Merseyside man has appeared in court after he was charged with fraud as part of an investigation into fraudulently signed building cladding safety forms.
A Merseyside man has appeared in court after he was charged with fraud as part of an investigation into fraudulently signed building cladding safety forms. Thomas Clarke, 33, of Second Avenue in Rainhill appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today charged with fraud by false representation regarding the signing of […]Click here to view original web…
High rise tenants kept in the dark about fire safety issues
Carolina House tenants only discovered potential safety problems with the building when they took steps to buy their flat off the council. Photos by Julian Preece Bristol City Council has kept the tenants of a high-rise council block in the dark about multiple fire safety issues, the Cable can […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal: Man appears in court for fraudulent forms in Wales and England
Flammable cladding has been identified at buildings across the UK following the Grenfell tower fire. A man accused of fraudulently signing cladding safety forms has appeared in court. Thomas Clarke appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday charged with fraud by false representation. The 33-year-old, of Second Avenue, Rainhill, […] Click here to view original…
Taylor Wimpey is still reaping what it sowed
The shadow of Grenfell looms large over Taylor Wimpey’s (TW) half-year results. In a bid to make sure a similar tragedy never happens again, the government has been asking residential developers and housebuilders to cough up funds, not just to remove unsafe cladding from buildings in their portfolio, but […] Click here to view original…
The Building Safety Act: significant changes since the Bill
Introduction On 28 April 2022, the Building Safety Bill received Royal Assent and became the Building Safety Act (the “ Act ”). Certain sections of the Act came into force on 28 June 2022. The first High Court judgment concerning liability for installing combustible cladding products has also been […] Click here to view original…
Big take up for cladding finance scheme
Grenfell Tower ablaze in London in June, 2017. AN ACT scheme to help building owners pay for the removal of combustible cladding has approved 62 applications out of the 74 that had been made. Six applications were deemed ineligible, two were withdrawn, while four applications are still being assessed, […] Click here to view original…
Builders revolt over government’s cladding deals
The scandal has affected tens of thousands of leaseholders who faced huge costs to remove cladding Major developers are refusing to sign legally binding contracts to fix unsafe cladding imposed in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, in a move that risks derailing a £2 billion government strategy […] Click here to view original…
Builders revolt over government’s cladding deals
The scandal has affected tens of thousands of leaseholders who faced huge costs to remove cladding Major developers are refusing to sign legally binding contracts to fix unsafe cladding imposed in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, in a move that risks derailing a £2 billion government strategy […] Click here to view original…
Builders revolt over Gove’s cladding deals
The scandal has affected tens of thousands of leaseholders who faced huge costs to remove cladding Major developers are refusing to sign legally binding contracts to fix unsafe cladding imposed in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, in a move that risks derailing a £2 billion government strategy […] Click here to view original…
Potential reprieve for cladding claims in the NSWSC?
Following the devastating impacts of the Grenfell fire in 2016, much of the discussion around ACPs has been very black and white i.e. that all ACPs are a dangerous product and must be immediately removed from buildings. The decision of Strata Plan 92450 v JKN Parra 1 Pty Ltd […] Click here to view original…
Potential reprieve for cladding claims in the NSWSC?
Following the devastating impacts of the Grenfell fire in 2016, much of the discussion around ACPs has been very black and white i.e. that all ACPs are a dangerous product and must be immediately removed from buildings. The decision of Strata Plan 92450 v JKN Parra 1 Pty Ltd […] Click here to view original…
Fire brigade won’t publish list of unsafely clad buildings in London as it would be gold-dust for ‘arsonists and terrorists’
Thousands of Londoners live in buildings that require 24/7 ‘waking watches’ and evacuation plans following the Grenfell disaster The London Fire Brigade is refusing to publish the list of more than 1,000 buildings in London that are deemed unsafe – as doing so would be a recipe for ‘arson […] Click here to view original…