Article contributed by Andrew Butler KC, Tanfield Chambers Andrew Butler KC reflects on the effect to date of the Building Safety Act 2022 “Too early to tell” – the response famously attributed to Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai when he was asked about the...
Building Safety Act 2022
Demystifying The Building Safety Act 2022: 45 Essential Questions Answered
Howden Insurance UK recently hosted a webinar with Ian Quayle of IQ Legal Training to provide some “nuts and bolts” practical guidance on the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) for those engaged in residential conveyancing. This article covers the questions received...
PII vs Conveyancing and the Building Safety Act 2022
Article contributed by Jenny Screech, Howdens. If you mention the words “Building Safety Act” to a legal professional the responses seem to range from a sharp intake of breath to a look of dread. It is new, it is complicated, it is still evolving. This means there...
Western Beach Apartment v Leaseholders: Fire Safety, Lease Variations and Remedies Under the Building Safety Act
Article contributed by Robert Bowker and Greg Barnbrook Robert Bowker and Greg Barnbrook review the implications of the Western Beach Apartment case. On 3 August 2023, the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), in Western Beach Apartments v Leaseholders...
Cladding Remediation and Related Costs Recovery – A New Case in the FTT
Article contributed by Robert Bowker and Jeremy Weaver of Tanfield Chambers Robert Bowker and Jeremy Weaver, an associate director at Bradys Solicitors analyse the recent case of St John Street Property Services Group v Riverside Group Ltd. Introduction ...
2-4 Leigham Court Road
Article contributed by Ian Quayle 2-4 Leigham Court Road LON/ooAY/HYI/2022/0005 & 0016 As identified by Rob Bowker and Pauline Lam concerning the above case, I thought it important to look at the case from the perspective of the residential...
Remediation Order – BSA 2022
Article contributed by Robert Bowker and Pauline Lam Robert Bowker and Pauline Lam (Russell Cooke) discuss a recent case concerning a property at 2-4 Leigham Court Road, London SW16 2PG, and the first remediation order to be made under the BSA 2022 (in favour...
BSA 2022 – Property Transaction Forms
The Building Safety Act 2022 is causing many problems for transactional property lawyers. Most of the common problem issues have already been examined but I have over recent weeks looked at the revised TA forms and consider how a conveyancer for the seller or buyer...
The BSA – Faulty Workmanship?
Article contributed by Piers Harrison Tanfield Chambers Piers Harrison looks at the BSA: some things that definitely do not work, some that seem not to work and others which have odd consequences. The BSA 2022 and associated legislation has been drafted at speed;...
Making an Application for a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO)
Article Contributed by James Fieldsend, Tanfield Chambers Overview Section 124 BSA (Building Safety Act) 2022 gives to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (FTT) the power to make an RCO. That is an order: made on the application of an interested...