Norton Rose Fulbright wins “hugely significant” cladding case
LAW FIRM Norton Rose Fulbright has won a “hugely significant” cladding case on behalf of its client, Martlet Homes Limited, in what is the first High Court judgement on a claim concerning fire safety defects in cladding on a high-rise building since the Grenfell Tower disaster of 2017. Martlet […]Click here to view original web…
Successful delivery of planning reform and electoral integrity ‘appears unachievable’
The government’s planning reform and electoral integrity projects are among those that seem to be “unachievable”, while there are significant issues with the levelling up fund, an official report has warned. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s (IPA) annual report , which outlines progress on large-scale projects across government up […] Click here to view original…
Man charged after 88 cladding safety forms “fraudulently filled out”
A man has been charged with fraud after dozens of cladding safety forms were signed off by an unauthorised person, Merseyside Police has said. Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, of Prescot, has been charged with fraud and false representation. The force said it comes as part of a 19-month investigation […] Click here to view original…
High Court ruling could mean swifter resolution to cladding cost disputes
Judgment against contractor could ‘provide a steer’ for other cases, experts say A High Court ruling issued last week could set the norm for future cladding disputes and see more contractors made to pick up the bill for fire safety remediaton works. In a judgment handed down at the […] Click here to view original…
High Court ruling could see future cladding claims resolved quicker
Judgment against contractor could ‘provide a steer’ for other cases, experts say A High Court ruling issued last week could set the norm for future cladding disputes and see more contractors made to pick up the bill. In a judgment handed down at the Technology and Construction Court, Essex […] Click here to view original…
Lenders will lend on cladding-hit flats if repair costs are covered
Six of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders have announced that they will lend on cladding-hit flats covered by the Government or developer remediation schemes. Hundreds of thousands of flats hit by the cladding scandal became unmortgagable after the Grenfell fire, with the properties deemed unsafe and too much of […] Click here to view original…
Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders confirm they will lend on cladding-hit flats where the cost of repairs is covered by Government or developers
Six of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders have announced that they will lend on cladding-hit flats covered by the Government or developer remediation schemes. Hundreds of thousands of flats hit by the cladding scandal became unmortgagable after the Grenfell fire, with the properties deemed unsafe and too much of […] Click here to view original…
Landmark High Court judgement finds contractor liable for defective cladding
A High Court Ruling between Hyde Housing Association and contractor Mulalley & Co has found the contracts fitted defective cladding in four residential towers in Portsmouth, and therefore should be held accountable for remediation costs. The ruling, which centred on four residential towers in Gosport, Portsmouth, found that the […] Click here to view original…
Man charged after 88 cladding safety forms brought in after Grenfell ‘fraudulently filled out’
A man has been charged with fraud after dozens of cladding safety forms were signed off by an unauthorised person, Merseyside Police has said. Thomas Michael Clarke, 33, of Prescot, has been charged with fraud and false representation. The force said it comes as part of a 19-month investigation […] Click here to view original…
Housing group’s £8m victory over cladding defects
Officials for Hyde Group said that defects were detected when the association commissioned a fire-risk assessment after the Grenfell disaster A housing association has won an £8 million claim over defective cladding in the first High Court case of its kind since the Grenfell Tower fire. In what was […] Click here to view original…
England: Housing association wins £8m claim over cladding defects
An English housing association, Martlet Homes, has won an £8 million claim over defective cladding in the first High Court case of its kind since the Grenfell Tower fire. Martlet Homes, which is part of the Hyde Group, said that the decision would support other tenants and flat-owners in […] Click here to view original…
Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘betrayal’ of Ukraine refugees: SNP faces backlash over plans to move families to a CRUISE SHIP and tower blocks with potentially dangerous cladding
Refugees fleeing from war-torn Ukraine to Scotland have been ‘betrayed’ by the SNP Government, it has been claimed. Despite Nicola Sturgeon proclaiming in March that the nation ‘stood ready’ to take in thousands of Ukrainians, many have been sent to cramped and potentially dangerous accommodation. Controversial plans to house […] Click here to view original…