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Deadline extension for the Building Safety (non-ACM) Fund and a new £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund
Posted: 06/01/2021
In the March 2020 budget, the Government announced that it would provide £1 billion in 2020 to 2021 to support the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on residential buildings 18 metres and over in both the private and social housing sectors. The deadline for applications was originally 31 December 2020...…>>
Green retrofit: what is it and what does it mean for the development industry?
Posted: 26/11/2020
Green retrofit - well, its’s quite the buzzword in the development industry at the moment, but what is it really? It can actually be defined as a number of things, but in reality it is ‘exactly what it says on the tin’ - green retrofit is the sustainable refurbishment of an existing building to make it more efficient, better for the environment and sustainable...…>>
Cladding claims and limitation under the Defective Premises Act 1972
Posted: 18/08/2020
The decision in Sportcity 4 Management Ltd v Countryside Properties (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 1591 (TCC) is a useful confirmation of the limitation position under the Defective Premises Act 1972 when further work is undertaken after completion of the original project...…>>
Cladding claims and concealment under the Limitation Act 1980
Posted: 18/08/2020
The case of RG Securities (No.2) Ltd v (1) Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (2) Building Lifeplans Ltd (3) R Maskell Ltd [2020] EWHC 1646 (TCC) is a reminder of the high hurdle set by the court for any party to achieve summary judgment in a claim. It also provides an important confirmation...…>>
In the spotlight: cladding claims and limitation
Posted: 18/08/2020
One of the fallouts from the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in June 2017 is that many building owners across the UK are having to look very closely at the safety (in the event of fire) of the external wall cladding systems on their buildings. This is leading to lots of owners identifying the need to undertake very costly and disruptive remedial works...…>>

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Construction alert - July 2018
In this issue: On 12 July 2018 members of the Penningtons Manches construction and infrastructure team held a workshop with clients to discuss the current state of the law in respect of, among other things, the legal requirements for applications for payment, payment notices and payless notices under construction contracts.

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