Cladding

Cladding-hit flat owners saw their fears play out when a fire occurred in a block of flats in south-east London – on the same day as the Building Safety Bill was being discussed in the House of Lords. Twenty-five fire engines and around 120 firefighters attended the blaze in […] Click here to view original…

Campaigners have called for the leasehold system to be overhauled following a rally in central London to support cladding-hit flat owners. The protestors gathered outside Parliament earlier this week to call for changes to the Building Safety Bill, which was – at the same time – being debated by […] Click here to view original…

The final text of the Building Safety Act 2022 was published this week, following the giving of royal assent on 28 April 2022. We provide a brief overview of the Act in this Law-Now together with a summary of its commencement provisions. Further Law-Nows will follow in the coming […] Click here to view original…

Cladding removed from Thorn Court and Spruce Court in Pendleton, Salford, pictured in November 2020 Rent for tenants in a tower blocks plagued with issues look set to increase. Salford council’s cabinet has been recommended to approve the 4.1 per cent increase for Pendleton Together, where social housing tenants […] Click here to view original…

Cladding was deemed responsible for rapid spread of fire that killed 72 More than 50 high-rise buildings in England still have the same type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower , nearly five years after the fire that killed 72 people. The latest government figures show that 111 buildings […] Click here to view original…

More than 50 high-rise buildings in England still have the same type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower , nearly five years after the fire that killed 72 people. The latest government figures show that 111 buildings over 18 metres tall with aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding are yet […] Click here to view original…

The Building Safety Act 2022 (the “BSA”) received Royal Assent on 28 th of April 2022. Although, the government has already published some guidelines and secondary legislation there will be further guidance and more secondary legislation in due course. The BSA will have a transitioning period of up to […] Click here to view original…

See All Events Since 2005 Scottish building regulations have stated that cladding and insulation on high rise domestic buildings should either be made of non-combustible materials or the whole cladding system has been the subject of a stringent fire test. From 2005 these regulations applied to new high-rise domestic […] Click here to view original…

The new Building Safety Act extends liability for safety defects out to 30 years, bringing far-reaching consequences for contractors. Joshua Stein investigates When the Building Safety Act 2022 received Royal Assent at the end of April, it included a five-fold extension to liability for safety defects in residential buildings. […] Click here to view original…

Since 2005 Scottish building regulations have stated that cladding and insulation on high rise domestic buildings should either be made of non-combustible materials or the whole cladding system has been the subject of a stringent fire test. From 2005 these regulations applied to new high-rise domestic buildings or re-cladding […] Click here to view original…