Ministers ‘dragging heels’ on cladding
The Scottish government promised £180 million to improve buildings’ safety after the Grenfell Tower disaster in London in 2017 Scottish ministers have been accused of “dragging their heels” in replacing Grenfell-style cladding as the bulk of the removal work is earmarked for 2025. The Scottish government’s spending review promised […]Click here to view original web…
cottish ministers have been accused of “dragging their heels” in replacing Grenfell-style cladding as the bulk of the removal work is earmarked for 2025.
Scottish ministers have been accused of “dragging their heels” in replacing Grenfell-style cladding as the bulk of the removal work is earmarked for 2025. The Scottish Government’s spending review pledged £180 million over three years to remove the potentially harmful insulation. However, the vast majority of funds – £100 […] Click here to view original…
Court ruling finds contractor liable for £8 million cost of removing unsafe cladding
The High Court in London has handed down a landmark judgment that establishes legal liability for remedial safety work on buildings. In a ruling on Thursday 14 July , Mulalley & Co, an Essex-based contractor, was ordered to pay damages towards the cost of removing cladding it had fitted […] Click here to view original…
Non-compliant cladding investigation ongoing across BCP
Sterte Court in Poole MORE than 20 high-rise flat blocks in the BCP region are still under investigation for non-compliant cladding and fire safety. In July last year, the Echo revealed a probe was underway into 22 high-rises across Bournemouth , Christchurch and Poole over fire safety concerns more […] Click here to view original…
The TCC delivers guidance on claims surrounding fire safety of buildings
Since the tragedy at Grenfell in June 2017, claims surrounding fire safety of buildings have become commonplace. For this reason, the TCC’s judgment in Martlet Homes Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd – the first decision of its kind since Grenfell to address fire safety defects – was hotly […] Click here to view original…
Housing association wins key legal battle with contractor over faulty cladding liability
Hyde subsidiary celebrates as contractor Mulalley facing potential bill of £8m over dispute on Portsmouth towers A specialist housing contractor has been told to pay damages to the owner of a set of Portsmouth towers in the first High Court judgement on fire safety defects in high-rise cladding since […] Click here to view original…
‘Everyone else was doing it’ does not wash in cladding court claim
Steve Carey is a partner and Carolyn Davies is an associate at Charles Russell Speechlys The case of Martlet Homes Limited v Mulalley and Co Limited is the first post-Grenfell Technology and Construction Court decision on a claim relating to fire safety and cladding. While the court went out […] Click here to view original…
Transforming the way we address building safety
Alexander Edwards is a partner at Rosling King LLP We all saw the Grenfell Tower tragedy unfold before our eyes in June 2017. In the aftermath, its disastrous consequences, and cladding in high-rise buildings in particular, triggered fierce debate across the country. Almost five years later, the Building Safety […] Click here to view original…
Schools across Moray and Orkney found to have ‘combustible’ cladding similar to Grenfell Tower
Elgin High School, completed in 2018, is one of a dozen schools in Moray found to have the cladding. Picture by Jason Hedges. Free Daily Newsletter Nearly 90 schools across Scotland still have “combustible” cladding, new figures reveal. The Scottish Conservatives are calling for more “urgency” to tackle the […] Click here to view original…
Will political turmoil derail housing reform?
The Conservative Government had set-out its agenda on housing reform, but that’s now under threat or delay because of a political vacuum in Westminster. The housing minister Stuart Andrew MP, a landlord himself, was only appointed in February this year after Chris Pincher’s departure after just two years in […] Click here to view original…
Number of Scots schools with Grenfell-style cladding is ‘horrifying’
Properties were constructed using the same cladding found on Grenfell tower. The union representing firefighters says work to identify and resolve building safety issues relating to dangerous cladding has been “disgracefully slow”. New figures obtained through a freedom of information request show at least 109 public buildings, including hospitals […] Click here to view original…
Clydebank schools have materials used on Grenfell before deadly blaze
Edinbarnet Primary. SEVEN schools in Clydebank still have combustible cladding that was banned because of the Grenfell fire disaster. Research by the Scottish Conservatives found 71 primary schools and 17 secondary schools in Scotland, along with public buildings such as the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Facilities locally on the […] Click here to view original…