05 Dec, 2024 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...
30 Oct, 2024 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)...
22 Oct, 2024 Roof garden storeys: MHCLG asks sector and regulators to disregard FTT ruling By Will O'Brien On 18 October 2024, the Government published a joint statement on the issue of whether a roof garden is classified as a storey when...
27 Sep, 2024 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...
27 Sep, 2024 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...
12 Sep, 2024 High Risk Buildings: Security Considerations By Charlotte Ingram The horror of the tragedy at Grenfell Tower continues to reverberate throughout the social housing sector, as we soberly digest the...
30 Aug, 2024 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...
29 May, 2024 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...
20 May, 2024 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....
22 Apr, 2024 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...
02 Apr, 2024 Update: Upper Tribunal determines that a manager appointed by the First Tier Tribunal is not an Accountable Person under the Building Safety Act 2022 By Hannah Keane Zoe McLean-Wells Lee Russell The manager, Mr Unsdorfer, appealed the First Tier Tribunal’s (‘FTT’) decision that a manager appointed by the FTT under a management...
02 Apr, 2024 New Guidance on Building Liability Orders By Mark London Will O'Brien This new ruling provides clarity on how the Courts may treat Building Liability Orders in the future. What is a Building Liability Order...