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...
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 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...
8/23/2024 9:24:30 AM How does an internal investigation affect an inquest? By Samantha Grix Narin Masera After having recently represented a Registered Provider of Social Housing (RP) during an inquest following the death of one of their...
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....
3/12/2024 9:26:05 AM Remediation Contribution Orders cover preventative and historic costs By Zoe McLean-Wells James King Remediation Contribution Orders Section 124 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ("BSA") allows anyone with a legal estate in a relevant...
2/14/2024 11:11:58 AM The public register of Higher Risk Buildings is now live By Zoe McLean-Wells Hannah Keane The Building Safety Regulator’s public register of higher risk buildings went live on 12 February 2024. The register provides information...
1/24/2024 9:08:41 AM The First Tier Tribunal makes two further Remediation Orders pursuant to section 123 of the Building Safety Act 2022 By Lee Russell Mark London Zoe McLean-Wells Two recent FTT decisions on Remediation Orders (ROs) pursuant to section 123 of the Building Safety Act 2022 take the total number of...
11/13/2023 2:33:30 PM Key takeaways from Devonshires' Building Safety Conference - Dutyholders By Ellie Fletcher On 30 October 2023, at the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA”) Conference, Lee Russell, Michael Wharfe, and Ellie Fletcher explored the...
11/6/2023 3:57:56 PM Our Building Safety Act Conference - a week on… By Zoe McLean-Wells Hannah Keane Lee Russell Mark Foxcroft Neil Lawlor +2 more... Show less A week has now passed since our inaugural conference on the Building Safety Act. The conference was a joint project between our Housing...