Posts Tagged ‘legal’
Grenfell firms ‘are like killers and crooks’: Makers of cladding system are accused of putting residents at risk, disaster inquiry hears
The makers of Grenfell Tower’s cladding system have been accused of being ‘little more than crooks and killers’, the inquiry into the disaster has heard. The manufacturers were also said to have promoted construction materials despite knowing they ‘would burn with lethal speed’. Lawyers for a group of bereaved, […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding case goes ahead after time-limitation argument rejected | Construction News
A judge has paved the way for a £4m cladding remediation claim to go to trial, with the building’s former owner allegedly concealing that refurbishment work had not been signed off by Building Control. The case has been brought by Regis Group subsidiary RG Securities, which is seeking £3.6m to fix a building it acquired…
Read MoreKirkby high-rise leaseholders claim management company ‘ripping them off’ over £302,000 fire safety works
Willow Rise and Beech Rise in Roughwood Drive, Kirkby, where leaseholders say their management company is “ripping them off” Residents of two Kirkby tower blocks have accused the buildings’ management company of ripping them off after they were charged £300,000 for fire safety works. Leaseholders at Willow Rise and […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents should not be left to pay for remedies to unsafe tower block cladding
High-rise buildings (Babek Gadirly – Pexels) In 2015, after eight years of saving, my partner and I were finally able to buy our own home. Two happy years later, I found out that my home was wrapped in dangerous cladding, similar to that found on Grenfell Tower. Overnight, there […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreHotels uncovered: contractors locked in multi-million-pound cladding disputes
As the government looks to extend the combustible materials ban to hotels, Construction News reveals the glut of legal disputes between hotel chains and contractors already under way … Click here to view original web page at www.constructionnews.co.uk
Read MoreBalfour Beatty in £800,000 cladding dispute with Travelodge
Hotel chain Travelodge is suing Balfour Beatty for £800,000 to fund the removal of what it says is combustible cladding on the outside of its Swansea city centre building. […] Click here to view original web page at www.constructionnews.co.uk
Read MoreOver 25% of FSO prosecutions involve domestic premises
In his final article reviewing cases prosecuted under the Fire Safety Order, Fire Safety Lawyer Warren Spencer has revealed that over a quarter of all prosecutions brought under the order since 2009 involve an element of domestic living, despite the Order not being intended to apply to domestic premises. The impact of the Grenfell Tower…
Read MoreWebinar: Sky High Cladding costs – Are you at Risk?
In this webinar, Barristers Simon Allison and Brooke Lyne from Landmark Chambers and David Marsden, Property Litigation Partner at Freeths covered: What exactly is the issue with cladding? Who bears the costs: Landlord, Tenants, Developer? What are the Government doing? What other options are there? What is the likely future of such claims? Slides:
Read MoreAdvice for leaseholders stuck in blocks with unsafe cladding
With thousands of flat-owners across the country affected, people have woken up to the risks of unsafe cladding – Mary-Anne Bowring, MD of Ringley offers advice to leaseholders stuck in blocks with untested cladding Thousands of flat-owners have been affected by the risks of unsafe cladding . New fire […] Click here to view original…
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