction focus: Martlet Part 2 – causation and damages

Dan Cudlipp and Phoebe Jackson focus on the judge’s analysis and application of causation and remoteness, which provides helpful guidance to building owners in fire safety disputes It is questionable whether claimants outside of construction defect claims, building safety claims or even fire safety claims will be able to utilise Martlet. As frequent readers will …
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Building, fire safety and leasehold reform: With management comes responsibility

Oliver Park argues that the government’s drive to abolish leasehold is difficult to reconcile with the growing regulation of the sector, in particular in relation to building and fire safety The process is typically driven forward by a few individuals, and participants often agree to join without properly thinking through whether they or any of …
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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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