8/13/2025 1:40:45 PM Cladding Safety Scheme Reform – Update for Social Housing Providers By Rachel Jones Michael Petrick On 11 June 2025 it was confirmed that social housing providers were going to be granted equal access to the Government’s Cladding Safety...
8/1/2025 8:51:42 AM Ending the Reign of Retention? By Lena Barnes Cash is king is a phrase used often, and to some extent too much, within the construction industry. The reality is that it is the flow of...
7/31/2025 12:49:43 PM Awaab's Law – a legislative update and, separately, recommendations for development transactions By Triya Maicha Baljit Basra Charlotte Sawyer Ben Halsey +1 more... Show less Background and Recent developments As readers will be aware, the introduction of Awaab's Law marks a significant shift in the...
7/30/2025 3:26:09 PM Examining the Building Safety (Wales) Bill By Mark London Matthew Cocklin Lena Barnes On 7 July 2025, the Welsh Government set out its new, landmark Building Safety (Wales) Bill (“the Bill”) in response to the Grenfell...
7/29/2025 9:55:43 AM Can parties adjudicate a dispute arising under a settlement agreement: recent court guidance in London Eco Homes Ltd v Raise Now Ealing Ltd [2025] EWHC 1505 (TCC) By Patrick Trevor Karen Morean Summary Parties have the option to adjudicate an issue arising under a contract if: there is an express right to adjudicate in the...
7/24/2025 12:46:36 PM Memorandum of Understanding between the Regulator of Social Housing and the Building Safety Regulator By Kathryn Kligerman Samantha Grix Sharon Thandi Yaasica Hamilton-Haye +1 more... Show less Memorandums of understanding ("MoU") are agreements between parties outlining a common intention to cooperate to achieve specific goals....
7/23/2025 2:39:01 PM Guidance on Level of Detail for Gateway Applications By Mark London James King Following on from our earlier article regarding the publishing of new Construction Leadership Council guidance (“CLC”), this article...
7/23/2025 2:19:09 PM CLC Issues New Guidance to Tackle Gateway 2 Delays By Mark London Jonathan Corris Triya Maicha Following on swiftly from the recent Fast Track Process announcement, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released a suite of...
7/22/2025 10:09:47 AM Peabody Successful in Court of Appeal Judgment By Alicia Ogborn Will O'Brien Mark London Devonshires successfully acted for Peabody Trust (“Peabody”) in an appeal to the Court of Appeal (see judgment), in Peabody’s claim...
7/17/2025 2:46:14 PM Confirmation that Remediation Contribution Orders can be made retrospectively By James King Background Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ("BSA") introduced Remediation Contribution Orders ("RCOs") which enable ‘interested...
7/17/2025 2:33:05 PM Landmark “Building Safety (Wales) Bill” released By Alex Clarke Lena Barnes Last week on 7 July, the Welsh Government introduced the new Building Safety (Wales) Bill and its Explanatory Memorandum. Alongside this...
7/17/2025 1:41:49 PM New Infrastructure Projects Pipeline Published By Caroline Mostowfi As promised in the Government's 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, the pipeline for new infrastructure projects has now been published...