Devonshires

6/11/2025 3:56:37 PM

Spending Review marks a big renewal for housing in the UK

By Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Ben Halsey

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, presented her 2025 Spending Review (SR25) to Parliament today and, on the face of things, it was very good...

5/30/2025 11:03:49 AM

Roof garden storeys: new MHCLG guidance reiterates that FTT is wrong

By Will O'Brien

Back in October 2024, a ruling of the First-Tier Tribunal cast doubt over the accuracy and legality of Government guidance as to...

5/30/2025 10:57:23 AM

Grenfell - The First Progress Report

By Lena Barnes

Following the Government’s acceptance of all the findings of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on 26 February 2025, it agreed to take action to...

5/29/2025 4:42:53 PM

Housing Ombudsman releases latest Spotlight report on repairs and maintenance

By Victoria Smith Kerri Harrison

The Housing Ombudsman has released its latest Spotlight report titled “Repairing Trust”. The report sets out that the causes for...

5/21/2025 2:38:41 PM

Supreme Court publishes decision on URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd

By James King Will O'Brien

Story so far… URS was the structural engineer for BDW in relation to residential tower blocks that were developed between 2005 and 2012. ...

5/15/2025 4:40:41 PM

HCLG expresses concerns over Government response to the Grenfell Tower fire

By Zoe McLean-Wells Ellie Fletcher

The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government committee (HCLG) has written to the Angela Raynor (Secretary of State) and...

4/28/2025 12:50:19 PM

Heathrow substation fire raises important issues about electricity infrastructure

By Nat Cartwright Ben Halsey

The recent fire which broke out at the North Hyde substation (SST) in Hayes, west London received significant publicity over the...

4/8/2025 12:46:51 PM

A landlord cannot be the subject of a Remediation Order where the Right to Manage has been exercised

By Zoe McLean-Wells

The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) ('FTT') has dismissed an application for a Remediation Order ('RO') pursuant to s123 of the...

3/26/2025 11:54:04 AM

5 key takeaways from Devonshires' Breakfast Briefing on the Commonhold White Paper

By Jonathan Corris Mark Foxcroft Ben Halsey

Earlier this week, we were pleased to hold a breakfast briefing on the Government’s Commonhold White Paper (CWP). The briefing...

2/26/2025 5:09:45 PM

Government Responds to the Phase 2 Grenfell Inquiry Report

By Mark London

On 26 February 2025, in a Ministerial statement in the House of Commons, Angela Rayner commented on the Phase 2 report and noted that the...

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...

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