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Defective Premises Act 1972 and Building Liability Orders
The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has handed down a significant decision in 381 Southwark Park Road RTM Co Ltd & Ors v Click St Andrews Ltd [2024] EWHC 3179 relating to Building Liability Orders (BLO) and claims under s.2A of the Defective Premises Act 1972.
Building Liability Order
Construction projects can involve complex corporate structures, invariably facilitated by special
Building Safety and The Remediation Acceleration Plan – What to expect in 2025
Following the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report in September 2024, the Prime Minister pledged to fast-track the remediation of unsafe buildings, signalling a strengthened focus on building safety.
The Remediation Acceleration Plan (RAP) was consequently launched in December 2024 with an aim that by 2029: “all 18m+ (high-rise) buildings with unsafe cladding in a Government funded scheme will have
Summary of the English Devolution White Paper
Overview
On 16 December 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (“MHCLG”) released the English Devolution White Paper (the “White Paper”), setting out plans to develop devolution in England with the intention of “unleashing power from Whitehall back into local communities that know their areas best”.
The Government announced plans to merge local authorities
Budget 2024: Highlights for local government
This week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, announced a series of measures that will affect local government.
These measures cover a number of areas from the structuring of future funding settlements to future local government devolution and reorganisation plans.
In this article, partners Rachel Murray-Smith, Peter Collins and Bernadette Hillman consider the impacts of these measures for
Performance bonds and parent company guarantees in construction contracts
Performance bonds and parent company guarantees (“PCG”) are a means of protection for an employer against non-performance by a contractor in carrying out works under a building contract.
There are various ways in which an employer to a building contract can secure the performance of the appointed contractor.
In this article, we consider performance bonds and PCGs – being the
