1/29/2025 4:37:22 PM Remediation Contribution Order for over £13 million granted against 76 companies in new Vista Tower decision By Zoe McLean-Wells Will O'Brien On 24 January 2025, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) published their decision making a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO) in the sum of...
1/15/2025 4:57:40 PM Landmark decision confirms historical Building Safety claims can to go to adjudication By Mark London Kathryn Kligerman The ruling in BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited (2024) is critically important as it has confirmed the wide scope of...
12/5/2024 2:45:40 PM Remediation Acceleration Plan - Deadline set for the removal of dangerous cladding By Mark London Rachel Jones Building owners have 5 years to remove dangerous cladding, or they face potential prison sentences On 2nd December, in open letters to...
12/3/2024 4:04:35 PM The Government has now responded to the Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus consultation By Mark London Lee Russell Residential Personal emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) will soon be necessary It was recommended by Phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower...
10/30/2024 11:29:30 AM New Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act Regulations amend Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 By Zoe McLean-Wells Hannah Keane On 7 October 2024, the Government made the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1018)...
9/27/2024 3:40:26 PM Building Safety Conference 2024 - Construction Department's Top 10 Takeaways By Mark London Building on the success of our 2023 conference, this year we welcomed around 350 delegates to our Flagship Building Safety Conference...
9/27/2024 3:03:06 PM 10 Key Housing Management and Property Litigation takeaways from the BSA Conference 2024 By Hannah Keane Zoe McLean-Wells On 25 September 2024, Devonshires hosted their flagship Building Safety Act 2022 Conference. Following on from last year’s success, this...
9/12/2024 12:10:49 PM High Risk Buildings: Security Considerations By Charlotte Ingram Rachel Dros The horror of the tragedy at Grenfell Tower continues to reverberate throughout the social housing sector, as we soberly digest the...
8/30/2024 8:29:09 AM Building Safety Act 2022: Devonshires' Flagship Conference Returns By Lee Russell Mark London Following last year’s success, we are delighted to announce the return of our flagship conference on the Building Safety Act 2022. The...
5/29/2024 2:26:17 PM The Principal Accountable Person regime: the FTT's first decision By Hannah Keane Zoe McLean-Wells Ellie Fletcher The First Tier Tribunal ('FTT') has made its first determination under section 75 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ('the BSA') as to the...
5/20/2024 5:27:38 PM Remediation Orders: Update on First Tier Tribunal Decisions By Hannah Keane Zoe McLean-Wells Ellie Fletcher The First Tier Tribunal ('the FTT') has recently ruled in three cases regarding Remediation Orders bringing the current total to six....
4/22/2024 10:00:15 AM Key Takeaways and Insights from the HDN Board Diversity Conference By Sharon Thandi Last Thursday I spent the day up in Leeds and had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Housing Diversity Network (HDN) Board...